Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-13
MADISON
Legion Stages
Musical Fantisque
Two Night Success

Madison, Me, Oct. 12-(SpecldD-
"katcha HOO" musical fantisque as
given by local talent Thursday even
| ing in Union hall under the auspices
of Tardiff Post of American Legion,
was tremendous success from start
TO finish. Practically every seat in
the han was taken and frequent en-
cores were given in response to the
enthusiastic applause of the audience.
The entertainment was given I'M
der the direction of Miss Lenore
| ellis with Miss Katherine Mckinney
as accompanist. The cast of charac
! tCrs included the best local talent
and was:
Katcha koo William Dixon: The
Maharajah of Hunga, Meade Bald
win Dick Horton. Harold Welts !;
| Harry Bradstone, Merton Daggett:
Mrs. Chattie Gaddin, Ida ,Witham;
Dolly and Prudence, Ethel Hansen.
Mary Washburn: Solejah. Agnes Dix
On; Urbana, Arlene Beale: Chin Chin
FOO, Beatrice Rogers; Brazillitata,
Alice Ingalls,; Patsy Kildare, Melvina
| Willette; La Belle Elysee, Lucille
ToWne.
| The program was as follows:
! Act l. Opening Ensemble; En-
'it'ii'N VI RJttii' ~ A'h'tAi
! Priests. Slaves, etc: I'm Waiting
/ Yet, Mahara iah with chorus; Invoca-
| ton to katcha -Koo, ensemble;
| Clothes Make the Man, Katcha -koo
/ and chorus; Never Knew What
Love Could Do. Dolly and Dick; solo
dance, Miss Beatrice Lessore; Di-
vertisement Oriental, Veil Dancers;
That's What He Taught Me TO Do,
Prudence and Harry; finale, We're
Off To Call On Uncle Sam, ensemble.
| Act II. Girls With Susquehanna
Sue, Dolly; If Things Were Only Diff
ferent. Solejah, Urbana, Dick Harry;
I Was Always Rushing All The Girls
| Ever Knew. katcha- koo and four
wives; When / Went To School With
You, Dolly, Dick. and Aud Lang
Syne; Grand Finale, Yankee DiXies.
Eng. Jackies, Italy, France, China,
! Belgium, Columbias.
The long list of specialties intro
duced during the program were
! splendidly executed and the charac-
| teristic costumes of the different ma
tionalities added not a little to their
effectiveness.
Those taking part and the charac-
ters represented in the specialties
were:
Oriental Ladies, Vera Weese. Ca
Uterine Welch, Patricia Thurber,
| Mary Renter. Iona Trafton. Eleanor
Head. Nellie Simonds, Agnes Brown:
veil dancers. Beatrice Lessore, solo,
| list, Airline Davis, Marjorie Taylor
Alma Delaware, Ada Wright, Mar
| jorie Glidden. Susquehanna Sue,
Verna Delaware. Thelma Bird, Bar
bara Weston, Freida Bahr; Aud
Lang Syne, Constance Ouellette,
Jessie Ross. Evelyn Bracket, Phyllis
| Waldron. Hildegarde Bahr. Eleanor
Edwards; Yankee Dixies. Eva Bahr,
Kathleen Mary Boyle, Eileen Aslak,
Shirley May Durgin, Elizabeth
Moody; English Jackies, Catherine
WEIGH, Vera Weese, Thelma Bird.
Italy, Hortense Hamlin, Avis Por-
ter, Doris McAuley, Pearl Trenton;
French, Gladys Strang, Marguerite
Williams, Pauline Beaulieu, Laura
Simonds; Dutch. Alice McCollar,
Goldie McSorley, Pauline Mute. Phyl-
lis Bean; Belgian, Mary D. Renter,
Iona Trafton. Shirley Gibbs, Doro-
thy Bell; Chinese, Beatrice Lessore,
Josephine Theriault, Anna Deroche,
Pearl Reed; Sammies, Shirley Gardi-
ner, Isabelle Butterfield, Gladys
Wade, Doris Glidden, Oria Daglo,
Gertrude Dubay, Jeanette Denis,
Rosie Row, Shirley Pomelow. Clara
Hagopian.
Columbia Trio, Uncle Sam, Donald
Beale; America, Jean White; Peace,
Mary Herd.
The program was repeated Friday
night and the house was sold out for
the second night and the success of
the first night was repeated in the
second.