Arizona republican., 1912-05-28
LOCAL TALENT
 WINS IN DEBUT
Musical Director of Elks Shows and Pupil from Conservatory Make Pro fessional Appearance to Storm of Applause.

Phoenix was in the midst of a gen uine romance last evening-in which
 history, the dramatic arts of a lighter
 character, fascinating melodies and
 the rose glow of hope commingled.
 And the tribute which the com
 binatiOn received. when Dorothy Grey
 and Carl Graf. the opponents, had
 concluded their first appearance in
 vaudeville at the Empress was such
 as to justify the hopes of their friends
 and a little space regarding them. It was their entry into vaudeville the young lady with her beautiful voice and the composer with the
 genius of his old pauician ancestors in far away Philadelphia. And the audience. without knowing that bit of history behind the young people sensed the merit of their efforts, and gave them five curtain calls-genuine, spontaneous and worthy of the con- scientious effort which their act showed
 What would the head of the house 1 Of Graff-who sat in his house in the l Quaker City in the revolutionary times-Earrs revered grandparents. who penned with Thomas Jefferson l that immortal declaration of inde- ! pendenCe-haye said had he been there to hear his nimble-fingered 1 grandson weaving d symmetry of de- | lightfuI meIody-the "Bogie Man?' Or
 the nifty little "Peek-a- Boo" number | which carried their change of cos 1 tune. and the fra grant little bit of spicy singing and dancing-"Id Like
 to Take Walk With You" a gen uine novelty. by the Way-at the con Clusion?
 There have been many other clever | acts in Phoenix vaudeville but none ! with the composer himself in the per 1 fcrmance on it's first night | Miss Grey's beautiful singing sug- gests the possibilities which will come with the development indident to the 1 theater. She has been a pupil of the
 Arizona School of Music and her
 singing is evidence of the character of her training. Pure and sweet.
 with easy range and full-throated in
 every note, it charmed the big audi
 ence with it's fresh naturalness and
 lack of effort.
 The incident at the close, where
 MT Graf changes places at the l l ] ing the rhythm of the music, and ! where both sing. dance and play si- | simultaneously. is distinctly big time ! stuff" and far more difficult than I it appears, because of the smooth I ness of the performance.
 I During the week, Miss Gray will T sing Sweet Land of Our Dreams, " I The Game of Hearts" and other I new songs which MT. Graf has fur I nished All of the musical numbers are his.
 I Following the engagement at the T Empress. the act will be booked on T the Pacific coast, and then east on q the first class time. Seth Movie, who Il discovered Rupert Hughes Excuse I Me" with it's tremendous success and Two Women" which has been Mrs. Il Leslie Carters vehicle for two years, and who furnished Robert Hilliard with "A Fool There Was" as well as 'l fourteen other notable eastern dra q matic successes has charge of the Il booking, and predicts for the act and q the performers a big future if they I continue to develop as rapidly as ! they have since they first came un- der his observation here in Phoenix. ] Be sure you're right, then go ahead y ] Some folks think this absurd; 'i Their motto is Go right ahead Il And sQIare it aftcrWard.'