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Out of the Past: North Rim Sing-Away

When it came time for the guests to depart, the employees would “sing the buses away.”
Photo/Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection

When it came time for the guests to depart, the employees would “sing the buses away.”

For decades the college-aged employees of the Grand Canyon Lodge would greet visitors arriving by bus and sing them through the entrance. These same employees would later entertain with a talent show after serving dinner, and end the evening with a dance complete with a college student orchestra. When it came time for the guests to depart, the employees would “sing the buses away.” Photo circa 1960.


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