Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-04-23
GYMNASTIC EXHIBITION.
The Sixth Annual of the Y. M. @. A.
Will Be Held Friday April 20.


The final touches are being put to the
work for the exhibition to come off Fri
day night in the opera house, and every
number on the program will be in fine
shape and this entertainment will be
the best that has been given by the
gym department of the Y M. c. A. in n
long time, the complaint has always
been that the programs were too long
and the children had to be kept up late
to attend the entertainment This year
the program has been arranged to take
in all branches of the work and at the
same time not to last much more than
an hour and half.
The drills by the junior classes will
be exceptionally fine this year and will
be intirely new, the pole drill by the
and Immediately on its completion they
will run off some gymnastic games,
consisting of q pick-a.back fight, a
blind folded pillow fight, and an Indian
club relay race, the first two taking in
the members of the class who are not in
the drills and the race takes in all the
boys.
The second number on the program
is the German wand drill by the senior
juniors and it is very pretty and effee
tive, 20 boys being in it.
The third number is the military drill
by the junior class going through evo-
buttons in single file, double file and in
four and eight columns, and they have
it down so fine that they drill like
veterans.
The fourth number will be pyramid
grouping by ten senior Juniors in a
black and white effect, and will be
an exceptionally fine number.
The second half of the program will
be opened by advanced gymnastic work
by the senior leaders corps on the par
allel bars, and their work will be in
tirely new and will be enliyened
with the assistance of a couple of
clowns.
Ten seniors and one intermediate will
build six pyramids on the gymnastic
horse and they are very fine, in fact
they are finer than any heretofore
given.
The two old timers, TO give the exhi-
biton of ground tumbling, have some
great work and will give a show of
aerobatic stunts never seen here before.
Their work will be followed by the
Pumpkinville Athletic club in an origi-
nal country circus; members Of the
junior and senior classes will take part
in this latter number and give an ex-
hibition of elementary and advanced
gymnastics dressed as rubes and clowns.
This will complete the evenings enter
ment
During intermission the time will be
taken up with specialities given by the
senior members; the male quartette
| will render couple of numbers and
one of the fellows has a good rube
monologue to spring on the audience.
The price of tickets are: adults. %
cents, and children, 10 cents, and they
can be secured from any of the mem
bers or at the building, or at the follow
ing stores: James Music Co, Thresh-
er's Fruit store and Wilson's book
| store
Secure your tickets now and encour-
age the boys They have been practic-
ing faithfully for the last two months
for this event and they deserve the
hearty support of the general public.
Come out and show your appreciation
| of what the Y M c. A. is doing in
building up the yonng manhood OF this
| town
Happy Hooligan, with several other
well known characters, has arrived in
town and will be the guests of the ply
steal director until after the entertain
ment Friday night.