The McDonnell-Vivion Concert Company

              The
 McDONNELL—VIVION CONCERT CO.




MISS MAYME VIVION HARP, VIOLIN, MANDOLIN






Who—What—How



The personnel of the McDonnel-Vivion Concert Co. MISS DOLLIE McDONNELL, Reader, Pianist, Pianologist 
AND
 MISS MAYME VIVION, who plays Harp, Violin, Mandolin.




Their concert program is as varied as the average company of four; they fill any place for such a program on Lyceum, Lecture Course and Chautauqua Platforms; give preludes in chautauqua work and make special programs for Sunday Y. M. C. A. or church work; entertain at clubs, weddings, receptions and social functions.




The press tells 
how
 they have been received and appreciated by a public.






The McDonnell—Vivion Concert given under the auspices of Y. M. C. A. was a rare treat.  They more than pleased their hearers.
Miss Vivion's solos on harp, violin and mandolin were heartily encored and her entire work for the evening was artistic and beautiful.Miss McDonnell is a charming and versatile little reader.  Her stage presence is all to be desired and her work won her audience from the first number.  Her piano accompaniments were sweet and sympathetic.—
Fayette Democrat-Leader.




Miss McDonnell is a reader and pianist of charming personality, giving splendid work.  Her pianologues are a clever feature, while her rendition of 
An Old Sweetheart of Mine,


Palestine,
 and other numbers using harp, with music especially adapted for an accompaniment, gives her a versatility seldom found in readers.
Miss Vivion is a stringed instrument soloist, playing the harp, violin and mandolin each with sympathetic touch and artistic tempermament that appeals to an audience.The combination is a happy one and every number artistic and pleasing.—
St. Louis World.



At the First M. E. Church, the Concert-Recital given by Misses McDonnell and Vivion was enjoyed by a good audience which received every number with enthusiasm.Miss McDonnell won the audience from the start and gained in favor with every number.  Her readings show careful study and fine interpretation which marks her as an artist of high rank.Miss Vivion's versatile handling of the stringed instruments, showed excellent musical feeling and sympathy in the rendition of her selections.  Her work was conscientious and pleasing.
The combination of reading and music makes a dainty and artistic program that gives a delightful evening to the most exacting.—

Alton Daily Sentinel-Democrat.



The McDonnell—Vivion Concert Co. is one of the strongest combinations we have ever had in our town.  Each is artistic in her work and as a combination they pleased all who heard them.—


Fulton Sun.





Miss Dollie McDonnell, reader, recited a number in keeping with the day entiled 
Palestine,
 I say recited, she lived it, acted it, and carried her audience with her.  A storm of applause caused her to respond with 
A Midnight Courtship
 following with 
Home Sweet Home
 a pianologue.  From breathless quite the audience was suddenly changed to convulsive laughter, thus showing her versatility.—


The Evening News, Washington, D. C.




Miss Vivion on her inimitable mandolin, played as only Miss Vivion can play, to her appreciative audience here; while her numbers on harp and violin fully sustained her repuation.—


New Orleans Times-Demociat.




Miss Dollie McDonnell recited very effectively on Sunday evening, Fred Emerson Brooks' 
Palestine.
  The reading was given with violin and piano accompaniment and was very impressive.—


St. Louis Post-Dispatch.





MISS DOLLIE McDONNELL Reader, Piano, Pianologues





Miss Vivion is well known throughout this and other states as a skilled performer on stringed instruments.  She is of charming personality and pleasing stage presence, and plays with a temperament which distinctly appeals to an audience.—


Kansas City Times.




The third recital at the Cushman was attended by the largest audience that has yet appeared.  Miss Dollie McDonnell, who has won such favor here previously, charmed her audience as in the past.—


Bay View Resorter, Bay View, Mich.




Miss Vivion's harp and mandolin playing was far above the ordinary.—


Chigago Musical Critic.




Miss McDonnell's repertoire is unlimited.  With grave or gay, heavy or light, she is equally at home, her stage presence faultless.  Each appearance brings unlimited applause—


Chicago Inter-Ocean




In the oratorio 
Redemption,
 Miss Vivion played beautifully the harp to some solo parts, which added much to the attractiveness of the evening.—


Keokuk Gate City.




The feature of the evening was the divine music Miss Vivion gracefully touched from the Italian harp, mandolin and violin.  The whole soul of the little woman seemed wrapped in her beloved art; she possesses the gift to please and soothe.—


The Picket, Canton, Miss.




Miss Vivion, harpist from Butte, fully sustained her reputation on that sweet instrument and the mandolin.—


Butte Inter Ocean.




Miss Dollie McDonnell, the pretty little reader proved to be the 
star
 of the evening.  She was especially attractive and dainty in her rendition of 
The Red Fan,
 which was given with musical background; she responded to a hearty encore with an Irish dialect selection and a second encore with darkey dialect, showing her versatility.  She is a charming little reader and delighted all who heard her.—


The Morning Olympian, Olympia, Wash.