San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 May 2020

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Dec 1869, Evening
07 Dec 1869, Evening
08 Dec 1869, Evening
09 Dec 1869, Evening
10 Dec 1869, Evening
11 Dec 1869, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Leggett and Allen [dancers];  San Francisco Minstrels;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  David S. Wambold;  Billy West;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  John [Ethiopian comedian] Mulligan;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  Frank Kent;  Ira [minstrel] Paine;  Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck;  Bobby Newcomb;  John F. Oberist;  Billy Birch [minstrel]
2)
Partsongs, unidentified
Participants:  David S. Wambold;  Ira [minstrel] Paine;  Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck;  John F. Oberist

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 December 1869, 12.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 05 December 1869, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 06 December 1869, 7.

“Minstrelsy, too, is looking up, but no special change of bill is announced for the present week at any of the halls. The fact is they all continue to be patronized so liberally that scarcely any change is at present necessary. Fun, frolic and nonsense are the features at each, and so long as these are kept fresh, just so long will our minstrel halls continue to be crowded. At Bryant’s we have the great ‘Shoo Fly’ song and dance; at the San Francisco Allen and Leggett still leg it, and at the Waverley ‘the grand combination’ do all sort of things in the way of song, dance and sketches.”

4)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 09 December 1869, 7.
5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 11 December 1869, 286.

“The San Francisco Minstrels make a feature of the vocal department, and in their first part equal that of any minstrel band organized. Their funny business is just as good as is the singing. Leggett and Allen, the pedestal clog dancers, continue to receive much favor from the audience.”