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Then in the 1960s and ’70s, as the women’s movement gained momentum, some symphony director had the idea of putting auditioning musicians behind a drop curtain.—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2020 The stage was covered by a drop curtain that had a painting of the burning steamboat Bulletin No. 2, a disaster survived by young Church and his white father and master, Captian Charles B. Church.—Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Feb. 2018
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