Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Price: $.50; “little folks half price”

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 October 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Jan 1866, Matinee
01 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
02 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
03 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
04 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
05 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
06 Jan 1866, Matinee
06 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  George N. Christy;  William S. Budworth;  Theo. [minstrel] Donaldson
2)
Black statue, The
3)
"Lillie Dale"
Composer(s): Thompson
4)
"Wait for the wagon"
5)
"Rosa Lee"
Composer(s): Unidentified
6)
"Jeanie with the light brown hair"
aka Jenny with the light brown hair
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
7)
"Old Bob Ridley"
aka Bob Ridley
Composer(s): White
Text Author: White
8)
"Uncle Ned"
aka Old Uncle Ned
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  George N. Christy

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 January 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 04 January 1866.

     The program features “old and favorite minstrel melodies. . . . The opening of a new year is an especially appropriate occasion for Christy’s Minstrels to remind the public of the good and lasting of ancient minstrelsy.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 January 1866, 7.

     Matinee price.