Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-16
THE AMATEURS.
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Festival Vaudeville Scores
A Big Success,
Local Talent Cast Proves
Most Excellent One.
Portland Young Lady Heard In
Clever representations.

ance given at CITY hall Thursday even
ing under the auspices of the Augusta
Festival Chorus was one of the finest
amateur entertainments that has been
given in this city for many day Each
number was a head liner and the en-
tire performance went off without a
hitch or break of any kind to mar the
excellent production. The entire cast
consisted of local talent with the eXcep-
ton of Miss Sally Davis of Portland.
Miss Davis, who is but is years of age.
is a pupil of l.. Il. Cain and reflected
credit alike upon herself and her in
structor.
The was not a wasted moment of the
entire evening, for the enjoyment of
the patrons of the performance began
when Dennis Orchestra played the
opening overture and did not end until
the close of the last waltz, which COM
pleted the dance order of II numbers
following the vaudeville.
Harold Partridge scored successfully
i'm his dark face part with which the
performance opened, both his songs
and Jokes taking well with the audi
ence. The song, when l Die I'll BE
Long Time Dead" and the sklt, "State
House Extension" We're perhaps the
best of his repertoire.
Miss Davis took the house by storm
in her charming approximations, repre-
senting Fay Templeton in "Forty-five
Minutes from broadway" Anna Held
in "Miss Innocence" and Emma earns
in 'Bcautiful Eyes" 1t was in the last
number that she made the biggest hit
and kept her audience wildly enthusl-
astic throughout her rendering of the
pretty song.
Rex Church and Everett Jones did
clever fencing work. Mary Coughlln as
'"rhe Merry Widow" and Fred u
Bates as 1.-The DeviT' held the attention
of the audience throughout their tax
ing musical number. "Ylp-I-Addy-l-
Ay," as sung by Miss Coughlin, proved
quite as much OF a sensation IN Au-
gusta as it has elsewhere.
CARRIED in the attractive costume OF
a Scotch lassie Miss Villa Packard
gave a splendid Interpretation of the
Highland fling, and the graceful move
ments of the dancing were heightened
by the colored light effects.
It took several encores on the part OF
Harold Partridge and the bevy Oh
white-rohed girls associated with nm
in the renderings- of the more or less
original nursey jingles with when the
second part opened to satisfy the auul !
erce. Those assisting Mr.. Partridge IN
this number were Lillian Marston. Dor
ris Ham, Marjorie Lee, Rachel Messer,
Marion Murphy and Minetta Lee
Mrs. Charles r. Reed as the African
Queen, both by her voice and costume
and the snappy melodies chosen made
her part a success. The stately minu-
ct never had better opponents thal'
Miss Mildred Clark and MISS Helen
York and the audience seemed to catch
the shirt of this dance of long age
DAYS as they watched it's fair lnterpre-
ters.
Miss Davis was again heard to excel
lent advantage in Tosti's song, GOOD
Rve Summer" The sweet contralto
voice of Miss Asapl1ane Harvey LED
very prettily in the stirring sailor song
"Give Us a Fleet" and the audience
broke into a tumult of applause as she
waved the National flag while the
grol,p of sailors by whom she was sur
rounded sang Justify the words OF inc
chorus. The sailors were Charles y
Marston, ]. +. Bilodeau, G. OB
Haines, Ernest Bragg, Wallace Purin-
ton. Elmer f.. Parkman, Roy II. South
ard and Herbert l.. Goodwin.
The entire company appeared In the
spirited singing of the patriotic CLOSING
chorus, "The Liberty Bell" and JUS
before the curtain fell the performers
wore cnycloped i'm q shower Of ccnletti
producing a very pretty effect