The Dicksons: musical entertainers

              THE DICKSONS MUSICAL ENTERTAINERS

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INSTRUMENTALISTS VOCALISTS


THE DICKSONS PERSONNEL

MRS. MAUDE WELLS DICKSON, Contralto Pianist and Manager
MAURICE DICKSON, Clarinet and Tenor Soloist
JOHN DICKSON, Cello—Bass
ROSS DICKSON, Violin—Baritone



THIS ORGANIZATION, consisting of mother and three sons, is a combination of musical artists.  The mother is a graduate of the Quincy (Ill.) Conservatory of Music, and a pupil of Arthur Dunham of Chicago.  The sons, from their very earliest childhood, have been instructed in music, and having a natural gift, coupled with constant work and study, have reached a point in the mastery of their respective parts that but few in this country possess.  This Company has had some years of experience on the Chatauqua and Lyceum platform and have always been very favorably received.  Their program consists of such a variety of things in so many lines that the audience never tires, but thoroughly enjoys and appreciates every number.

The solo work of each member in their respective parts is far above the average soloist, and the duo, trio and quartette selections rendered must be heard to be appreciated.

The Management takes great pleasure in presenting this remarkable organization, knowing that they will render such a program as will please the most exacting critic.

THE MANAGEMENT



SAMPLE PROGRAM
(Subject to Change)


Part I


March—Curro Cuchares
Metallo


Overture—Orpheus
Offenbach


Clarinet Solo—Columbia
Rollinson


Minuet—From Military Symphony
Haydn


Vocal Solo—Somewhere a Voice is Calling
Tate


Miserere—From Il Trovatore
Verdi





Part II


Hungarian Fantasia
Tobani


Violin Solo—Var. Carnival of Venice
Wichtl


Patrol—The Blue and the Grey
Dalby


Excerpts from the Opera Bohemian Girl
Balfe


Vocal (Quartet)—Popular Songs



Grand Fantasy—Home Sweet Home the World Over
Lampe


Cello Solo—Musette, Air de Ballet
Offenbach


Medley—Songs of the Nation
Lampe







PRESS AND PERSONAL COMMENT
We used the Dickson Musical Entertainers on a number of Chautauqua dates.  They pleased very well.  They are very good.

MIDLAND CHAUTAUQUA CIRCUIT.

Miss Jessie Bryan, Terre Haute, Ill.: I have heard nothing but words of praise for your concert.  It was enjoyed by young and old and was a musical treat.

The Dickson Orchestra has been under my instruction several years and I send them forth with the fullest confidence that they will make good before any audience that is so fortunate as to secure their services.  I consider these boys a most promising acquisition to the musical world.

EMIL REINKENDORFF.

Formerly Director of McKinley Band, Canton, O.; now Fifth Inf.  Band and Quincy Symphony Orchestra.


Canton (Mo.) Press:
Quite a musical treat was enjoyed by the large audience that filled the First M. E. Church last Friday night to listen to the Dickson Entertainers.  An excellent program of twelve numbers was rendered.


The recital given yesterday afternoon at the Luther Memorial Church by Mrs. Maude Wells Dickson and her three sons was a superb musical treat for music lovers.  Mrs. Dickson's talent as an organist is well known, and her work yesterday evening showed a world of study and careful preparation.  The three Dickson boys, Maurice, John and Ross, are no less talented than their mother, and it is rarely indeed that one family can furnish so much of musical enjoyment as was embraced in the program of yesterday afternoon.—
Quincy (Ill.) Journal.

The Dickson Musical Entertainers did splendid work for us, and we know them to be a splendid attraction.

RICE LYCEUM BUREAU.

Griggsville, Ill.:

Being personally acquainted with Mrs. Dickson and her sons, having frequently heard them play on special occasions, I take great pleasure in commending them to the confidence of those who desire their services.  Mrs. Dickson is a musician of extraordinary ability, and, being a teacher of the Art, has personally taught and trained her own boys; hence they are prepared to serve the public acceptably on any occasion, with pleasure and admiration.

REV. T. L. HANCOCK, Pastor M. E. Church, Griggsville, Illinois.

Mrs. Maude Wells Dickson Manager Dickson Family Orchestra

MY DEAR MADAM—It gives me great pleasure to refer to the fine concerts given us at our Chautauqua this season.  The concert on our opening night, June 26th, was so much appreciated that we found it advisable to re-engage your orchestra for two additional evenings in August.

The music was so varied and so very pleasing that the program committee received many compliments on their good judgment in selecting an orchestra capable of playing such high class music as was given by the Dickson Family Orchestra.

Your concerts on your return engagement the latter part of the season filled our large auditorium both nights.  The patrons of New Piasa Chautauqua will always have a warm spot in their hearts for the Dickson Orchestra.

Very cordially yours,
NEW PIASA CHAUTAUQUA H. C. Grote, Chairman Program Committee.

HOWARD PRINTING CO., QUINCY, ILL.





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THE DICKSONS
Musical Entertainers—Instrumentalists, Vocalists