Flinthill Singers: 1966 – Twin Cities Music Highlights

Flinthill Singers: 1966

July 12, 1966

The Flinthill Singers did the rounds at the local shopping malls in 1966. Why “Folk Music” is in quotation marks in this ad is beyond me.

flinthill7-10-66web — 1966

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