San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 October 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
02 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
03 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
04 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
05 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM
06 Jan 1866, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus;  Edward [minstrel] Haslam;  Billy Birch [minstrel]
2)
New Year's calls, [minstrel]
aka New Year's call; New Year's greetings
3)
Triple clog dance
4)
Trouble at the Metropolitan Hotel
aka Troubles at the Metropolitan Hotel
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
5)
"Darling Jeannie"
aka Darling Jennie; Farewell Jennie; Farewell Jeannie
Composer(s): Blamphin
Text Author: Blamphin
Participants:  David S. Wambold
6)
Othello and Macbeth
Participants:  Charley Backus

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 January 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 January 1866, 310.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 08 January 1866, 5.

     “The San Francisco Minstrels crowded their house . . . during the New Year week.”