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OAK PARK MIN1STRELS.If anybody wants to know how Oak Park amateur ministrelsey should be performed he should have been present at the Oak Park Club on Tuesday evening. The auditorium was packed to the doors and when the curtain went up the singers must have felt their hearts thump against their ribs at eight of the magnificent audience. But the two score gentlemen in ebony rose to the occasion and did alt and a great deal more than was expected of them. The only drawback to the entertainment was the lateness of the hour when it closed, but this was due the audience, which insisted, like Oliver of Old, on having “More,” “More,” when the gentlemen before the footlights would have been quite willing to desist.The songs were well sung. Mr. Lozier’s “Rip Van Winkle” and Sam Davis’ “More Like the White Folks Every Day,” being the star performances of the evening. Mr.Swirles* “Melancholy Mose” Mr. Nyman’s “I Must ’a Been *a Dreaming,” Mr. Hall’s “Oh! My! What aSad Thing,” and Mr. Furbeck’s “The Phrenologist Coon,” of the humorous songs were done with much spirit and abandon. The sent imental numbers of Messrs. Bagley, Harvery, Salter and Board were very sweetly rendered. The choral work of the entire company was splendid and reflects much credit on the coach, Mr. Sam Davis. Mr. French made an imposing and excellent interlocutor, while the end men were really funny. The jokes were good, the hits at local celebrities, such as Mr. Farson, President Ray, Mr. Dorsey, Mr. Butler and others, being especially enjoyed.Col. Hunter’s monologues were finely done and were received with much favor, as was Mr. Lozier’s “Chalk Talk,” although too much hurried by reason of the lateness of the hour.Following was the cast in full:F. R. Bagley, Fred E. Hall, F. H. Ball, W. D. Hall, O. B. Barker, Jr., L. M. Harvey, Nathaniel Board, W. C. Hunter, Bruce Darling, F. S. Hyman, A. G. Hall, F. W. Lee, Frank E. Hall, J. D. Martin, R. H. Salter.Interlocutor, W. H. French.Tambos, L. H. Lozier, G. Roy Hall, P. J. Furbeck.Bones, Sam Davis, J. E. Nyman, T. S. Swirles.Goldsmith’s orchestra.The concert will be repeated next Tuesday evening, when the club’s auditorium will no doubt be crowded again, and we are free to say that everyone who goes will get his money’s worth and to spare, both of real music and of wholesome entertainment.
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Oak Park Reporter
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Thu, May 01, 1902
Page 7
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