"The Other Swedes"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends ~
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< The 1959 Broadway RFD Theater has maintain the reputation of holding the longest running outdoor theater in Kansas to date. >
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Mr. Max Muller
1959 Founder of "Broadway RFD" and 1976 Author of Prairie Carnegie
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~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Lindsborg Swedes, Their Neighbors & Friends ~
<> Celebrating their Theater Legacy <>
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< The 1959 Broadway RFD Theater has maintain the reputation of holding the longest running outdoor theater in Kansas to date. >
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Mr. Max Muller
1959 Founder of "Broadway RFD" and 1976 Author of Prairie Carnegie
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Max Muller
1920-1984
1920-1984
Story by
Smoky Valley Writer
Mr. Tim Stewart
Mr. Tim Stewart, Smoky Valley Historical Association (SVHA) Board President since late 2017, has been writing away on Lindsborg's and Bethany College's most interesting persons of the past. These stories are part of the SVHA's Vår Historia Newsletter that can be found HERE.
Without Mr. Stewart's story on Mr. Max Muller, SWEDES would be lacking a most important piece of theater history in Lindsborg. It is a delight with great appreciation to have a sample of Mr. Stewart's writing along with the photograph images about this larger-than-life Mr. Max Muller.
We learn that this very talented man as an actor and a singer was born in nearby Marquette, Kansas. Following Bethany College where he studied voice under Thure Jaderborg, well known base vocalist professor who often performed as a soloist in the renown Lindsborg Messiah performances, Mr. Muller was off to New York City where he continued his studies in acting and was to become part of the Broadway scene.
These experiences, in turn, would eventually pay off big dividends for Lindsborg when Mr. Muller returned and founded Broadway RFD in 1959, the theater of which was destined to maintain the reputation of being the longest running outdoor theater in Kansas to date.
Further, we learn that Mr. Muller was the author of the 1976 Prairie Carnegie, The Story of Presser and Ling, a most important book on the Messiah and St. Matthew Passion performances and on their impressive national and international performers who became part of this local yet international Lindsborg history.
Here is Mr. Stewart's wonderful story!
We learn that this very talented man as an actor and a singer was born in nearby Marquette, Kansas. Following Bethany College where he studied voice under Thure Jaderborg, well known base vocalist professor who often performed as a soloist in the renown Lindsborg Messiah performances, Mr. Muller was off to New York City where he continued his studies in acting and was to become part of the Broadway scene.
These experiences, in turn, would eventually pay off big dividends for Lindsborg when Mr. Muller returned and founded Broadway RFD in 1959, the theater of which was destined to maintain the reputation of being the longest running outdoor theater in Kansas to date.
Further, we learn that Mr. Muller was the author of the 1976 Prairie Carnegie, The Story of Presser and Ling, a most important book on the Messiah and St. Matthew Passion performances and on their impressive national and international performers who became part of this local yet international Lindsborg history.
Here is Mr. Stewart's wonderful story!
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The Swensson Memorial Band Shell
The Swensson Memorial Band Shell was a WPA Project in 1935. -- Home of Broadway RFD / Bing source
To browse through Mr. Muller's most cherished book on the exciting internationally known Messiah and St. Matthew Passion performances held at Lindsborg's Bethany College's Ling Auditorium and later at Presser Hall which drew opera stars from Chicago, San Francisco, New York City and Europe to sing this most sacred music as well as drawing thousands of patrons who filled these auditoriums, go HERE to Prairie Carnegie, The Story of Presser and Ling.
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"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
