The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-31


has been spent in the staging of the
Elks' Minstrels which appear at the
Opera House on next Thursday and
| Saturday evenings Tom Sharp is re-
sponsible for the scenery, and those
who have seen the result of his work
declare that the MINISTRIES will be bet
ter staged than almost any previous
| attraction, amateur or professional.
| which ever appeared in Honolulu
playhouse. The setting will be rep
| resentation of the Seaside Hotel
grounds and surroundings at Waikiki
Beach. The audience looks upon the
scene from the position of the bath
house building on the Eva side of the
grounds. 1t is night scene. and the
strings of colored electric lights in the
trees cast bright light upon the build
ings and big hau-tree lanai, which lat
ter forms the center of the setting.
Then transformation scene is rune
in. Out of the gloom which forms the
background, old Diamond Head begins
to slowly loom out, as very realistic
full moon creeps up from behind the
great landmark, and finally sails in all
the majesty of a tropic deity in
purple dome, casting clear but chas-
tened radiance over the beach scene
that is so well known and loved bv
all Hawaiians.
What Tom Sharp has accomplished
as stagesmith, Sonny Cunha has
fully equaled in origination and bring
ing out production that is at once
unique, and of such merit that more
than one who has been permitted to
watch the rehearsals feel sure that
Sonny has show that deserves more
than local presentation. 1t is quite
different from the conventional type
of oidtime, black faced, clap-stiek buff
foonery of tradition known as min
strels. The music is adaptations from
the latest light opera scores, to which
libretto of local color has been in
geniously attached. The chorus work
will be by the Kamehameha Glee Club,
and is remarkably good.
Eddie Douthitt is the big central
figure in the cast, appearing as the
jolly host at the Seaside Hotel. He is
fortunate in being patronized by an
aggregation of musical talent of I'M
usual merit, and he soon has organized
out of it great impromptu entertain
ment for his and his guests amuse-
| ment-and the audience gets the ben
eft also. The jolly jewellers are group
ed under the hau-tree lanai, and o
more natural and ideal arrangement
| could scarcely have been imagined.
Some idea of the character of the per-
Torrance may be gained from the pro-
gram, which is as follows:
verture-"L Light Cavalry $3.50.
1910. Honolulu Concert Orchestra
Opening Chorus - (a) "Vive La
Bohemia from .The Chape-
rones; (b) "Absinthe Frappe,''
from cit Happened in Nord-
land'; (c) "In Dear Hawaii:
(d) "Let Music Sound, . from
liking Dodo"; (e) II Like
| YOU from '"The Mayor OF To-
kio"; (f) "Down in Jungle Town. .
Tenor Solo-"I'm Yours Truly
(sho-Gun) =. Mr.. Raymond Brown
End Song Yankee Doodle's Come
to Town. yankee Prince ......
| Mr.. VIM. Warren
Baritone Solo Moonbeams (Play-
ing the Ponies) Mr.. c. Waterman
End Song" Mother Hasn't Spoke
to Father Since" Mr.. Lando
Bass Solo-tSong of the Turnkey
..........M Mr.. Geo. Warren
Burlesque Songs George Took Me
Walking in the Park; "She
Borrowed My Only Husband and
| Forgot to Bring Him Back "....
................ Mr.. Chester Hum
End Song-"My Fluff-a-de Buff y.
............. Mr.. Eugene Allen
t.Burlesque Song Baby Doll -.
.............M Mr.. VIM. Henry Rice
Big Noise - "Berger's Hawaiian
Band "...........M Mr.. E. Douthiti
Closing Chorus-(a) "Dear Old
Yankee Land; (b) "Lankee
Yankee Boys in Blue''; (c) "Three
| Cheers for the B. p o. E. GIG"
................ Entire Company
/ Curtain
OHIO.
Orchestra The Teddy Bears Pie
mic -. Honolulu Concert Orchestrs
Moving Pictures-Selected. ..
......... Mr. r. K. BONNIE
| Hawaii s Baritone-Selected ..
...... Mr. Henry CLARK
japanese Love Song; Buck and Wing
| Dancing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
49,. Mrs. Mary Gum and 80 Pupil:
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