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Nancy McDonald

Nancy McDonald

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Music has always been a part of Nancy McDonald’s life.

Her father, Paul McDonald, worked as an engineer for the Scranton Electric Company, later PPL. As a young man, he worked in theaters as an electrician under the chief stage electrician, Terence Carden.

His uncle, Michael McDonald was a state senator and lawyer for Arthur Frothingham, who built Scranton's Frothingham Theater. As a young man, ...Paul McDonald saw many of the famous performers mentioned in If You Can Play Scranton. His stories prompted the research for this project.

From an early age, Nancy McDonald studied music and its history. Her great aunt taught piano and her cousin taught violin at the Scranton Conservatory of Music. Both were two of the original members of the Scranton Singers Guild.

She is a summa cum laude graduate of Marywood University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She majored in history and minored in drama. She was certified to teach history, drama and English. She received an M. A. in European History from Marywood University. She was inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society while in graduate school. After she completed her master's, she took graduate credits in voice at Marywood.

She taught at West Scranton Senior High School until her retirement in 1999. She is a career-long member of the Scranton Federation of Teachers. She also represented the Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers for five years on the Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Practices Commission. In 1983 she was one of ten finalists for the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year.

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She Does Not Fear the Snow

She Does Not Fear the Snow

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&quot;From mining's glory days to <em>That Championship Season</em>, who would have known that Scranton was such a national hot-bed for performance and that its stages hosted so many giants? Thanks to Nancy McDonald, we all will! Packed with information, yet always an enjoyable and fascinating read.&quot;<br /> - Alan Baker, The Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania<br /><br /> &quot;Jack Benny and Mae West, vaudeville and big bands, stage plays and movie stars – to open this treasure of a book is to relive Scranton's entertainment scene from its heyday right up to modern times. With juicy details and magnificent photographs, Nancy McDonald captures a beloved aspect of the city's history.&quot; <br /> - Cheryl A. Kashuba, local historian &amp; <em>Scranton Times-Tribune</em> columnist<br /><br /> &quot;With incredible detail and occasional whimsy, Nancy McDonald brilliantly chronicles the range and high caliber of artists subjected to the unyielding scrutiny of the unique culture that was – and is – Scranton. Nancy demonstrates, with great pride, how Scranton is a footnote in the history of America’s performing arts.&quot;<br /> - Dr. Paulette Merchel, retired theater program director, Marywood University<br /><br /> &quot;<em>If You Can Play Scranton</em> is a work that anyone who is interested in Scranton's entertainment history MUST read. Nancy McDonald has dedicated a lifetime to researching the topic and her work provides an excellent document of the amazing talent that has appeared here.&quot;<br /> - Mary Ann Moran Savakinus, director, Lackawanna Historical Society<br /><br /> &quot;I found <em>If You Can Play Scranton</em> to be very informative and interesting. It's a great read for anyone with Pennsylvania roots.&quot;<br /> - Karl Wegforth, president, Dunmore Historical Society