1 Bucks County Intelligencer, 104th’s Glee Club Broke the Monotony of Guard Duty Page B-SIX Col. 5-6 1
104th’s Glee Club Broke
Monotony
of Guard Duty
The Glee Club of the 104th Regi- ment broke the monotony of guard duty in Carolina City when it gave its first show in the depot warehouse. The announcement of the show attracted more attention in the camps than that of a first-class opera in Philadelphia or New York. The room was arranged taste- fully. The stage was formed by laying boards on pork barrels, while other pork barrels, in two tiers on end and covered with shelter tents for drapery, pre- vented inquisitive eyes from peep- ing behind the scenes. A garrison flag was draped over the stage. Cracker boxes placed in rows, with a broad aisle running through the middle of the room, were the seats. The brigade band was the or- chestra. The program consisted of three parts and was made up of choruses singing comic, senti- mental and operatic songs. It was concluded with a comic after- piece called, “The Barber.” At the conclusion of the show, |
a collection was taken up for the performers. The show netted $28. |