The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

AN INITIATION PRACTICE I HAD TO UNDERGO TO ENTER CHORUS WAS
TO DRESS IN THE PAJAMAS OF ONE OF THE MALE MEMBERS OF
CHORUS AND RECITE A POEM ABOUT TREES IN FRONT OF THE
WHOLE GROUP.

Submitter comment: MY INITIATION TOOK PLACE IN SEPTEMBER, 1966 AT A SUMMER
CAMP WHICH THE CHORUS HOLDS EVERY YEAR IN WESTERN
MICHIGAN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Date learned: 03-13-1968 ; 09-00-1966