Trustees Honor Roll

Mihelich, Dolores

Vocal Duet with June Price(1925, 1935)
Inducted on November 28, 1998

June Price and Dolores Mihelich each had stellar singing careers before joining forces in 1969. Dolores, a soprano, studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and performed as a soloist, with the St. Vitus Church Choir, and with the Glasbena Matica Singing Society beginning in 1955. June, an alto, sang solo and in ensembles, personal concerts, and starring opera roles with Glasbena for over fifty years. As a Cleveland-Style duet, June and Dolores presented three concerts backed by the Johnny Pecon-Lou Trebar Orchestra, appeared regularly with Frank Yankovic on "Polka Varieties," toured Slovenia with Pecon- Trebar in 1972, and recorded two albums. Teaming with tenor Eddie Kenik and the Don Slogar Orchestra, June and Dolores gave concerts in Ohio, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, including a benefit for the St. Clair Slovenian National Home which was recorded and produced as a double album.