Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
TWO DIRECTORS
HAVE BEGUN WORK
Save Dates August | and z. Re-
hear.ing Of Scene. Of SO Years
Ago Have Begun

The plans for the pageant which is
to be staged under the auspices Of the
American Legion at the Fair Grounds
August l and 2, are in full swing, and
all the details Of the big production
are being worked out with the various
committees appointed by the Legion.
The enterprise will be enormous in
it's scope, all Willmar organizations
and representatives from the towns of
Kandiyohi County are being invited to
cooperate in the various activities,
and in the presentation OF the page
ant itself
The spectacle will be the most mag
nifcent and thrilling entertainment
ever given in this part of the State.
The scenes depicted of the early life
Of this district will be interesting in
the extreme. 1t is safe to say that
very few residents OF the present
Willmar have the slightest idea of the
exciting and spectacular events that
took place right in this county 60
years ago. The early pioneer, scenes
of the Massacre at the Erickson log
cabin between Mud and Eagle Lakes.
and the massacre at the Endreson cab
in on the shore of Solomon Lake, the
escape of the Endreson girls; their
rescue by Piper and Ferguson; the
rescue of Erickson and Foot by Mrs.
Endreson, and the final reunion OF
these families at Forest City, makes
thrilling narrative of real life, more
exciting than any novel ever written.T
In 1870 the coming of the railroad to
Kandiyohi County finds a new regime,
and those who take part in the gay
festivities in silks, satins, velvets and
high hats, show the remarkable pro-
gress that 20 years has brot about.
Everybody who wants:fto get into
the game "come across" and help fill
up the cast NOW. Nothing is so vital
to a community as the history OF
that community. This is your commun-
ity and it is your pageant. We need
your cooperation. Signify your readi-
ness to be in the cast by communicat-
ing with any Of the following Cast
Committee: Mrs. A. c. Carlson, Mrs.
Ida Spencer, Rev. J. R. Mccullough
Mrs. 0. z. Johnston, Mrs. ]. w. Kent,
Mr.. A. o. Forsberg, Mr.tO B August
son, Mrs o. H. Redfeld, Mrs. A. J.
Sperry, Mrs. T. H. King, Mrs. w., D.
Mclaughlin, Miss Inga Imsdahl, and
Miss Rosamond Geretson and DR.. A.
F. Branton, ex-officio. ,
Mr.. Reid, the Pageant Master. will
hold rehearsals on the Courthouse
lawn every evening at 1880. Mr.. Reid
hopes that it will not be necessary to
call everybody every evening, but that
certain groups will rehearse at GER
tain specified times. All people in
the Indian episode are requested to
meet Friday night the 21st. Mr.. Reid
is quite we'll pleased with the quality
of the cast he has to work with SO far,
but is not quite satisfied with the
quantity. Come and bring your friends
to help enact this huge drama. 1t will
require the combined efforts Of all to
make this the grandest spectacle of
Kandiyohi County. r..
Miss Gertrude Clarke, advance dance
director of the Thurston Management,
has arrived in Willmar and is busy
directing the many dance groups for
the spectacle. Miss Clarke comes
from Chicago where she has had
thoro training in music and dance
organization work. Miss Clarke will
be followed by Miss Mary B. Brown,
Ballarina of the celebrated Pavley-
Oukrainski Russian Ballet. Miss
Brown is an artist of remarkable alb.
ility and she is an exponent not only
of the Russian Ballet but OF the Class
ical Italian and French Ballets. She
has toured both United States and
Canada as Solo Danseuse, and she has
achieved extraordinary. success in her
pageant dancing and directing. Miss
Brown has the exceptional record Of
having directed more pageant dances
than any one in this line OF work,
the numbers Of people in these dan
ces amounting to over 10000. The
training afforded by the beautiful and
technical aesthetic dances in the page
ant will be Of great value to the cast
taking part in them.
| The dance cast is not quite filed
yet, and there is room for more young
ladies and children See the follow
ing members OF the Dance Committee
for enrolment: Miss Marion Gratz,
Mrs. Joseph Thorne, Mrs. .. o. Hahn,
Miss AdeHne Holm, Miss Estella Lund.
quist and Mrs. G. 7. Grace. Rehears.
ais will be held at the Masonic Tenn.
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