San Francisco Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
San Francisco Minstrels Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 May 1866, Evening
22 May 1866, Evening
23 May 1866, Evening
24 May 1866, Evening
25 May 1866, Evening
26 May 1866, Evening

Program Details

Th song "Never too late to mend" performed as a cornet solo.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  San Francisco Minstrels;  Billy Birch [minstrel];  David S. Wambold;  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  Charley Backus
2)
Mazeppa à la Menken
Participants:  Charley Backus;   Foxey the mule
3)
Fat and greasy
Participants:  Billy Birch [minstrel]
4)
"Nothing else to do"
5)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  David S. Wambold
6)
Double Mississippi fling
7)
Dillon as Belphegor
Participants:  Charley Backus
8)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
9)
Adel Greasy and Norma on a lark
aka Norma and Greasy on a lark
Participants:  William H. [minstrel] Bernard;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice
10)
"Never too late to mend"
Composer(s): Glover
Text Author: Fennell

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 May 1866.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 26 May 1866.