Wood's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wood's Minstrel Hall

Proprietor / Lessee:
Henry Wood [minstrel]

Price: $.30; .50

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 July 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM
13 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM
14 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM
15 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM
16 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM
17 Dec 1864, 7:30 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wood's Minstrels;  John T. Boyce [minstrel]
2)
Historical reminiscences
3)
Stocks up
aka Stocks up and stocks down
4)
Running the blockade
aka Blockade runner
5)
"Paddy's wedding"
Composer(s): Dibdin
Text Author: Dibdin
6)
Black leather bag, The
7)
Banjo solos [during minstrel shows]
8)
Loony Napoleon
aka Looney Napoleon
9)
"Thoughtful emotions"
10)
Let her go
11)
U. S. G.
aka U. S. Grant; USG; plantation festival scene; US Grant; Ulysses S. Grant
Composer(s): Emmett
Text Author: Emmett
12)
Ethiopian songs and dances

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 12 December 1864, 4.

      “Running the Blockade—U.S.G.—Ethiopian Songs, Dances, &c.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 December 1864, 7.

      “Songs, Dances.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 17 December 1864, 286.

      “Wood’s Minstrels, in the dull season that always precedes the holidays, are making great preparations for the coming festive occasions, and we may look for a series of extra ordinary performances.”