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Miss Sheila Deans makes "a decided hit with her 'coon' songs" during a concert at The Assembly Hall, Ardrossan, Scotland, UK, Europe. At the same event, Miss May Seymour plays the banjo, Madame Craigie and Mr. J.W. Bowie sing popular folk songs, and Miss Nellie Justice accompanies the singers. Full article:
8 November 1902
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT
The second of a series of Saturday Evening Concerts was given in the Assembly Hall, Ardrossan, last Saturday (8 November 1902). Although the audience which gathered on this occasion was not quite so enthusiastic as at the former entertainment, it was every whit as large. The artistes of first importance, as one might have judged them to be by the applause which accorded them, were Madame Craigie and Mr J W Bowie. The former gave a rendering of Cam’ Ye By Atholl? and The Dear Little Shamrock, both of which elicitated loud requests for an encore. Mr Bowie’s tenor voice in Mona and I Loved A Bonnie Lassie was heard to great advantage. Both these vocalist also gave a humorous duet, the pith of which was Where Does All The Money Go?. Miss Sheila Deans who, considering her youth, was not an unimportant acquisition to the number of entertainers, made a decided hit with her ‘coon’ songs. Miss May Seymour has hitherto proved herself to be a thorough master of the banjo and the applause with which she was greeted on making her appearance with the instrument made it apparent that the audience were aware of the fact. The comic of the evening was ably impersonated by Mr Jack Henri. Mr Henri is of the Harry Lauder school of comedians and although he may not have attained the success of the latter, it must be said that there is little to choose between the merits of both. During the course of the evening, Miss Nellie Justice acted the part of accompanist. The next concert takes place in December.
(Source : Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 14 November 1902)
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SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT
The second of a series of Saturday Evening Concerts was given in the Assembly Hall, Ardrossan, last Saturday (8 November 1902). Although the audience which gathered on this occasion was not quite so enthusiastic as at the former entertainment, it was every whit as large. The artistes of first importance, as one might have judged them to be by the applause which accorded them, were Madame Craigie and Mr J W Bowie. The former gave a rendering of Cam’ Ye By Atholl? and The Dear Little Shamrock, both of which elicitated loud requests for an encore. Mr Bowie’s tenor voice in Mona and I Loved A Bonnie Lassie was heard to great advantage. Both these vocalist also gave a humorous duet, the pith of which was Where Does All The Money Go?. Miss Sheila Deans who, considering her youth, was not an unimportant acquisition to the number of entertainers, made a decided hit with her ‘coon’ songs. Miss May Seymour has hitherto proved herself to be a thorough master of the banjo and the applause with which she was greeted on making her appearance with the instrument made it apparent that the audience were aware of the fact. The comic of the evening was ably impersonated by Mr Jack Henri. Mr Henri is of the Harry Lauder school of comedians and although he may not have attained the success of the latter, it must be said that there is little to choose between the merits of both. During the course of the evening, Miss Nellie Justice acted the part of accompanist. The next concert takes place in December.
(Source : Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 14 November 1902)