Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-06
Maine State Carnival
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was participated in by close to 1900
people, a varied program of enter
tainment, including lavish presenta-
tions by local child dancers under
the direction of Augusta teachers OF
dancing; a solo speciality and two
group numbers by several young Ia
dies from Bangor, and clever expo
sitions Of character and ball room
! dancing by a team OF head liners
from the B. F. Keith vaudeville cir
cult made the evening one OF partic-
ular enjoyment to the crowded gal
leries as we'll as to the gaily cos
tuned celebrators who thronged on
the dancing surface.
Special lighting arrangements and
decorations transformed City Hall
auditorium into a vast place Of car
nival and with the variation OF
! lighting effects from the eerie blue
! TO the brilliant combinations of
white with the red and blue, provld-
| cd the necessary touch OF color
which made the scene as the dancers
| slided across the smooth floor sur
| face one of the most picturesque and
memorable in the history of the long
series Of similar affairs in this city.
George Randall, q student in the
| senior class at Cony high school was
/ Il IlOSL StGCSPtdpiC anu ChiSAS'S A'At.'
| ter Of ceremonies, but those who
have labored tirelessly to make the
! Carnival Ball the splendid success
| that it was, know that the organiZ-
ing genious was the same energetic
young man who has successfully
promoted previous gala events
Laurence G. Purington. The decora-
tons which were most unique and
| added materially to the beauty of. the
scene were designed and executed by
Ralph Brown, and the special ar
rangement of lights was the work of
Edgar Dow of this city
The ten acts of amateur and pro-
fessional vaudeville, which We're :
tersperscd with the long program of
dances, were started off shortly af-
ter o'clock with the Triple Tang
lers," which proved 4 novel number
in which the winners in the Carnival
Ball cross word puzzle contest were
introduced to the vast audience, and
in competition solved two gigantic
black and white squared puzzles be-
fore the audience. The competing
puzzlers We're Philip Churchill, a
senior at Cony high school and Will
liam l.. Mcdonald. AS both made
errors in their hasty solutions of the
big puzzles, Announcer Randall de-
clared the honors even and the IS
in gold was divided between the two
young men.
With the appearance of Bray and
Sheeran, neadliners from the Keith
| circuit, the hundreds of people who
had filled every available seat in the
galleries and on the floor of cit.
Hall and stood thirty deep all the
way around the dancing surface.
were satisfied that the entertainment
!! was to be exceptional. Miss Sheer
, an and her partner, Mr.. Bray, pre-
sented wooden soldier number
which met with instant favor and
was applaIded TO the echo.
. After dainty and intriguing lit
tie dance by some thirty tiny dancers
of Mrs. Adele T. G. Moves classes,
in which the children were realisti-
cally costumed to represent little
white snow gnomcs. three charming
1a1r1es appeared and after q beauti-
ful exposition Of toe and ballet
dancing. the entire group disappear
ed behind the curtains of the stage
and a moment later the curtains
, were drawn revealing the Queen Of
; the Carnival, in her regal robes of
ernlne, seated in the great throne
| Ni.oA's A'AASo NoIilC duClSIs III ,
winner of the close contest for the
honor of selection as queen of the
fourth annual State Of Maine VIM
ter Carnival, was introduced to the
eager audience and for a moment it
seemed that pandemonium had
broken loose in tribute to the reign
ing sovereign.
The dance by the Tiller Girls,
eight young ladies from Mrs. Ros-
anna b. OGiorne's class Of Bangor,
was one Of the snappiest group num-
ters ever presented in this city. The
Queen City young ladies were nat ..
tily costumed and their precision of
steps and figures were a revelation
to the enthusiastic audience. The
young ladies in this novelty were
the Misses jeanette Bunker, Rose
Maynard, Josephine Stanley, Wini-
fred Murray. Mary Collins. Catherine
Lynch, Charlotte Odiorne and An
nah Fairbanks. Their costumes
were of green and purple. red and
yellow, with natty little green tur-
bans to crown the whole colorful
ensemble.
The Bray and Sheeran team pre-
scented the Argentine Tango in appro-
pirate costume, and later appeared in
an exposition of the fox-trot which
was a sure-fire hit with the onlookers
because of the clever eccentric figures
introduced.
The silver Ballet" by the young
dancing pupils Of Miss Dorothy Elise
Gray's classes was another beautiful
group number presented on the stage
with special scenic and lighting eff
fects. Miss Devina Slosberg. a dimin-
,utive and exceptionally talented little
miss. appeared in Russian dance
which aroused the audience to "a
frenzy Of applause.
Miss Charlotte Odiorne of Bangor
presented Spanish peasant number
which was the very exempliication of
lrythmic grace. Different from the
usual Spanish solo dance, in that it
was minus the swapping gestures and
pastures accompanying the clack of
castanets, the number was true pre-
sentation. of peasant dance, and as
Miss Odiorne whfrled in the spotlight
the time and place were for the mo-
ment forgotten and it seemed as if q
breath OF the Spain of the Pyrenees
was waited TO the hundreds Of intent
observers.
The second appearance of the seven
Bangor girls in a novelty group num-
Der concluded the vaudeville entertain
ments for the evening. and this final
number was fitting climax to a pro-
gram Of exceptional merit and varie-
ty. In both their appearances the
Queen City girls presented dances
which were far out Of the usual and
the audience was loath to permit them
to leave the floor without several en-
cores.
The music for the vaudeville and for
the general dancing was by Douglas