The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1916-11-17
DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT.

iblic place in the town. From the COINS
jup to the ringing down of the curtain
the crowd was in constant commissions
and no professional troupe that has
ever visited Oroville has given more
genuine satisfaction. Those taking part
were residents of the town, acQuain-
ltances, friends and neighbors of those
who filled the auditorium, and general
lsurprise was expressed that there was
Iso much latent talent in town. Every
Inumber on the program was vocifer-
Iously applauded, every joke and antic
laroused a whirlwind of laughter, and
ievery song and dance had to be repeat
led in response TO the insistent demands
lof the happy crowd. In past years there
Ihaye been many amateur performances
igiven in Oroville. but never before one
on such an ambitious scale, nor one
THAT possessed 80 many elements OF
Ireal merit. The performance was q
Isurprisea most pleasing and agree
able surprise--to all present. and COM
mendatory praise was to be heard on
every side About all the participants
haye taken part in local performances
1before, but last Friday night one and
jail surpassed all previous efforts on
1.-THE stage The show was one continu-
Ious hurricane of fun and even after the
last number closed the audience chung
to their seats, reluctant to believe that
the evenings pleasure was at an end.
When the curtain rolled up there was
1 Il n, 10
seated, with some of the chorus banked
up in the rear. Six burnt cork artists
occupied the ends. Dr.. D. H. Lewis. Bob
Fill and Audray McMahan manipulat
ed the bones, and r. Sanders Bagby.
Lawrence Dallam and Lee Christopher
| Fingered tambourines. A. P. Murray oc-
Icupied an elevated seat in the center as
Iinterlocutor, trying position that he
filled most admirably. The others on
1.-THE stage were Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. Bev-
lerly Powell, Mrs. r. A. jackson, Miss
Eliza Grathwold, Miss Louise Pennan,
Miss Ruth McCannon. Miss Elizabeth
Graves, Messrs Berbridge, Johnson,
Hart. Starrett and Silverthorne.
The medley of Jokes, humorous sto-
ries and patter that was part of the
grand opening, caught the audience
from the very start, arousing a whirl-
wind of mirth that had no rest from
1.-The opening number until the end. The
first solo and CHORUS, You'd Never
Know that Old Home Town of Nine"
tby Lawrence Dallam, was decide hit,
land started the'soila podrida of good
things that never had a weak spot in
the list. Then followed in their order
solo Underneath the stars" by Mrs.
Beverly Powell; "Walkin the Dog" by
Mrs. Lewis; When | Leave the Wo-ld
behind" by Mr. Starrett; Down where
1.-THE Swanee River Flows by Mrs. Lew
lis; and Play us a Simple Melody" by
Miss Elizabeth Graves, assisted by six
dancing young ladies. Misses Finsen.
Mrs. Peterson Every number was rem
dered with exceptional merit and was
warmly appreciated by the delighted
iaudience.
The second part represented roof
garden with very pretty stage settings,
and the entertainment that followed
was in the nature of cabaret per-
lformance. Mr.. Starrett sang When it's
moonlight in the Garden of Love-" the
chorus being carried by the guests sit
lt!ng around small tables. A funny
istory, Two Black Dots in a Vision OF
Noah's Ark" DR.. Lewis and Mr.. Nc
Mahan, was very clever number eand
brought down the house. Mrs. Lewis
and Mrs. Powell sang a duet most
, charmingly. Examples OF the modern
dances were then given by two couples
Mrs Harry Evans and Lawrance Dali
am and Mrs. c. 3. Powell and Robert
Hill. The several dances were the po-
etry OF motion, and by many were
considered one of the most interesting
numbers on the program. Then Gar
Hand Ethel, as the lady, and Theo-
Idore Johnson pulled off a most com
lical burlesque on modern dancing,
which evidently touched the funny
bone. as the house was kept in con
stant uproar while the exhibition was
on. The performance closed with a
grand finale, The Midnight Cakewalk
Ball" and it proved to be sidespiit-
ting ending to a sidesplitting enter
tainment throughout. After the show
most of the audience remained TO take
part in the dance that followed.
Much credit for the success OF the
entertainment is due TO r. Sanders
Bagby, who makes business of put
lting on amateur performances, and the
result of his efforts mere justifes the
Istatement that he is eminently quail
| fed TO carry out any thing in the
Entertainment line he might decide to
foster. And while credit is due TO the
manager those who made the minstrel
show a screaming success are entitled
Ito a full measure of praise. Mr.. Bagby
took hold of the raw material and
within ten days during which time
There were only eight rehersals, he
lproduced an entertainment that has
never been surpassed in the town. The
participants must have done faithful
!!work, for they were almost letter per-
| feet, and the smoothness of the per-
formance was not marred by single
hitch. The orchestra made up Of Mes
srs. Ingham, Wilson, Bartell, Gregg
Neal, Graves and Mrs. Ashby, is en-
titled to special mention for the excel
lent music during intermissions, and
for the orchestration accompaniment
to the singers and dancers. So good
was the entire performance that the
public trusts that there may be more
than one repetition during the long
winter months.