The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-02-28
Minstrel ShOw
Presentation a
HugeSuccess
Tidy Sum Realized For High
School Night Football
Equipment
SHOW TO FULL HOUSES
Solo, Chorus Numbers And
Comedy Acts Are
Very Good

Sank Centres minstrel show was
one Of the seasons most success
ful events, considering both. pre-
sentation and box office receipts.
The matinee Monday afternoon,
a. well as the performances
given on Monday and Tuesday
evenings, were greeted by full
houses.
The musical numbers, which
were under the able direction of
Supt. w. A. Kohl, were excellent.
Mr.. Kohl rearranged most Of the
music and composed three of the
selections, as follows: Night Time
Is My Time" Spring Time Is
Here" and by the Silvery Rio
Grande." Miss Henkels, of the pub
lie school faculty, assisted with the
dramatics and had charge Of the
makeup. Both Mr.. Kohl and Miss
Henkels are to be congratulated
upon their efforts.
The scenery. Stonewaller's store
in Jonesborough, Georgia, and a
southern Negro cabin, were made
at the school under the direction Of
Oscar Sontag. The minstrel open
ed with a large number of colored
folk loafing about the store, and
after few remarks the men en-
gagged in singing the opening CHOIR
US, and the Negro mammies enter
ed to help them.
A fifteen minute concert by the
~ I,ac rkv.o oil t,-o; cd nv K0l,
preceded the curtain.
The minstrel proceeded with
jokes, solos, and chorus numbers,
in rapid style, through to the sing
ing of odd Black Joe." The olio
was an arrangement of chorus
numbers and solos, in which the
Negro mammies played the greater
part. A special tap dance and
Bow'ry dance act by two pickinin-
les brought down the house.
Act two opened where the first
act of the minstrel closed and from
then until the finale, it was filled
with humor, an imitation of Joe
Penner, and good singing. Every
solo, and the chorus numbers were
greatly enjoyed by the large aud
fences. A tidy fund for the pur-
chase of lighting equipment for
might football was realized from
the presentation.
Those taking part in the min
strel are as follows: Elmo Olson,
interlocutor; Negroes: Oscar Dows-
well, Harold Gray, Frank OGara,
Robert Newman, Carl Fischer, Joe
Frank, Rudolph Nathe, Walter
Gritzmacher, Henry Thielen, Ber-
nard Schoenhoff, Frank Bailey.
Richard Schoenhoff, P. j. Sven
neby, George Berggreen, Clyde
Silver, Lester Wruck. Negro Mann
mics: Miss Dorothy Wilson, Miss
Yaeger, Mrs. w. A. Kohl. Miss
Edith Elingson, Miss Wilma
Boehmke, Mrs. o. Sontag, Miss
Geneva Chapman, Miss Lila Beck,
Mise Dorothy Boobar, Miss Pearl
Swope, Miss Helen Ranstad, Mrs.
L. A. Dolson, Miss Peterson, Miss
Anderson, Miss Mildred Bye. The
soloists were: o. w. Dowswell,
George Berggreen, Clyde Silver. Ru-
dolph Nathe, Robert Newman,
Henry Thielen, Bernard and Rich
ard Schoenhoff, Charles Rattle,
Miss Lila Beck and Miss Helen
Ranstad. The tap dancers were
Helen Rose and Fay Sprague. Joe
Frank initiated Joe Penner.
The orchestra was composed Of
the following members: David
Caughren, Charles Rattle, Robert
Vandesteeg, Geraldine Hansen, Dor
othy Kohl, Donna Miller, Jess
Oough, Donald Otto, Roderick Car
penter, Mr.. Busse and Victor Sic
ben.
Stage managers were: Ralph
Kowalke, Gene Harvey and Ben
Tom.
ecaparxr. Oscar COyfao