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Thursday, August 5, 2021

Brevard Folks Put on Minstrel Show, Aug. 11-12, 1921

The Rose Bud Minstrel Show. . . Composed of All Local Talent to be Held Thursday and Friday, Aug. 11-12

Among those taking part are:

Home guards—Warren Scruggs, Mark Taylor Orr, Fowler Lyon, Julius Hinton, Paul Bell, Richard Bryson, Uldrick Brackens, Arthur Orr, James Lyon, Mitchell King, Hubert Hinton, Harry Bryson, Van Tinsley, Joe Tinsley, Edgar Mull, Russel Bell, Overton Mull, Mack Grogan, Fred Miller, Jack Miller.

Fairies—Frances Dalton, Frances Summey, Julia Grogan, Marjorie Setzer, Winifred Nicholson, Gladys Wood, Almeda Waters, Elaine Kilpatrick, Edith Gillespie, Ruth Cunningham, Eliza Nicholson, Edna Burroughs, Edna Allen, Thelma Orr, Rose Snelson, Edith Mull, Millie Snelson, Madeline Paxton, Jennie Pierce, Elia Lee Yates, Katherine Case, Nell Case, Elizabeth Band, Dalton, Helen Bell.

Cow-boy Girls—LaVerne Weilt, Julia Zachary, Agnes Clayton, Edith Hunt, Nell Carson, Pearl Enloe, Opal Ashworth, Edna King, Mildred Clayton, Josephine Mull, Helen Allison, Edna Mason, Margaret Miller, Ruth Snelson, Ruth Cantrel, Katherine Loftis, Margaret Pierce.

Spanish Dancers—Martine Pierce, Clara King, Mildred Trantham, Georgia Dalton, Blanch Mason, Virginia Mason, Yvonne Shuford, Eliza Henry, Geneva Zachary, Adelaide Silversteen, Margaret Bryant, Mary Seagle, Annie Young.

Solo Dancer—Martine Pierce.

Indian Minstrels—Gladys Kilpatrick, Gladys Glenn Whitmire, Jennie Aiken, Marion Yongue, Nan Kilpatrick, Willie Aiken, Marion Yongue, Nan Kilpatrick, Willie Aiken, May Crary, Pearl Faulkner, Bertie Ballard, Mary Pearl Faulkner, Bertie Ballard, Mary Sledge, Willie Fay King, Louise Townsend, Amelia Galloway, Dorothy Silversteen, Ruth Duckworth, Gertrude Allison, Miss Long.

Indian Chief—Mr. Kluppleburg.

Clown—Joe Clayton.

Negro Minstrels—Dorothy King, Aunt Dianna; Wm. A. Band, end man; Mr. Hook, end man; W.L. English, Mr. Allison, Fulton Galloway, Hubert Hardin, Leroy Fuquay, George Simpson, Lamar Galloway, Ed Cantrel, Louie Loftis, Carl Hardin, Mr. Osborn, Walter Duckworth, Mr. Johnson.

Piano—Miss Ella Zachary.

Violin—Mr. Riley.

Selections by Misses Vera and Nell Melton.

From The Brevard News, Friday, Aug. 5, 1921. “Virginia Rose Bud,” the name of one of the songs from “Ethiopian Melodies,” which were used Minstrel shows.

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