Annual Benefit of the Order of the Elks: 4th

Event Information

Venue(s):
Academy of Music

Manager / Director:
Charley White

Conductor(s):
David Braham

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Oct 1871, 2:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka Old lang syne
Composer(s): Traditional
Text Author: Burns

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 11 October 1871, 7.

Lists numerous performers

2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 14 October 1871, 222.
3)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 October 1871, 230.

“The performance was an enjoyable one and concluded with the singing of ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ with certain lodge rites, by all the members of the order, closing with a grand ‘walk-around,’ in which all the performers joined.”