Event Information
Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall
Price: $.25
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
14 April 2023
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
28 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
29 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
30 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
31 Mar 1864, 7:45 PM
01 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
02 Apr 1864, 7:45 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
4)
aka Johnny Schmoker ("Pilly Willy Wink" in refrain.);
Pillwillywink Band;
Johani Schmoker
5)
aka Seedy musicians;
Old time's rocks;
Old times' rocks;
Old times rock
6)
aka Congo cocoa dance;
Congo cord dance
8)
aka Polly Ann
Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]
9)
aka U. S. Grant;
USG;
plantation festival scene;
US Grant;
Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
Citations
1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1864.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 02 April 1864, 403.
“The ‘boys’ gave us a jolly programme [last] week, but promise us something richer still for the Easter holidays.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 April 1864, 408.