[78-L] Carson Robison Minstrel Show

[Gregg Kimball]

That's a really nice find!  Robison was prolific, so no surprise that he 
recorded chesnuts like "Golden Slippers" and "Darling Nelly Gray" in 
addition to his more typical cowboy songs and county tunes.   Russell's 
short bio in Country Music Originals doesn't really say much about his 
post-WWII career, and doesn't mention touring minstrel shows.

I have a program from the late 1950s of a minstrel held in my NH hometown. 
The performers are all local, however.

Gregg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:47 PM
Subject: [78-L] Carson Robison Minstrel Show


>I recently received two Minstrel Show program booklets for charity shows
> presented at the Wappingers Central School, Wappingers Falls, NY.  The
> first one was Sunday Jan 30, 1949 at 3 PM, but it is the second one that
> is of interest.  It was presented Saturday March 18, 1950 at 8 PM and
> was produced and directed by Carson Robison.  I am assuming that both of
> these productions featured local amateur talent, with scripts, costumes,
> scenery, and production assistance and direction provided by a
> professional touring production company.  I was involved with several
> such shows when  I first moved to Kentucky 32 years ago.  However I see
> no names in common in these two shows which were done two different fire
> departments or companies.  In this second one, Carson Robison presented
> a Specialty in part two of the show, and there also is a Don Robison who
> performed "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" in the first part.
>
> Does anyone know anything about this part of Robison's career?  Did he
> ever do any records of this type of material?
>
> One other thing that caught my eye,  In both programs there is an
> advertisement for Florence Henderson's Store,  Established 1916,
> Grinnell Library Building, Wappingers Falls NY.   Ms. Henderson sold
> millinery, dry goods, lingerie, hosery, jewelry and Hallmark Cards.
>
> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
>
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