Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 August 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM
17 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM
18 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM
20 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM
21 Mar 1868, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  G. W. Jackson [minstrel tenor]
2)
Grand Dutch S, The
3)
"Fairy of the woodland"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  G. W. Jackson [minstrel tenor]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 March 1868.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 16 March 1868, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 21 March 1868, 399.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 March 1868, 405.

“G. W. Jackson, after an absence of several months, re-appeared in the first of the evening’s entertainment with Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels on the 16th inst., and sang the ballad of ‘Fairy of the Woodland’ in such a charming manner as to receive an encore. He possesses a musical voice—one that is sure to please all his hearers, and what is still better, his intonation is so distinct that every word can be heard and understood.”