Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-18
MINSTRELSY AND COrIIC OPERA
Two Successful Entertainments
Given by Tuneful Home TaIenters.

Music hall Thursday evening with
burst of applause at the stage settin
and the effective grouping of ladie
and gentlemen of the circle am
chorus. The background was dar
green and against this the costume
showed to the best advantage, par
ticularly the large and more distinc
tive raiments of the blackface come
dams and the evening costumes o
the chorus seated in three tiers a
the back of the stage.
After a rafting overture by
the company, Mr.. Winslow tolc
some Bible stories, Messrs. Chand-
Ter, Knapp, Woods, and Misses
Buchanan and Fraser, also on
the ends, had their little jokes, and
the rest of the songs and choruses
on this part of the program were
sung with swing and go that
brought many recalls. Mr.. Payne
was suffering with a cold, but his
fine tenor voice was heard with
much pleasure, and the songs by
Mrs. Pinney. Miss Fraser and Mr..
A. B. Clark were received with all
the applause the large audience
could muster. Mr.. H. P. Clark
was a good middle man, :" if he was
puzzled over some of the conun-
drums of the end men.
The second part of the program
opened with a selection by Leonard's
orchestra, whose Accomplishments
and excellent Observation-Disclosures
was help and pleasure to the
singers and the audience.
The mandolin club, composed Of
Mrs. j. S. Brownell, Miss Edith
Marble and Messrs. Julius Woods,
J. S. Brownell, H. w. Fairbanks,
John Day and Karl A. Pember, play
ed two pieces to much applause, and
was followed by excellent dancing
specialties by Miss Elizabeth Rob
bins, who danced very gracefully,
and Fred Valley, who did some diff
ficult work artistically, and who al
so thumped out a lively tambourine
solo.
The Pickaninny quartet was as
popular as ever with "The Four
Little Curly-Headed Coons," and
they had to sing verse or two over
again.
"THE KING OF SIAM"
The presentation of the tuneful
one-act comic opera, "The King of
Siam," is one of the best staged and
sung pieces ever put on by local
talent The costumes made stun
ming picture, bright-colored and very
Siamese, and the members Of the
chorus marched, sang and waved
their fans and parasols in way that
showed hard work and competent
drilling
Mr.. Knapp as the king and Mr..
Chandler as the high paymaster
general, had parts that suited them
exactly and they played their roles
with the proper vim and dash. Miss
Roma Carpenter, as "Seep-Bet,"
sang and acted charmingly, and the
other leading parts were well played,
everything moving smoothly. Miss
Carpenters song, and the solos by
Mr.. Chandler, the admiring chorus
responding that he was a daisy,
by Mr.. Knapp, the "King of Siam
| am" and Mr.. Brownell, were the
chief musical numbers.
The success Of the entertainment,
which was reported Friday evening,
is the result of weeks of constant re-
hearsal. Messrs Knapp and Chand-
Ter, the popular local amusement
managers, were the prime movers in
organizing it and they have had very
capable assistance from Mrs. Helen
M. Merrill, pianist, Mrs. Grace Car
penter Pinney and Mr.. A. E. Ord
way, the musical director, and the
members of the chorus.
PROGRAM. PARTI.
Bible Stories. q. X, Wlnslow
My Adelne ......................H Hal Payne
Under the Banana Tree. Hazel Fraser
Sweet Cossette. Grace Carpenter Pinney
There's Dark Man Coming
With a Bundle. Il. ID. Chandler
King of the Main. ..............A; y. ozark
Lucy Lou .........,........... Il. d. hnapp
Listen to the Big Brass Band Company
PART II.
Selection by Orchestra.