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Troy University at Montgomery is a satellite campus of Troy University and is located in Montgomery, Alabama. [1] It is part of the Troy University System.The campus is located in the western part of downtown, and includes the Rosa Parks Museum and Library, the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts, and portions of the historic Bell Building.
The Montgomery Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra in Montgomery, Alabama. The MSO began in 1976 as a project of the city's Parks and Recreation Department, with thirty volunteer musicians and a part-time director. A board of directors now governs the orchestra, which is funded by concert sponsors and the Montgomery Symphony League.
The 1200-seat Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts, on the Troy University at Montgomery campus, opened in 1930 and was renovated in 1983. It houses the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Dance Theatre and Montgomery Ballet, as well as other theatrical productions. [82] The Symphony has been performing in Montgomery since 1979. [83]
File:Troy University, Montgomery, Davis Theatre 20160713 1.jpg ... A west view of Troy University buildings including Davis Theatre, Montgomery, Alabama. Date: Taken ...
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The school was named after the only-ever president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, in the 1960s, a century after the Confederacy collapsed. [2]In 2020, the school district's board of education voted to change the school's name from Jefferson Davis High School, [3] a decision that was affirmed in 2022 despite two years of opposition from local pro-Confederacy groups.
Varina Davis held the first of these for ladies of Montgomery. Records of the events say that they were both lavish and also well-managed. In May 1861, the Confederacy moved its capital to Richmond, Virginia. The Davises vacated the Montgomery executive mansion on May 27, 1861, and moved to the Second White House of the Confederacy in Richmond ...