The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-18
Gave a Fine Perform.nc~.

The eleventh annual performance of the Selma Minstrel Company was given at the Academy of Music tonight. The audience which packed the theatre was one of the largest that has ever been in the building and long before the curtain went up the s. R O. sign was put out. The audience was composed of the very best people of the city and the performance was greatly en- joyed by all who attended. The per- formance was one of the best that has ever been given by local talent and when the close came every one spoke words of praise for the treat which they had enjoyed.
 The opening scene was a most pleas ing one, there being about fifty boys on the stage in vari-colored clothing Wben the curtain rose the company in a grand chorus sang The American Sailor" it being tho first time that the song had ever been heard in Selma Then the minstrels sang Susie" Come on yo' Coons," "Saucy Little Sally" and Lovely Larena." After the chorus the end men took their seats. those with the. bones being A. c. Crockett. Red Baker and Lloyd Towns, while the tam horines were Sam Marks, Gary Hooper and Wick Allen.
 J. McL Spencer was interlocutor. and madeaa most. competent presiding man. Charles Breslin renda.e1 Tn the Valley of Yesterday Mir. Brislins voice was superb and was never heard to better advantage. Sam Marks rem dered a comic song. entitled, I've Such Funny Feeling When I Look at You, , and made quite a hit. The Good Night, Beloved, Good Night" by John Creagh was one of the treats of the evening.
 "Movin' Day." comic selection. was Lx rSol laYr centric manner in which this young local comedian sang the song con vulsed the house with laughter. My Dusky Rose" was sung by A. G. Crock ett.
 Selma's two premier comedians, Bob Keebie and Sim Watts, were then In- troduced to the audience by MT. Spen- cer. Both of these young men are we'll known in the city and have an abund- ance of minstrel talent. Their appear ance on the stage was the cause of prolonged burst of applause from the audience. Dan Brislin sang "Only a Baby's Tiny Shoes" This song was composed by Montague Brislin of this city and was popular favorite throughout the country Bob Keeble rendered Nobody" The words to this song was composed by Mir Keeble him. self. They were of a local nature and hit many of the most popular citizchs of Selma. Sim Watts sang My Little Alligator" This song is also the com position of a young Selmian. W. R. Nelson. Jr.
 The olio embraced many pleasing fea lures and they were all well put on by the company The first was con tortion act and the second some novel club swinging by w. F. Ely. After this, two local favorites, Lloyd Towns and Graham Melvin entertained the au- dience with some novel buck and wing dancing. Keeble and Marks gave a song and dance skit which was piece of their own conception. Marks pie turesquely represented a negro woman while Keeble was a young negro dude
 One of the features of the perform ance was the How'd You Like to Spoon With Me-" which was a burlesque on the great comic opera success 'The Earl and the Girl" This was rend cred by a sextette composed of Sam Marks, Bob Keeble. Lloyd Towns, Will Callen. Half of them were dressed as girls and the other half as boys, and the words to the burlesque were most novel When the loud encore called the sextette back to the stage the lights in the house were darkened and from the flies were let down four swings On the ropes of these swings were a number of incandescent lights and as the boys sat in the swings and held the girls in their laps and sang the song again they were greeted by tremeld- ous applause.
 An excellent whistling and coon song act was rendered by w. P. Ely. Tho concluding act was a skit The Old Plantation" Tn this there was intro duced a touch of Dixie land in songs and dances by Messrs Creagh. Watts. Mckee and Brislin. in quartette selec- tions, while Messrs. Towns and Melvin did buck and wing dancing. This a"; was a novelty and as the curtain went down for the last time the house hursted out in loud applause.