Music teacher's influence lives on - Dodge City Daily Globe
Tucked away down a hallway, a gleaming black piano with a brass plaque stands in the wide-open community room at Dodge City Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America's Manor of the Plains. The Steinway piano was donated by Vernon Zollars in 2003. Zollars taught vocal music at Dodge City Community College from 1946 to 1985. He eventually lived at Manor of the Plains until he passed away at age 90 in 2010. "It's wonderful that he... After Zollars died, Dodge City Community College donated Zollars' vocal music to the Manor of the Plains and the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame. Retired music teacher Connie Ross had a shadow box made with sheet music bearing the stamps of former local music stores, including Eckles Department Store and Dodge City Music Co. , popular music from Zollars' era, classical sheet music, three... Vernon Zollars' legacy lives on at Manor of the Plains as the piano is still used today for Dodge City Community College music student performances. Source: www.dodgeglobe.com
