The daily sentinel., 1907-11-04
THE FAMOUS DANCE
OF "THE ISLE OF SPICE
Hard Work Sixteen Little Girls Dc
In the Great Song Hit, 1.-THE Goo
Goo Mana Unique
Arrangement.

q One of the bright, special a
Q hits in the B. C. Whitney's mu- a
q sical extravaganza. the isle of a
q Spice" is THE Goo Goo Man." a
q sung by John Mylie the leading a
q comedian of the organization, q
q and dozen pretty girls. 1t a
q is a pleasing topical song and a
O hits in timely fashion many peo- a
q pie in this city. and after Mr.. a
q Mylie has sung a verse all the a
q girls execute dance, which for a
q cheer life and vim has probably a
q never been equalled anywhere. a
q The girls not OILY dance as a
q though well trained. but as a
q though they enjoyed every a
q minute OF it, and perhaps it is q
q this that makes the audience de- a
q mand from ten to twenty en- a
4 cores every performance. q
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Whatever 1t is, "The Goo Goo
Man" does make a hit; the happy
combination of funny verses, pretty
girls, lively dancing and catchy mus
ic, certainly touches the popular fancy
Hence, the song gets an average of
hfteen eneores at each performance.
It's no light work for a little girl
to do and repeat such wild whirl-
wind dance as this for fifteen times,
although they do enjoy 1t. But 1t
is often exhausting, and Mr.. Whitney
the owner of the production, appre-
ciating this fact, has unique in
novation to make the work lighter.
Although twelve girls appear In the
song. sixteen dress in the cute little
costumes every performance. For the
first verse twelve go on. the other
four remaining In the wings out of
sight of the audience. On the third
or fouth encore, when the twelve
little girls run Off the stage In obed-
ience to the singers instructionsA
Stage Manager Sam Rose begins to
take particular notice of the appear
ance of each girl. If any seem to be
tired they are told to sit down and
rest, while some of the four extra
girls takes their place. Each en-
core finds one or more new girls
in the song, although the audience
is not aware of this.
1t is a significant fact, however,
that never since the song has been
sung has any girl voluntarily dropped
out. There is something so invig-
Grating about the dance that no mat
ter how tired they become. 1t is al
ways enjoyable. As a matter of fact
it is not an infrequent occurance.
when the audience is more than us
ually appreciative. for some of the
little girls to actually cry when the
stage manager has ordered them out
to take a rest. There Is a positive
competition among the girls for a
place IN the first twelve, and the four
extra one are always unhappy until
they get a chance to go on the stage.
Herr Augutus Sohlke, Mr.. Whit
ney's general stage director who orig
mated the dance and instructed the
girls, in speaking of 1t few days
ago said:
1.-The Goo Goo Man" dance is with
out doubt the most difficult and COM
plicated that I have ever designed.
There are more steps to It than
there are to any other form of dance
running a similar length of time than
have ever seen."
Herr Sohlke was asked how he
succeeded in getting the girls infuse
so much life into the numbers. He
replied simply:
1.-THE girls themselves are respon-
sible for that"
One of the little girls when asked
the same question promptly remark
ed: "Who wouldn't work hard for
Herr Sohlke?"
The isle of Spice" Is booked for
ar engagement at Park opera house
tomorrow night, Tuesday, November
9Th,