ENTERTAINMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1081, 10 August 1912, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

REGULAR NEGRO MINSTRELS.

For the first time in a decade a negro miilstrel company has been gathered together who are really worthy ot the name, a company which ranks with the best ot the long-forgotten companies of the past and one which gives a true picture of real southern negroes, with their joys and sorrows, their love of the plantation songs and the dances of the levee. This is the company which has been organised in the past year by the Hugo Brothers, under the name ot the Greater American Minstrels, This company is composed of the best of the coloured entertainers, singers, dancers, musicians and vaudeville artists, coloured folk who have made a name on the vaudeville and legitimate stage and who are under contract to make this long trip for the Hugo Brothers. An extra added attraction will be a quartette of real and original Texas Tommy Dancers, who will present this much talked of, criticised and sensational dance at each performance in its original style. A street parade and concert are also features wnich are given by the company. This company will appear at the Coronation Hall on the 15th August, Thursday evening next. MISS MARIE BAINES. Miss Marie Baines, and her talented company, which appealed in Auckland under ViceRegal patronage, will present the farcical comedy “ Our Mary Ellen,’’ in the Coronation Hall on Tuesday evening next. It is rarely that a place the size of Foxtou has the opportunity of hearing such a first class company, and it is anticipated that a bumper house will greet the performance. Miss Marie Baines is acknowledged to be one of the finest child impersonators on the English stage. Box plan at the Town Clerk’s office.