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MINSTREL FESTIVAL MATINEE AND LAST NISHT’S PERFORMANCES.The managers of the Minstrel Festival express themselves a3 more than satisfied with the results of the mammoth aggregation, and, as its pecuniary success has been assured according to-theirown statement and consequent gratification, the artistic features of the enterprise must necessarily receive indorsement in a commensurate sense. The proof of pudding is in the eating thereof; and, judging by this accepted standard, the hundreds that have flocked to the Music Hall during the past week and enthusiastically applauded the great minstrel performance have certainly borne ample testimony to the fact that this style of performance has a hold upon popular favor quite as pronounced as the more fashionable claims of grand opera. And it has also the advantages of being better understood and more heartily enjoyed, even if it does require an extra amount of courage to plead guilty to the charge.At the matinee yesterday afternoon there were present a larger number of ladies in proportion, than at any previous performance; and tbe programme, with one or two exceptions of the opening night, was given with the zest and hearty enjoyment of the work on the part qf the performers that have characterized the previous efforts of the dusky, happy army. The little picanninies, in their grotesque dancing and comical antics, were received with intense favor by the little folks in the audience. Th£ invitation to the professional people in the city was warmly accepted, and responded to by a considerable number.Last night there was again an appreciative attendance, equal in numbers to the audience present at the performance of the “Messiah” fast week. There was. a change in. the programme. introducing new songs by the principal singers, among whom Mr. Wallace King, in his singing of the ballad, “Scotch Lassie Jean,” with the Consolidated quartet accompaniment, was received with mucl^ applause. The “Darkies’ Jubilee,” by all the singers, w-as also well received. “Bavrum’s Circus,” with grotesque efforts in tumbling, bare-back riding and feats of strength, was another portion eliciting much merriment. There will be another street parable this morning.*with a performance to-night, and the last matinee yriH be given cm Saturday afternoon. The farewell festival wil take place on Saturday night, and it will be made an extra jubilee on the part of singers and dancers, bones, tambo-rine and banjo, as well as the more “cultivated” features of the Consolidation. The changed programme will be rendered this evening.HAVLIN’S THEATER.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Fri, Jan 04, 1884
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