Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1921-12-08
Mr.. Walter p. Mock. with tha Iobn

MI. waiter L. Mock, with the John
: B. Rogers Producing Company, of
Fostoria, Ohio, arrived in Oxford on
November % to take charge of the
preparations for the American Legion
Minstrel Revue, which the Ole Miss
Post 30 is staging on the night of
December Is at the Lyric Theatre in
Oxford. Mr.. Jap George, acting in
the capacity of Business Manager
appointed the various committees be-
fore the arrival of the director. The
committees to perform work relating
to selecting of talent, advertising,
programs, tickets, etc.
The director, Mr.. Mock, is an ex-
perienced producer of MINISTRIES, hav-
ing been in the business for years.
and he understands the work from A
to u. He expressed himself as being
well pleased with the prospects at
Ole Miss, especially from the stand
point OF talent, for q class one enter
tainment
Only local atlent is being used.
which is selected from both the Uni
versity and Oxford. Parts were as
signed several days before the re-
hearsals began, and are now being
coached to perfection, as the rehear-
sails began on November %. The
company is furnishing the necessary
costumes and appropriate scenery.
therefore, we are ready to believe
the assertions of the Legionaires
when they insist that this show will
prove to be far above the usual run,
and we predict great success.
The University Symphony Orches-
ira and the Ole Miss Jazz Hounds
will have their considerable bits.
Which bits promise to be drawing
card for the Minstrel, as these two
organizations have already established
themselves in the hearts of their adj
mirers.
The entertainment will consist of
two main scenes, with a number of
specialites. The curtain rises on the
traditional minstrel scene. There will
be the interlocutor, by whom we mean
Mr. Opp O'Mara, the end men, Jap
George, Skipper Lyerly, Young Wal |
drup, Deacon Brown, Red Whiting !
ton, and Micky Goldstein-jazz music,
buck-and-wing dancing, snappy jokes /
(most of them on local persons) and
lots of pep.
As specialties, we will meet the
Dark Town Tumblers-Messrs George,
Waldrup, and Hand. MonteLepe and
Cohen will give violin duet; Messrs. !
Long, Farquear, Rowland, and
Bryant will make up quartet, and
other specialties will be introduced
The last scene is contrasted sharp
1y with the first. Its official title is
Nothing but Rice" and we are car
ried to q quaint, fantastic land that
we know little of, and are greeted by
winsome, wonderful maidens. Real
girls, yes, indeed. Here we see Miss
Lovett and Ming Toi, Calvin Bar
bour and Henry Hunter, Mickey
Goldstein in the comic role of Phillip
Withgrub. Here also we have a
genuine chorus consisting of Miss
Annie Kincannon, Miss Sidney Parks,
Miss Margaret Moody, Miss Annelle
Carney, Miss Evelyn Smith, and Miss
Marjorie Parks. So, this scene is
mostly girls.
Perhaps we may repeat that this is
not the minstrel you saw last year,
or the year before, or that you have
been seeing all along. It is to be
something different.
The net proceeds, so far as the
Legion is concerned, are to be divided
between the Ole Miss Post and the
University Orchestra. 1t is benefit
show alright, but those who see it
will get their moneys worth, and we
feel sure they will have record
breaking attendance.