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SUNDAY, September 22, 1929..........................1:00 p. m. sharp
ALL PARTICIPANTS
On the Pageant field at Mark Twain Park
If stormy the Field Rehearsal will be held Wednesday afternoon, September
25, at 1 o'clock. During the Rehearsal you will have the opportunity of
seeing all the Pageant from the Hillside.
II. PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY, September 28..............................2:00 p. m. sharp
If stormy the Performance will be held on Sunday afternoon, September
29, at 2 o'clock. In timing your arrival at the Pageant Field, do not forget
to take into consideration the delays that may be caused by heavy traffic
and parking.
III. PERFORMANCE TIME SCHEDULE
Participants must be at their Assembly Camps at the time given below:
1. INDIAN VILLAGE......................................1:30
2. CHERRY VALLEY.....................................1:45
3. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS-
Scene 1...................................................1:55
4. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS....................2:00
5. WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS-
Scene 2...................................................2:05
6. ALBANY MINUET......................................2:20
7. EASTON MARKET DAY...........................2:30
8. CLINTON AT CANAJOHARIE.................2:50
(Intermission 5 Minutes)
9. SULLIVAN AND CLINTON AT TIOGA
POINT...................................................3:00
10. INDIAN COUNCIL AND WAR DANCE...3:10
11. BATTLE OF NEWTOWN..........................3:25
12. AGED SQUAW, WHITE CHILD, SWETLAND
SCENES................................................3:40
13. GROVELAND AMBUSCADE...................3:55
14. MARY JEMISON........................................4:05
15. GENESEE CASTLE & CORNFIELD........4:15
16. FORT REED................................................4:25
17. EPILOGUE..................................................4:30
IV. ENTRANCES
In order that the 2000 Participants may assemble in an orderly way it is important that they enter the Pageant Field as indicated by placards at the different entrances. (Watch for signs.)
1. Civilian Participants must use General Entrance to Mark Twain Park and special bridge.
2. American Legion and other Military Organizations - Executive Officer, Capt. James Riffe - must use road leading to Incinerator Plant.
3. High School Students - Executive Officer, Arthur H. Hirst - must use road immediately north of General Entrance to Mark Twain Park.
4. Chorus and Band - Executive Officer, Lloyd L. Welsh - must use General Entrance of Mark Twain Park.
Be sure to bring your Enlistment Card with you. If you are not in your costume or uniform it is only by this means that you will be entitled to Pageant Field.
If you come by automobile be sure to secure from the Enlistment Department
an Official Paster for the windshield which will admit you to special parking
space for the participants only.
V. ASSEMBLY CAMPUS
These will be designated by signs on the Assembly Campus.
Participants will assemble as soon as officially notified by an Episode Captain or Lieutenant at their respective Camps and be ready to move into position at the proper Stage Entrance.
BE SURE TO STUDY THE LARGE ENTRANCE CHART UPON THE ASSEMBLY CAMPUS WHICH
WILL CLEARLY STATE THE ORDER OF ENTRANCES TO THE PAGEANT FIELD.
VI. ASSEMBLY CAMPUS (Behind Scenes)
Beach Cooke.................................................................. Stage Director
The Stage Director and his staff will be designated by yellow arm bands. At the Assembly Camps participants are under the immediate direction of their respective Captains and Lieutenants who in every case are members of the respective Pageant Groups.
YOU ARE TO AWAIT ORDERS FROM THEM!
Obey and you will help others and yourself. Remain with your own group at your own camp until instructed by your Captain or your Lieutenant to go toward your Stage Entrance. At the proper time you will be told when to appear before the audience.
No one will be permitted to be at any of the Entrances, watching the
Pageant, as this would mean congestion and make it impossible for Entrances
and Exits to be made quickly and in order. ABSOLUTE QUIET MUST PREVAIL.
VII. COSTUMES
Theodore H. Ware............................................................Director
All participants must provide their own footwear, except the Indians. All others should wear low, dark shoes. Shoe buckles, where required, will be furnished. As your Costume is rented from the Official Costumer, you are required to take good care of it. Do not tear, soil or injure it in any way. You are personally responsible for it.
RETURN OF COSTUMES
All Costumes and uniforms must be returned. Announcement in regard to the return of Costumes will be made at the Field Rehearsal, Sunday, Sept. 22.
VIII. PROPERTIES
Maurice Ham....................................................................Director
The Properties Station is located upon the Assembly Campus and designated by sign. All those who use hand props must secure them at this place. Be careful not to break them before or after going on the stage.
You must return your prop to the Properties Station from which you secured it after both the Rehearsal and the Performance.
