Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-06
The Dances, Solos and Tab
|eaux Score a Big Hi.
Will Be Seen in Augusta Tonight
and Tomorrow Night.

''La Fiesta, a Scene Of the Spanish
cos Of the Murray Club of Augusta at
the Opera house last night. After the
usual comedies. melodrama and the
like the amateur production was great
ly enjoyed by Il large and appreciative
audience. The play is supposed TO rep
resent Il Spanish court OF the olden
time. the King and Queen present on
their thrones and being amused by the
dancing Of different classes of enter
tanners. The dancing was varied and
the popular dances of all nations was
cleverly represented. For an amateur
performance on such a difficult subject
the production was very excellent. The
performers took their respective parts
III fine style and showed but very little
stage fright"
Among those deserving of special
mention were Miss Villa Packard in
a solo and the sword dance of the
Scotch HiGhlanders. as danced in
Scotland over crossed swords also Miss
WadsWorth. who has a fine solo in this
dance. Another very pretty feature was
the solo dance by Emma Packard in
the national dance with flags. Miss
Cnughlin as the princess in the Daugh-
ter of The Nile. was charming. and in
her gown of silver and white was one
of the Fretticst in the cast.
The dignitied and solemn characters
Of the King ana Queen were very well
eXcmplilicd by the popular city mar
shal of Augusta. Dennis Donovan and
Mrs. W. Il. t;etchell. also Of Augusta.
The first attraction for their majesties
was the Court Gavotte." an old dance
finely executed by six ladies of the
court. This was followed by a mimic
production by five very small girls Of
Augusta and was extremely laugha bic.
The Greek and Egyptian dances which
followed were clevcrly done. TirZahS
Scrrnadc from "Ren Hur." a vocal Sc
lection by Miss Mary Coughlin of Hal
lowell. as Il princess of the court, was
Wcll received.
The Butterfly and Gypsy dances were
both popular. the former for its great
tahlcaux beauties and the latter for the
clever work of the little ones. there be-
ing u of them on the stage at once and
very realistic Gypsies they made The
singing of the Gypsy queen was great
feature Of this act. The anvil drill by
eight BOYS, the Garland dance by nine
young ladies. the parasol dance by five
young ladies and the Empire by eight
girls were all very crcditable. A very
good piece of talent was shown in the
Spanish Castanet by Mrs. Fox. Miss
Bowman and Miss Elsie Packard. all
of Augusta. In fact. the work of this
trio was far above the ordinary anna
teur class. Capt. f. +. McQuarrie. with
L. mariners. We're encored and the song
by the captain, ION Venice Waters"
was decided hit.
The grand finale was reached when
l6 girls produced the National dance.
IL" costumes were very patriotic, be-
ing red. white and blue and each girl
wore n smile and carried an American
flag. This act pleased the veterans as
whole perhaps more than anything else
or the program and was a fitting eli
max to very pleasant evening.
A wcrd should be said in regard to
the costuming, each dance being pro-
duccd in very handsome. appropriate
costumes
Much credit for the success Of La
i leStd is que 10 tiie tiitlts-S tiipi - VI
the management and the director Miss
Harris The company will play in Au-
gusta Thursday and Friday evenings
and its Togus friends are looking for
ward to a wall-merited success. The
members Of the different dances are
given below:
PART l.
Court Gavotte-MiSs Andrews, Miss
Ward Miss Turner, Mrs. Brckett Mrs.
Goddard. Mrs Andrews.
Little lulkers-Majory Hussey. Mar
guerite Hussey. GLADYS Little, Marion
Murphy. Mallory Leigh
.ireek Dancc-Miss Dickson. Miss Bal
ley, Miss Dunn.
Daughters Of the Nic-Miss Gallison.
Miss Lineken, Miss Edmunds. Miss Yea
ton. Mrs jackson, Mrs. Knowles Mrs,
Plakely.