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"M.G.W." (Christchurch) asks for something about "The Kentucky Minstrels." Six years ago this combination (above) celebrated its 100th radio performance, and incidentally a radio run of 16 years There are about 35 members in the choir. The first performance of a minstrel show took place in America about 100 years ago, but this form of entertainment was unknown on the English stage until about 1857, when the "Christy Minstrels" made their appearance. In 1932 Harry S. Pepper, whose father, Will C. Pepper, was the originator of the "White Coons," joined the BBC. There he met an old friend, C. Dernier Warren. The outcome of this meeting was the formation of "The Kentucky Minstrels." Warren (Bones) has ever since the first appearance of "The Kentucky Minstrels" written the jokes and he is with Ike Hatch (Sambo), the mainstay of the show. Doris Arnold's choral arrangements have become known the world over. Some years ago "coon shows" presented by amateurs were popular in New Zealand. Many a church choir turned out in burnt-cork make-up and put on a sideshow to attract customers to the annual bazaar.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 25
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186BBC photograph "M.G.W." (Christchurch) asks for something about "The Kentucky Minstrels." Six years ago this combination (above) celebrated its 100th radio performance, and incidentally a radio run of 16 years There are about 35 members in the choir. The first performance of a minstrel show took place in America about 100 years ago, but this form of entertainment was unknown on the English stage until about 1857, when the "Christy Minstrels" made their appearance. In 1932 Harry S. Pepper, whose father, Will C. Pepper, was the originator of the "White Coons," joined the BBC. There he met an old friend, C. Dernier Warren. The outcome of this meeting was the formation of "The Kentucky Minstrels." Warren (Bones) has ever since the first appearance of "The Kentucky Minstrels" written the jokes and he is with Ike Hatch (Sambo), the mainstay of the show. Doris Arnold's choral arrangements have become known the world over. Some years ago "coon shows" presented by amateurs were popular in New Zealand. Many a church choir turned out in burnt-cork make-up and put on a sideshow to attract customers to the annual bazaar. New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 25
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