The Black Family.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42780, 19 September 1905, Page 2

The Black Family.

Much interest has been arou6ed'by the announcement that the marvellous Black Family of musical 6 entertainers are booked to open in the Public Hall on Monday, September 25th. The family have just returned to New Zealand after having concluded a most successful tour of the Fiji Is 1 a ads. Musical families are not rare but a family whose individual and collective skili equals that displayed by the : Black Family is very seldom met with. Everyone knows of them, most people have heard and admired them. It is very doubtful whether there is another family in the Empire which is so talented and genuinely musical, without a trace of amateurishness. Miss Nellie Black need have no hesitation to sing, or play the violin before any judger, not to mention her many other accomplishments, and every member of the family excels in his or her particular line, which is the secret of the splendid programmes which are invaribly put on. What has helped immensely to increase the popularity of the Black Family is the fact that they take the same pains and trouble to please, whether in His Majesty’s Theatre or a backblocks hall. Their ltist tour was literally a triumphal progiess up and down the country; settlements which, one might think, would find it hard 'o scrape up an audience, attended the concerts almost to a man, woman and child, so that, actually, in spite of the reasonable charges, every place visited, without a single exception, was a financial success.