The Portland daily press., 1894-11-24
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
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treSS new character especially adapteu
to her peculiar talets. She was of course
well. supported by Mr.. Fred Williams and
company, and the quartette sang some
new selections very artistically. For
the last two, performances today,
"Fogg's Ferry"-will be given at the
matinee, and "Rhody" in the evening.
Two Old Cronies.
The Thanksgiving Day attraction at
the Portland Theatre will be the wills
Brothers company, who will present the
funny musical farce comedy, Two olo
Cronies". Two performances Will be
given, matinee and evening. The comedy
abounds in specialties OF the very best
class all of them up-to-date. The lead
ing comedians of the company are Frank
and John Wills, one playing German,
the other an Irish character role.
The Elks' Minstrels.
The following is complete list of all
the performers who are to take part in
the EIks' Minstrels at Portland Theatre
next Monday and Tuesday evenings,
uUl1SUeu lOI tnO oAou elAuS. l. AIN LIZ
Callahan, musical director: P. H. Muir
ply, stage director; John P. WEIGH and
Billy Stewart, interlocutors: bones,
Billy Wood, James A. Dickson, Charles
Secondhand, Charles Clapp; tambos. P.
h. Murphy, Frank Mitchell, Dick
Secondhand, Maurice Goodwin .The APP
ollo Quartette, Clarence Brooks, E. j.
Gately, Thomas J Desm ond, FL. lIsley;
Mandolin and Guitar Club, Thomas
Newman, George H. Curtis. George Nc
Cornell, Frank Day, Percy Green, Ell
mer Jones, Harvey Skillines.
The specialists are Van Leer and Bar
ton, McMahon and King, Master Harry
West, Mile. Lila D'Arrignon Mcintyre,
Masters Evans, Plummer, Hoy and Mat
ram. the four little policemen, Hatch
and Barnum, Master Gauvin, and chorus.
W. e. Davis, F.F. Durham, H. N. Eustis,
FIJI. Spinney, H.F.Allen, Ray A. Pur-
.ington, 10. Shiels, 81. S. Files, Paul
Lidback, Fred Hopkins, L. H. Black, S.
Matthews, George King, WE. Sawyer,
A.S.Way, F.C. Prince, L. M. Plummer,
A. c. Webster, E. G. Webster, Frank
Shaw. The orchestra consists of the
following: G. Dana Holt, Fred Adell,
E. J. Flanagan, William Eggers, G.B.
Whitman, C. Plummer. William Civ
en-, L. c. Pettengill, William R. Stevens,
Thomas Fl oft, Dana Skillings. The cos
tunes have all been distributed, and
they are stylish in design and rich in
color. Seats are now on sale.
Sousa's Band.
This afternoon and evening two
magnifi cent concerts will be given at
City Hall by the celebrated Sousa Band.
There will be mum bers present from the
towns on the Maine Central, (who have
one fare for the round trip, from places
on the Grand Trunk, where a late train
will be run after the concert, and late
train over the Rochester to Gorham.
The time, patience, talent and money
required to bring together a band of
famous musicians, to train them, to
strengthen their weak points, to reinforce
the strong ones, to sustain an expensive
organization through the formative pc
Rod, and finally to bring the public to a
recognition of what has been accom-
plished, SO that the artistic results may
be permanently maintained for their
benefit by individual contributions-all
this is work req uiring wide range of
abilities. The programmes were pub
lished in yesterdays PRESS. Be sure
aud get seats at Stock bridges today.
Primrose s. West.
Primrose & Vests Minstrels is proba-
bly, the greatest minstrel organization
on the road. There are 70 mem bers, 80
genuine blacks, and 40 whites. The band
will be heard at City Hall Thanksgiving
afternoon and evening. The tickets are
on sale at Chandler's music store.
Haydn Concert.
One of our leading musicians has
truly said that one always receives his
moneys worth when he attends a concert
given by the Haydn Association. Never
could it be more truly saidsof any con-
cert than of the concert on Monday even
ing next. For an admission price ofsifty
cents, which includes reserved seats in
any part of the house, may be heard one
of the leading violinists of the world,
famed abroad and in this country, Otto
Clotilde Scheda; the leading local vocal
lists; and large chorus of trained voic-
es in Governs Song of Thanksgiving, a
new xcompostion, having never been
sung before in this country, and
Schencker's Cantate Domino.
Notes.
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