Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-10

With every seat taken and hundreds
of people standing in the aisles and
Hobbies at the Grand theatre last eve
ming, the Business and Professional
Women's club presented the fourth
pronounced success.
The prizes were awarded, first, G. G.
orchestra; second, General Jackson
quartet from Camp Jones; third,
"What Have You,' the contribution OF
the Country club.
At 7:45 o'clock the S. r. 0. signs
were hung out all over the theatre
and s o'clock promptly the curtain
went up on the first act of the show
and the affair was half a success in
that it was prompt. The first act
| gave it the other required elements OF
success, in an artistic and beautiful
classic dance
| This act was the contribution OF the
Music club and deserves honorable
mention. The second regular act was
staged by the Kiwanis club, lacking
something of the complications OF
acts the Kiwanians have presented in
past years and yet with a touch -
genius and the burlesque that only
Kiwanian can assume the act pleased
the crowd
The third act on the program was
| the Indian dance presented by the
| Pirtleville school, This was cere-
mony with a fire and the pipe of peace
and all the gestures and stamping
cadenceS of primitive worship. This
act represented more actual work
worry and trouble than all the rest OF
the show and it was worth all the eff
fort. The dancers had been schooled
parts until they moved in order
through the entire scheme Of the
dance and the effect was that of the
barbaric rythm and mechanical action
the dance is ment to convey.
The Douglas public school teachers
put on the most hilariously funny act
of the entire collection. While other
acts had merits of their own, this one
was simple silly enough to be very
acceptable. The scene was laid in the
bleachers at football game and a
charming dumb belle escorted by q
| football enthusiast acted her part tc
perfection. =
The boy scout band created di-
/, version Many persons in the audi
ence had not realized that the city
boasted a real band. Few realized
| that they had mastered the art o1
| producing music. They played we'll
showing Improvement since their first
attempts SO short time ago anc
! again the crowd was pleased.
4 what Have You,' the act that wor
/ the third prize, was a sort of parody
on national advertisers slogans. The
part was written by Ruth Higgin Cole
and there was a laugh in almost every
line.
4 The Gloom Chasers, girls club o.
the Douglas high school, made sue
lcess of a very pretty dance with very
well arranged costumes. This was one
kof the best all round acts on the en-
tire program.
There was much more to the G. G
orchestra appearance than anyone haC
expected This orchestra was made III
/ of very young musicians. They made
no pretense at artistic costuming
on the stage playing and went Of
amid cheers. Their first piece wa'
4 good and their encores were better
Their sincere effort to entertain anc
the marked ability indicated in theil
I music brought them the award.
I In the announcements for the com.
petitive vaudeville The Dispatch stories
carried the statement that Genera
Jackson's quartet would appear fol
one act and that nothing more coulc
be said about them Little more car
be said now They APPEARED. Thu
crowd cheered them for many en-
cores, they bowed and were gone anc
those who had been pleased will
nothing else the show contained were
smiling and chuckling. The quarte
is better than it was year ago i
not, perhaps as finished as it wa
three or four years ago. 1t gives t(