Onion River Chorus Up until beloved singer and Village Harmony founder Larry Gordon passed away in November, he was still leading rehearsals of the Onion River Chorus, the Montpelier community choir that he cofounded in 1978. The group’s winter concert has arrived and is a testament to Gordon’s vision and a celebration in his memory. The Onion River singers perform Estonian composer Urmas Sisask’s Magnificat, as well as four pieces in the American shape-note tradition — a nearly forgotten style of singing that Gordon is credited with reviving almost single-handedly in New England. Proof of vaccination is required.
Maurice Dickey Drysdale, 76, editor/publisher emeritus of the
White River Valley Herald, died early Wednesday morning, April 28, 2021, in his home on Labounty Road in Randolph, Vt.
He was born on November 10, 1944, in Concord, Mass., to John and Eleanor Drysdale. Six months later, the Drysdales moved to Randolph, Vt., where John purchased the White River Valley Herald. He was its editor/publisher for the next 30 years.
Dickey graduated from Randolph Union High School in 1962 and Harvard University in 1966. He worked at the
Springfield (Mass.)
Union newspaper from 1966 to 1969 and earned his master s in public administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. He then returned home to Randolph to take the reins from his father at the