Information Sheet

 

 

R         Junior Chamber of Commerce (Mount Vernon, Mo.).

744                  Minstrel program, 1955.

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This is a program for the “Jaycee ‘Dixieland Minstrel’” presented at the high school audito­rium in Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri, on 25-26 April 1955.

 

At one time amateur “minstrel” shows were popular fund-raising events for local organiza­tions and institutions.  The Junior Chamber of Commerce in Mount Vernon presented this show on 25-26 April 1955.  Net proceeds were "used for the benefit of the Jaycee Athletic Field."  Rus­sell Turk produced and directed the performances, with assistance from Bess McCanse and Rich­ard Landrum.  Turk also served as “Mr. Interlocutor,” the traditional master of ceremonies at a minstrel.  Local citizens filled all of the performing roles and played in the orchestra.  The “end men,” or featured performers, were Earl Burns, Sodie Alderson, Homer Goodman, and Richard Landrum.

 

 

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