Bryants’ Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall
Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant
Neil Bryant
Price: $.25
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
29 July 2011
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
23 May 1864, 8:00 PM24 May 1864, 8:00 PM
25 May 1864, 8:00 PM
26 May 1864, 8:00 PM
27 May 1864, 8:00 PM
28 May 1864, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: Buffalo Boys; Bryants' Minstrels; George S. Fowler [minstrel]; James Morrison; J. W. [minstrel] Hilton; Frank [minstrel] Leslie; Little [minstrel] Mac; Dave [minstrel] Reed; John H. Sivori; Tommy Gettings; Dan Bryant; James Garatagua; Daniel Decatur Emmett; William L. [minstrel] Hobbs; Neil Bryant; Nelse Seymour; G. A. Conners
2)
aka Seedy musicians;
Old time's rocks;
Old times' rocks;
Old times rock
3)
aka Tin panonion;
Tin-pan-on-ion;
Tinpanonion;
Tin pan onion;
Tin Pano-ni-on;
Tin-pan-o-ni-on
8)
aka Johnny Schmoker ("Pilly Willy Wink" in refrain.);
Pillwillywink Band;
Johani Schmoker
11)
aka U. S. Grant;
USG;
plantation festival scene;
US Grant;
Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
Citations
2)
“‘The Buffalo Gals’ of come-out-tonight fame are well-remembered by almost everybody, and it was not until very recently that we were permitted to learn anything about the ‘Buffalo Boys,’ but they can now be seen and heard, too, in all their terpsichorean and cloggistic excellence at Bryant’s Minstrels, where they are presently engaged.”