KENTUCKY JUBILEE SINGERS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19691, 7 August 1929, Page 6

KENTUCKY JUBILEE SINGERS.

A UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT. The Kentucky Jubilee Singers bring a won. derfully refreshing entertainment to the City, and the harmony provided by the coloured singers will make an instant appeal to all lovers of music. Presented by the J. and N. Tait management, the Kentucky Jubilee Singers will continue their unique entertainment for only two more nights at the Civic Theatre. The first three concerts were thoroughly enjoyed by large audiences. The first part of the entertainment was called "On a Plantation." and consisted of a series of songs and dances in an approprate setting. It is quite impossible to describe this act; there were solos and choruses, some ac companied and eomp unaccompanied, but every item was excellent, tndiv'dusl opinions would vary considerably, but it, seems probable that "Go Down, Moses,"' in which the solo was taken by William Veasey, was the most attract ve This would be closely followed by "Deep .River." "Ezekiel," and "Scan dali.se My Name." The second part of the programme is a war scene laid in a dug-out, and is entitled "The Road Home" It was written by Forbes Randolph, the company's versatile entrepreneur. In this act the singers confirm the growing suspicion that they are, in addition, actors of a high order. Two wonderful numbers in this act were "Georgia" and "Don't Close Dat Gate." in the last of which J. Arthur Gaines was found to have an excellent voice, in addition to his extraordinary powers of showmanship.