The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-01
MI N 5 | r IL )
w OW frs
NIGHT CROWD
Cast Of Forty Puts on Tal-
ented Three Hour Show
for Worthy Causes

High expectancy, exhileration and
the tensenesS of last-minute prep
aration marked the opening last
night of the Rotary blackface min
strel as a typical first night per-
Torrance, attended with the lusty
crunching of peanuts, munching OF
popcorn and long draughts from
bottles of coca cola.
Opening promptly at BIS to a
near capacity audience in the big
Twentieth Century Theatre = and
to be repeated at the same time to-
nlght-the orchestra stepped out
boldly with an overture medley OF
classic folk tunes and quick-step-
ping dance numbers of generation
ago
High spots of the show which
merited thunderous applause and
brought encores from the perform
cls were director Lillian Uggen--
who almost stole her own show
with her inimitable renditions of
My Man" big Bad Bill and
"Whoopee;;" Billy Vaisvila's sing
ing yodeling to her own accom-
paniment; .come-hither Lou Levy
first as Andy Gundersen's downfall
and later as Carmen Miranda, with
a superlative rendition of Isl, 81,
ST, l Like You Very Much" Der
Feuhrer's Face with vocalization by
Richard Peter and faces" by Hank
Harmon and Walter Brazelton; and
straight solo numbers by Louise
Hedland and Melvin Smith.
Openers
AS interlocutor Charlie Carter
presented a glamorous figure in a
rakish white satin topper and ex-
aggerated white faced Tux lapels,
while end men Harmon, Claude
Carnegie, Walter Carl and Walter
Brazelton floored EN- with cracks
at the local citizenry and each
lother which took in Gov Gruening
and covered the field, including
the famed high school non-run
clocks.
An opening chorus sung by the
entire ensemble included singers
Louise Hedland, Kay Kennedy, Ed
ma Liston, Mary Jean McNaughton,
Merle Janice Pitts. Lucille Stone
house, and Walt Searle. Mel Smith,
Earl Terry, Herb Waugh. OSsie
Bergheim, E. F.. Dosek, Roy Fields,
Thomas E. Ketchum, Vernon Owen,
Richard Peter, George Schnell, Bob
Shuppert, Tony Spina, Stan Vule-
Itch and Paul Winkelman.
Tenor solos by Vernon Owen
were sung persuasively and includ-
ed "Tangerine" and Give Me One
Dozen Roses" while Tony Spina,
baritone, gave ingratiating rendi-
tions.
Mary's Lamb
Mary Had a Little Lamb" in
Guiding specific directions regard
ing its disposal, as presented on
the program makes unique con-
tribution and one that had last
nights audience in an uproar.
Merle Janice Pitts, singing "Zing.
ling, ling" brought hearty ap-
plause and the demand for an en-
core. as did the catchy tunes and
fancy Alp-climbing yodeling OF
Billy Vaisvila. Clever impersona-
tons with Richard Peter at the
mike gave that young mans talent
play, and Herb Waugh, baritone
yocalized pleasingly.
Olio
Comedy dialogue between Roy
Fields and Tom Ketchum. and Ha-
waiian tunes by the string ensem-
BILE including a particularly engag-
ing rendition of Song of the Is
lands, as well as an idyllic South
Sea Interlude. marked the Olio
section of the program. Musicians
behind the IS Bali were Buddy
Rice and his Hillbilly Band, while
South Sea Islanders were the OH
so-glamorous Lou Levy and preda-
tory grass-skirted Andy Gundersen
Continuing their smooth rendi-
tons the orchestra played Alex
ander's Rag Time Band" during in
PERMISSION, which was broken by an
opening chorus to start off the
second part of the program, the
laughable F'uehrers Face.
Smooth tapping by Charles Trus-