The Rogers-Grilley Recitals

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CHARLES T. GRILLEY ENTERTAINER

THE ROGERS-GRILLEY RECITALS

VAN VEACHTON ROGERS HARPIST


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THE BROCKWAY LECTURE BUREAU
6101 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.



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BROGERS-GRILLEY recital is sure to be a pronounced success, for the worth and charm of this entertainment has been proven by many seasons of practical experience.  The combination long since gained a foremost position among the few standard attractions.  Many years of enthusiastic effort have enabled these gentlemen to produce a program for the amusement-loving public that not only provides pleasure, but conforms to what is best in art.  From the harp classic, with which Mr. Rogers opens the program, followed by a group of impersonations and original selections by Mr. Grilley, the listeners are carried through a series of artistic efforts in the realm of pathos, humor and music, until the closing number leaves the audience wondering if it is really true that such a delightful evening has been given by a company of only two people.  Every season finds these artists with fresh novelties and striking selections added to their extensive repertoire, so they are always able to present an entirely new program at each reappearance.  Probably this has much to do with that notable fact concerning this combination of their continued reappearance on some of the strongest and most conservative courses in the United States, such as Brooklyn, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Trenton, Washington, and many others.  They have also appeared at scores of colleges, universities, preparatory and normal schools in nearly every state in the Union.  Today they are furnishing one of the strongest, most unique and thoroughly delightful programs in this field of work.



One of the many dialect poems written by Mr. Grilley, originally published in Puck, and reproduced by their permission, De Whitewashin' Man


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COMIN' 'roun' de cohnah am de whitewashin' man;
Take wahnin', li'l black folks, wahnin'!
Brush on his shouldah, an' bucket in his han';
Take wahnin', li'l black folks, wahnin'!
If he leahns dat yo' sassy, dat yo' steal, or yo' fight,
If yo' don't he'p yo' mammy, and do eva'ting dats right,
Yo' will fin' him by yo' bed on some dahk an' dismal night;
Take wahnin', li'l black folks, wahnin'!
If yo' bad, he can fin' yo', no mattah whah yo' hide
Take wahnin', li'l black folks, wahnin'!
Wid his long-handle brush he will be da by yo' side;
Take wahnin', li'l black folks, wahnin'!
If he heahs yo' complainin' 'bout de colah ob yo' skin,
To a ghose he will tu'n yo' wif a coat ob whitenin',
An' yo'll live in a graveyahd fo'evah fo' yo' sin;
So take wahnin', li'l black folks, wahnin'l




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Letters and Press Notices
C. W. Deitrich, Secretary Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, N. Y.—Regarding Rogers-Grilley, they not only gave satisfaction, but most of our patrons were really enthusiastic over their entertainment.  Rogers is certainly a genius on the harp, and Grilley is one of the best humorists I know about.  We have had them before and must have them again.

W. F. Langdon, Jersey City, N. J.—Rogers and Grilley appeared in our Star Course Saturday night.  A local opera was given at the same time, only a block away, but we had an audience of over 500 and to-day they all wear the Smile that won't come off.  There is nothing like this combination.  Keep them together by all means and send them to us next year.  Our courses will not be complete without them.


Boston (Mass.) Herald
—The Rogers-Grilley Recital, at Association Hall, was one of the most successful of the season.  Mr. Rogers is a soloist of the first rank, and his numbers were enthusiastically received.  Mr. Grilley's work is out of the ordinary line of entertainers, being decidedly original in every way.  His selections were a feature long to be remembered.


Columbus (O.) State Journal
—The recital by Messrs. Rogers and Grilley, at the Board of Trade Auditorium, was one of the most enjoyable evenings ever furnished their subscribers.


Utica (N. Y.) Daily Press
—The Rogers-Grilley combination delighted a very large audience, and proved one of the best entertainments of the course.

B. A. Barlow, Jr., Secretary Y. M. C. A., Baltimore, Md.—The second attraction in our Star Course was greeted with a crowded house.  Messrs. Rogers and Grilley were an unknown quantity here, but people had evidently been impressed by the Cleveland Association's high endorsement and came, hoping this time there might be some truth in a printed testimonial.  The testimonial was true.  The audience was delighted.  The entertainment made a hit and the Rogers-Grilley aggregation will be invited to call again.


Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger
—The Rogers-Grilley Recital at the Y. M. C. A. last evening was one of the best entertainments given in the auditorium this year.

W. L. Radcliffe, Secretary Y. M. C. A., Cumberland, Md.—I want to thank you and Mr. Rogers in behalf of the members of our association and the patrons of our Star Course, for the excellent entertainment you gave us last evening.  You have been with us two seasons in succession and in this time we have had about twenty of the best concert companies, entertainers and lecturers now before the public, but none of these have left a more delightful impression than the entertainment given by you and Mr. Rogers.  While strictly an entertainment, it is of the sort that uplifts and elevates, and one always feels better after having attended it.  We assure you that we shall be pleased to use you again on our course if we can get you.

W. H. Kinnicutt, M. D., Cleveland, O., Y. M. C. A.—The conservative estimate of the entertainment committee concerning Messrs. Rogers and Grilley, left us unprepared for the artistic work of these entertainers.  They furnished a thoroughly satisfactory program of good musical and literary taste.  Mr. Grilley's selections were well chosen and his characters excellently portrayed.  He is an elocutionist of high class and evident purpose.  Mr. Rogers is on the best of terms with his instrument and his accompanying was performed with great delicacy.  The modesty of both these gentlemen was refreshing.  We shall hope for their return.


Houston (Texas) Post
—Proved to be one of the very best of the entire course.


Appleton (Wis.) Evening Crescent
—One of the most interesting entertainments given in this city this season was the Rogers-Grilley recital at the Congregational Church last evening.  These two artists constitute perhaps the most delightful team of entertainers ever seen in this city.  Mr. Van Veachton Rogers' selections on the harp were rendered in a superb manner and the elocutionary productions of Mr. Charles T. Grilley, most of which were impersonations, were of a humorous nature and presented in a most effective manner.  The church was filled to its capacity, and the cordial applause and repeated encores of the audience gave emphatic evidence of their appreciation of the efforts of the entertainers.  Should the team ever return to this city, it is safe to predict for them a warm reception and a crowded house.

W. Y. Welch, State Normal School, Clarion, Pa.—The Rogers-Grilley company entertained a thoroughly appreciative audience last night.  Immense, Great, The best ever given in Clarion, were some of the expressions heard at the close of the entertainment.  As for myself, I think it set a standard for future numbers in our course that it will be hard to maintain.  I am more than satisfied in every way.


Providence (R. I.) Journal
—The entertainers were accorded a happy reception, which was thoroughly deserved from the artistic rendering of the selections presented.  Concerts of such a standard are bound to increase the already extensive popularity of this series of entertainments.





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Among the songs and compositions by Messrs. Rogers and Grilley which have become popular on the platform are the following:


SONGS
Words by Mr. Grilley

A Department Store Ditty
The Old Deserted Farm
Oh, Woe is Me!
The Colored Lochinvar
Everything Reminds Me
So of Chicken


Song-My Lady Marionette



Alice in Wonderland (A Parody)
My Lady Marionette
Good Evenin', Mistah Moon
A Little Keepsake
Ola and Her Pianola


Song-Good Evenin' Mistah Moon


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COMPOSITIONS
For Harp and Piano By Mr. Rogers

Fleurette
Dance of the Gnomes
American Patrol
Grande Fantasie


Song-The Colored Lochinvar



Cradle Song
Sabot Dance
Song without Words
Rondo
Reverie




Boston Herald
—This week, at Keith's Theatre, Williams and Walker, are singing two new songs, one of them being Charles T. Grilley's catchy ballad, Everything Reminds Me So of Chicken, which is considered one of the best high-class coon ballads ever written.


Boston Journal
—Williams' rendering of Everything Reminds Me So of Chicken is a masterpiece of its kind, for the song itself is much superior to the general run of coon ballads, and is the production of a clever Boston writer, Charles T. Grilley.



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