There are dedications and there are dedications, and the 1948 entry of same, as printed on the program, was a real winner. ”To the Barbary Coast,” it read. “Roaring and Raucous, whose Bullies, Buckoes, Belles and Bawds are forever silenced when ladies of decorum and gentlemen of substance outshine and outroar them in that witty, mirthful, refined festival of unparalleled elegance – their own
(More)…
No Comments »
The Ball was led again by the successful 1944 team which had gathered fame and fortune for the city. Beverly Wheeler, Jack Kemp and David S. Painter, Jr. dreamed up entirely new ideas for the 1946 production. The Central Gym was decorated with life size figures depicting a story about two girls going into Diamond Jim’s office. Hired as chorus
(More)…
The Chickens’ Ball was extended to two nights in 1944 as the Fire Chief had put a limit of 700 persons allowed in the gym at Central. Chairman, Beverly Wheeler and others firmly believed that tickets were in such demand that even with two performances, the Ball would be its usual sell-out hit, and the ladies were proved right. John Kemp, with excellent performing experience behind him, took on the job of
(More)…
February of 1942 was a grim time for presenting the Chickens’ Ball. Pearl Harbor had been bombed in December and reports of enemy subs off the coast cast a grey shadow over this production. At first, Civil Defense Director, Julius Edling told General Chairman, Eleanor Lane that the Ball would have to be cancelled. Later it was decided that
(More)…
