[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 22972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF GLORIA DAVIS

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                          HON. CHARLES W. DENT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Sunday, September 28, 2008

  Mr. DENT. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent, Gloria 
Davis, for a lifetime of musical and theatrical accomplishments.
   The child of Italian immigrants, Gloria was born to Anthony and Anna 
Pacchioli in Easton, Pennsylvania and has lived in Pennsylvania's 
Lehigh Valley most of her life. She married Irwin Davis, who ran Dave's 
Luncheonette in Allentown for 36 years. Gloria and Irwin raised two 
children, Shari and Robert, who would go on to bless them with four 
grandchildren, Patrick, Lauren, Brandon, and Becca.
   Gloria studied singing at Juilliard and spent years touring the 
United States. As the first female musical director and orchestral 
conductor in the Lehigh Valley area, Ms. Davis put on thirty musicals, 
including Hair, George M. Cohen, Stop the World I Want to Get Off, 
Fiddler on the Roof, Annie, Oliver, No No Nanette, Hello Dolly, and La 
Cage Aux Folles and many others.
   Gloria shared her voice with the world, touring across Europe from 
1946 to 1948. During the 1950's, she actively supported our men and 
women in uniform, participating in three professional USO tours to 
entertain the troops in Asia and the South Pacific. Gloria has taught 
voice lessons to amateur and professional singers alike for over forty 
years, and she continues to coach aspiring singers to this day.
   Madam Speaker, in closing, I would like to offer my sincere 
gratitude to Gloria Davis for all her work bringing music to the Lehigh 
Valley, the United States, and the world. She has made our community 
extremely proud.

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