Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-27
FIRST REGIMENT BAND MINsTRELs.
They Delight Largo Audience With Their
Entertainment at the Auditorium.

The entertainment given in the An
ditorium Friday evening by the first
Regiment band minstrels was hignly
successful event In every way. me
high standing and we'll known musical
ability of the band was an unquestion-
able guarantee beforehand OF the excel
lence OF the performance and there was
such demand for tickets that Tor sew.
eral days before the show nothing ,t Dut
standing room was obtainable. Inc
Auditorium was, of course, packed
and the audience showed its sat.
isfaction with the entertainment
given by frequent and continued APP
plause. The singing by Alison Dugan
of "Under the Bamboo Tree, IN cos
tune and with scenic effect. was one
of the most artistic things offered ana
exceedingly we'll done; Mr.. Dugan also
made a decided hit with his song
Oats de Way to Spell Chicken, IN
the first part; w. II. Henley evoked
much laughter by his clever Dutch
monologue and theatrical limitations
Paul Mann was irresistibly funny in
his Tomorrow song and his Jokes
and recitations and II. Frank Turner
and Leslie Shackley rendered their
songs well and kept everybody laugh
ing with their antics as end men. l..
X. Willis, an old time favorite among
Brattleboro singers, acted as interlo-
cutor with ease and dignity, and gave
two songs in his usual pleasing manner
and Arthur Brasor sang 1.-The Clang OF
the Forge" in way worthy OF the
strong and vigorous beauty OF the song.
Among other special features. all OF
which were excellent and most credit
able to Brattleboro's musical and ORA
matte talent, were the singing OF the
Palmetto quartet, consisting OF W. "A.
Gilbert, A. s. Thompson, Fred =, Ad-
ans and George Il. Adams; the origl-
nal sleight -of-hand performance OF H..
+. Jordan; the dancing of Jennings
and Renfrew, liking pins OF koon-
town" John E. Mann's Irish mono.
logue; the novel and amusing music OF
mother Carey and her chickens and
the plantation sketch, Uncle Epp's
Return" in which some very good dane
ing was introduced. The medley over
ture was the arrangement of E. +. Bag
lev and the entire First Regiment band
took part in the grand finale to the
first part. A number of laughable and
telling local hits were made at inter
walls throughout the evening and the
whole performance showed originality,
skill, good management and painstak-
ing effort
The cast included End men, bones,
T. f. Turner and Alison Dugan; tam
Dos, Leslie C. Shackley and Paul
Mann; pages, Master Lyman Smith
and Howard Brown; chorus, Ernest
Arnold, Howard Brown, Arthur Bra
sor, Joseph Brockington, Lawrence
Barber, Z. II. Coxen, George Clay.
Louis Ellis, G. E. Gilman, f. M.
Goodenough, Glen Jones, Eric Ian
dry, Luther Miller, Frank Nichols,
Charles Nichols, Howard Rice, Lyman
Smith, Walter Stearns, Herbert Wood,
John Washington, A. E. Wilson.
The First Regiment band was organ.
lied in 1877 as the Brattleboro corne'
band with 10 members as follows: r.
C. Leitsinger, leader; A. D. Wyatt
secretary and treasurer; J. K. Rand,
lC. X. Jones, W. d. Miller, j. A.
Lindsey, F. Williams, ". Stuart, I'd
Leitsinger, F. Veet, F. II. Brasor. W.
W. Putnam, A. E. Knight, j. G. Tim
son, F. Knight. The early rehearsal:
were held in Lewis Putnam's barn or
Cemetery Hill. In 1883. when engaged
to play in ST. Johnsbury for the First
Regiment National Guard muster, the
organization changed its name to the
First Regiment band by which it ha:
since been known. 1t served with the
National Guard for seven years, was al
the laying of the corner stone OF the
Battle Monument at Bennington, ane
later assisted in the dedication. To
day it ranks as one of the leading
bands of New England, its success be
ing due in great measure to the leader
ship of F. G. Leitsinger, who has beer
bandmaster of the organization since
its beginning, about p years ago Its
members to- day are: F. c. Leitsinger
leader, Luther Miller, drum major, G
II. Clapp, A. d. Wyatt, VIM. O'Dona
hue, Joseph Brockington, G. I. Lun
berg. Murray Frost, Fred Swift, Sew
all Morse, Carl Leitsinger. Carl Hen
KEEL, Harry Whitney, A. Trendall, Gin
ton Dugan, Alison Dugan, E. Nj. Good
enough, E. f. Bagley, Halle March
Harry Rowe, Charles Brockington, h
Nj. Wheelock, j. B. Adkins, Bert Lett
singer. william Brockington, S. W.
| Knight.