Williams news., 1922-06-02
CROWDED HOUSE WAS
 MORE THAN PLEASED
Woman's Club Benefit present ing Varied Program of Inter pretive Dancing and Musical Numbers Declared Best Ann ateur Performance Ever Wit messed.

Numbers Declared Best Ann
 ateur Performance Ever Wit
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 Williams turned out in mass last Friday night expecting samething unusually good in the program of interpretive dancing and musical numbers which was "on" at the Sultana. They returned home after over three hours of delightful enter tainment enthused - elated. The evenings program had at tained an excellence much above their highest expecta- tions. It was far and away the best local talent production of this type ever staged in Will Hams and many declared it ed here by professionals.
 Miss Vivian Spellmire and her all star cast danced the audience away into scenes of enchanted beauty and splendor each dancer throwing herself into the interpretation of her part with such wholesouled abandon that it took the bang of the descending curtain to bring the on1ookers back to earth-and Williams. The artistic scenery, the wonderful blending of colors in costume and settings together with the grace, beauty and perfect rhythm gave the dancing the finish" which raised it far above the ranks of the usual amateur production and nut it on a par with high class work in metropolitan theatres.
 Many of the dances were original creations of Miss Vivian showing a wonderful degree of practical artistry and a fertile imagination Not only did her imagination create these dances but also many of the costumes of which she made sketches for the use of the costume maker. Further more it was she who trained the group of young artists to the harmonious rhythm of ac- tion which so completely en- chanted the audience.
 No two dances were alike nor even closely similar. The most charming was "The En- chanted Garden; the most "The Firebrand"; the most beautiful, "The Dance of the Vestals"; the daintiest, The Bubble Dance"; the most popular The Apaches of Paris and the Hawaiian Dance" the most piquant, "The Pierrot Dance"; the most unique, "The Toy Shop. "The Phantom of Death" excelled in dramatic power and 'EThe Moth and the Flame" in tender appeal. Each excelled in it's own way and the lines of distinction were so marked that there was not the slightest touch of monotony thru similarity.
 The costumes which served to blend each dancer into per feet harmony with the most beautiful surroundings spoke highly for the expertness and art of those who made them. The wonderful variating light ing of the stage blending with the several hues of the spotlight played an important part in helping to transport the aud fence away to the realms de- picted.
 Many things go into the mak- ing of successful stage per formance. One of the most important of these is orches1ra music. The seven piece or chestra composed of Mrs. Harold Greene. director, at the first piano; Mrs. J. w. Lee, sec ond piano; MT. Emery Emerson. trombone; Prof. kidg1ey, violin Prof. McMullen, bass viol; Levi Montgomery, drums; and Roy McManus, banjo gave excel lent support. Under the able leadership of Mrs. Greene. they the rhythmic and har- musical appeal which enabled the dancers to complet-. ely forget self and become con sonent parts of the scenes DOT trayed. These musicians can