Show LIONS MINSTREL 1 SHOW FOLLIES OF 1935 22 HUGE jhuge SUCCESS if a good laugh Is a tonic then the lions minstrel surely toned up 4 lot of people last fr friday iday night 1 jan alth A packed house turned out to witness this production which had bad been advertised as rea reaching china a high bloh place in n baab face comedy ind lur liar mony diony the union was no doub v III ui an amous that the ance lived up to the advance notices in iii every respect from the first curtain to the last every minute was chock full of interesting and entertaining features director terry presented ted a large number of soloists and a variety of lusic that waa most niest incas ing his 1113 chorus consisted of G W 1 wallace diceson Dich son elmer giles pratt wright peter evans R R dorland jossoh franls clarence rich blame blaine dickson woodrow giles robert miles jos williams jr R B sanford R H giles B R me kinnon J J johnson newell waldron don durrant Durr art smith giles E E anderson and G S hemer heiner tew group roup furnished melody and syner sync pation which would be hard to excel the first two and last ast two men ex named were the urual end men wh wb worked with the tood looking ralpl ralph sanford as interlocutor in providen pro the funny stories which came n na 9 chalking chac king many a rib added to these wise cracks were harold gull guil with his chewing chewin can gumda teaming with clarencea Clarence 0 rich in a mirthful dialogue and our st friend calvin gea geary y scooting in and out trying to deliver his telegrams all of the india dual vocal renditions were well done jos williams jr in his blues sona son brought pleasant surprise rise as his many ic acquaintances quain had not realized what a fine tenor voice joe carries around with with him R R dorland demonstrated that he has not lost the fine quality of his tone in the number assigned to him blaine dickson set th tb e audience in motion with ith his chicken pie song while wes supported by the circle demonstrated in a most harmonious and comical manner the way a r goes to heaven A very enjoyable treat was the of old black joe by the giles gies bros quartette whose voices blend wonder fulla and winding no tl tire A first act R H giles and the entire company set our toes tingling between the acts syl helner heiner and don durrant furnished amusement galore as they made their way to the cotton county fair syl the beautiful but overemphasized overemphasized lady and don the rather under emphasized husband riding in and pushing respectively a one wh aled chariot the second act was full of spice and variety consisting of a well rendered solo by E E anderson a hilarious beauty contest in which smith giles peter evans robert miles G S heiner and don rant all vied for the prize only to have it cal carried ried off by wes who was the robust spouse or 01 the ludge judge pratt wright a dut no no a thousand times no with jos francis and smith S alth gils principals nals which created great of laughter and a singing aari rtin fina number of the men and Lar lares lies 9 which brought new bursts of laughter from the onlookers lon kers intermingled with these lighter numbers were beautiful selections by the orchestra and two most im and well given numbers by willi william im johnson who without dout doubt provided one of the high lights of the show bills voice has attained wonderful power and beauty and the audience was literally swept olf oft its feet in the final number when he wis soloist with the orchestra and chorus accompanying A well balanced orchestra which played for the sinding besides rendering derin several other selections elections to in an P manner consisted of nf director terry marion terra albrt albert carrigan Cir rigan louis christensen Chrls alton dickson dasil smith jr eu gnp P lowell smith maiel amaiel Andev anderon zon ruth terra lavern chad wick dark clark woodrow giles randall radall bloh dick peterson farl far morvan morean grover perk on and barbara avillia willias s also mist ada waldron as special accompanist A great deal of credit must go eo to director terry manager gilbert francis to jack helner heiner frank F ulrich the other lions and to those who came in to help with this sue suc ces performance it was so goo goob that it should be made an an annual nual affair ikall |