Concert and Exhibition: Children’s Progressive Lyceum Benefit--CANCELLED

Event Information

Venue(s):
Dodworth's Hall

Price: $.25; .15 children

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 August 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

15 Jul 1863, 7:45 PM

Program Details



The event was supposedly postponed because of the Draft Riots, but there is no evidence that it was ever held.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Children of the Lyceum

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 14 July 1863, 7.
 “A varied programme, comprising Songs, Tableuax, Dialogues, &c., by children of the Lyceum, assisted by several accomplished artists.”

2)
Advertisement: New-York Daily Tribune, 14 July 1863.

3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 July 1863, 7.
“Owing to the excitements in the City, the Children’s Exhibition at Dodworth’s Hall, advertised for this evening, is postponed.”