The return of properties after rehearsal and performance is absolutely
necessary on the part of each participant.
IX. MAKE-UP AND WIGS
Robert Crossen.................................................................Director
All Indian men, women, children, some Continental Soldiers and some Colonial men and Women will wear Wigs. All such will be notified. All Indians will have make-up provided. All others requiring make up will be so informed.
Announcement as to Wigs and Make-ups will be made at the Field Rehearsal,
Sunday, Sept. 22.
X. HORSES AND VEHICLES
Arthur L. Hoffman............................................................Director
There are two Horse and Vehicle Depots - one is located near the American Army Base at the south end of the Field; the other near the British Army and Indian Base at the north end.
Those who have been selected to ride horses will secure them at that Depot nearest to their Stage Entrance.
If you have been designated to ride in a Vehicle it will be found near your Stage Entrance.
Be sure to return your horse to the Depot as instructed by the Director
of this Department. Obey implicitly instructions from the official as horses
must be used by other riders in scenes that follow.
XI. CHAPERONAGE
Members of this staff will be designated by pink badges. They will be found at different points on the ASSEMBLY CAMPUS. Please do not hesitate to call on them if for any purpose their services are needed.
XII. PERSONNEL
Indian Village - Captain, Rev. Harry E. Malick; Lieutenants, Charles Spaulding, Dell Aylesworth.
Cherry Valley - Captain, R. T. Lewis; Lieutenants, Denton Clark, Mrs. Dorn Dillmore.
Washington Headquarters - Captain, F. M. Edson; Lieutenants, Forest W. Horne, L. R. Bickford.
Albany Minuet - Captains, Mrs. Elwin R. Brown, Miss Geraldine Quinlan; Lieutenants, Mrs. Wm. H. Mandeville, Mrs. Clayton Shoemaker, Miss Mary Forbes, Miss Florence Rexford.
Easton Market Day - Captain, James Cochrane; Lieutenants, A. D. Merrill, Mrs. E. R. Hutchinson, Mrs. David Blair.
Indian Council - Captain, Miss Elizabeth Holleran; Lieutenants, Mrs. John Driscoll, Arthur H. Hirst.
Squaw, White Child, Swetland - Captain, Mrs. Muriel Chamoulaud.
Groveland Ambuscade - Captain, James Riffe; Lieutenants, John Fiester, Everett Handy.
Mary Jemison - Captain, Mrs. Allen Ladd; Lieutenants, Mrs. Grace
Cuthbert, Mrs. William Brink.
XIII. STAFF CONFERENCE
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT A CHECK-UP ON THE DRESS REHEARSAL, BE HELD AT 7:30 P. M., AFTER THE FIELD REHEARSAL AT ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE, FEDERATION BUILDING, TO DISCUSS ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE PAGEANT, SO THAT IT MAY BE A SUCCESS AND CREDIT TO ALL CONCERNED. ALL DIRECTORS OF ALL DEPARTMENTS, COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, CAPTAINS, LIEUTENANTS AND OTHERS SO INFORMED MUST ATTEND THIS VITAL CONFERENCE. THEIR PRESENCE IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
IMPORTANT
Leave your valuables at home, but bring with you some change so you can buy refreshments that will be sold on the Assembly Campus.
It is imperative that while behind the scenes you are not visible to the audience. Keep out of sight!
Glasses and spectacles must not be used on stage except by special permission of the Stage Director.
Wrist watches and jewelry must not be worn.
Gum chewing is positively prohibited while on the stage.
If the audience applauds or laughs, hold up your lines until it is quiet again.
Do not use any modern slang in group of mob scenes.
TO YOU!
If you, as a participant in the Pageant at Decision, follow the instructions, you will perform a real service in helping to make your Pageant a success.
The undersigned will deeply appreciate such cooperation on your part.
Dr. A. W. Booth......................Chairman Executive Committee
Malcolm J. Wilson................... Executive Secretary
J. Norton Wood....................... Enlistment Director
Dr. A. C. Flick......................... State Historian
Peter Nelson............................ State Executive Secretary
PAGEANT PRODUCERS
Ware & Francis, 10 Beach Street, Boston, Mass
C. W. Ware, General Manager
W. J. Francis, Business Manager
Percy J. Burrell........................ General Pageant Director
George V. C. Lord.................. Author and Pageant Director
Beach Cooke.......................... Pageant Director
Frances Helen Crandall............ Dance Instructor
Costumes and uniforms supplied by Ware, Inc. 10 Beach Street, Boston,
Mass.
Pageant Headquarters
Association of Commerce, Federation Building, Elmira, NY. Tel. Elmira
2326.
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