DANDY DIXIE MINSTRELS

Otaki Mail, 27 January 1922, Page 3

DANDY DIXIE MINSTRELS

OTAKI—TUESDAY. A capital show headed by Jolly John Larkins and other stars, opened a three nights engagement at the Opera House ou Monday evening to a full house and were successful again the following night in drawing another full house, with a high class, bright and amusing entertainment. Mr Jolly John Larkins, the coloured comedian, headed the list in the comedy section and had the audience rocking with laughter, with his witty gags and funny jokes. His big scream was the soitg entitled “ Bull Frogs Isle,” which left the audience laughing until sides ached. Mr Billy Sumner, another coloured comedian, ran a good second, in supplying Ihe comedy portion of tho programme, and kept things very lively with his quick repartee - and funny patter. He was very lively with Ms number “Easy Stepper’s Ball,” and in the vaudeville section, he performed some very clever • ’ tncing and left the audience in convulsions with his imitations of the buzz lly. The Hawthorne sisters, the “Harmony Duo,” gave a very fine rendering of “Barcarolle” and were so enthusiastically encored that they responded with “Beautiful Ohio,” and still the audience wanted more. Miss Rosa Hawthorne sang “Love, the Peddler” in fine style. She possesses a fine sopraua woiec and knows how to use it. Miss Daisy Morris, the daiaty little soubrette and dancer, delighted the audience with her rendition of “Cuddlcy Kid,” and later in tho vaudeville section with an Oriental dance, in which she proved herself a dancer of some degree. Mr, Don Wallace, the possessor of a fine baritone voice, pleased everyone with his vagabond songs, and he also rendered “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” in no mean style. The performance concluded with a farcical sketch entitled “That New Man,” in which a man’s wife, who has become mentally disarranged, caused a lot of excitement and upsets the household in general. This sketch sent the audience home doubled up with laughter. Tho Company will appear at Otaki on Tuesday night.