Connecticut western news., 1909-02-25
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did very we'll The cornet was trife off at times, and the second violins were lit le uncertain, but, considering the short time the boys have played together, they did particularly well. The overture or opening chorus consisted of several songs sung with great spirit and 9 good deal of tunefulness. After several jokes had been cracked at the expense of local celebrities, MT. Holland sang that old favorite, "Doan' You Cry, Ma Honey" " In our opinion MT. Holland had the best voice of any of the singers. It was not powerful, but what it lacked i'll this re- spect it made up by sweetness of tone. The audience liked the song so much that it had to be repeated.
 The next thing on the program was a monologue by Mr. Baker, and we have heard several monologists at the various vaudeville houses who were not nearly SO funny. After this more jokes, then a solo by MT. Woodward entitled, "You Il Be Lonesome Niger" This we think was the poorest song of the evening. As usual we got some more jokes after this song, some of which were very funny. Then MT. Gillette sang Don't Say No, <" which was a good song with a catchy chorus and hit the fancy of the audience.
 Next we had the best thing of the evening, song by four pickaninnies- Masters Brown, Kirby, Gillette and Mo Gam. The kids sang finely, and after the song McCann, about the smallest boy of the four, did clog dance which brought down the house. The little fel- low went to work manfully, and it was worth the price of admission just to see him alone.
 MT. Dakin then introduced Miss Gres- sot and MT. Hurley, who did buck and wing dance which was encored twice. Though they forgot the words of the song they sang before the dance, they did not seem at all abashed, and stuck to it until they remembered them again.
 Next, Messrs. Middlebrooks and Gill lette, holding all enormous music book labeled "Hims and Sans" between them, sang a "local song." the words of which, we believe. were written by R. J. Liv- instone, who need not be at all ashamed of them. There were three verses-the first about well-known Sharon man; the second about the basketball teams; and the third. which was sung as an en- core, was about the girls Fourteen Club" This song seemed to highly please the audience.
 - By way of variety we now had banjo duet by Messrs. Clum and Caulkins. MT. Barnum followed this with song from "The Girls of Gutenburg," entitled "M M M Mazie," which was we'll sung and had pretty chorus-one of the sort that you whistle on the way home. "A violin solo, by celebrated musician" was the next thing on the program, but the musician did not show up. It was rumored that he had accepted a better paying position with the New York Symphony Orchestra.
 The next to the best thing was clog dance by gentleman billed as "Mr. Golightly." "Goligntly" is an,artist at this kind of business, and we believe he could readily secure a position in the vaudeville circuit. The entire company then sang Starlight" which closed the minstrel performance.
 It was followed by farce, acted by
  Mcssrs. Lamb, Klebes and Byron. This made the entertainment rather too long, it not being over until after II o'clock.
 Taken all i'll all the show was the best staged, cleverest and funniest local tal- ent affair that the writer has ever seen in Sharon or any other place, and MT. Livingstone, the manager, deserves great credit for his tireless efforts in getting it into shape. At the time of writing it is not known how much the Village I'm provement Society will receive from the two entertainments, but it is expected that nearly $500 will be added to their treasury. Three cheers for the Sharon MinStrels