LONG TACK SAM.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 83, 7 April 1924, Page 3

LONG TACK SAM.

Another crowded house" witnessed a further presentation of■ Musgrove's Ccl- ■ ebrity Vaudeville at the Grand Opera House on Saturday evening, when_ tim -clever equilibrist, magician,- and-enter-tainer, Long Tack Sam, with his remarkibly clever band of Chinese acrobats-and dancers, gave, a further, performance.jThe entertainment, which was throughout of the brightest -nature,-included dancing turns and singing by Long Tack's daughters in approved American ragtime' style ■ (a quaint combination), sensational plat« balancing, and wonderfully daring horizontal- bar and strap work, all done with, a neatness which could not be bettered, ixing Tack himself performed some start- • ling tricks, hot th 6 least. thrilling of which was the threading in his mouth of a packet of-needles. His quaint mannersims makea great appeal to his audience. The'remaitider'of the programme vas alsj excellent. Eddie and-* Decima. M'Lean gave-an intertwined-dancing turn ■ :ind were enthusiastically received.. Jack " Cannot, ..Svhp. is making his. first appear-, ance in vaudeville, and doing- it well, was also a favourite. Audrey Knight showed ..herself to be,, a talented comedienne in various character guises, and the Two" Vagabonds entertained, one at the piano and the other, with the violin. Bemand and. his partner scored' a great success with their trained pigeons, and 1 meritomus programme was concluded > by a presentation .of Hanlon brothers' absurdity, " The Hotel Impossible," a very entertaining "turn. ■■■-■•—•''»-.-.••.-' -_