The Lyceum Theatre was filled on Thursday evening at the performance, the "Terpsichorean, Vocal, and Variety Enterteipinent" given by Mrs, Bidwell and her talented daughters. Tt be; the overture toHormann's "Lo Dindd by the town hand under the direction of Sig. M. A. Valenzi, who had charge of all the musical arrangements during the evening, When" the curtain drew up a bevy of young ladies in sailor costumes marched "on "headed by 4 very tiny standard-benter, and went through course of Musical Clubs done with excellent grace and precision under the leadership of Miss Geraldyn Bidwell, the exercise concluding with a hornpipe capitally danced by Miss Phoebe Lamond. Mr. Wedemeyer, in costume, shen gave a brilliant rendering of German's "Love the Pedlar," and "was followed by a Pas de Deux by two very small but very clever dancers, Miss Florence Clifton and Miss Muriel Lamond. The three Misses Harris followed wis rio for flute, violin, and piano, Kiiffner's Anda and Polonaise, their performance she! the excellence that genius and application combined inevitably produce. The first pat ended with a very attractive skirt dance with lime-light effects by Misses R. Clifton, and Winnie and Phoebe Lamond. Graceful movements and changing coloured lights united to make this o really charming number. Ta this part as in the second part every item was received with hearty snd long-continued was perhaps the best of all, the masked dunce by Miss Goodfellow and the Misses Bidwell, charmingly robet in black. It was a vision of beauty and grace and well deserved the enthusiastic applause that followed it, Mrs. Bidwell and Ler daughter coming ments to the audioner. 1 onager, Mr. E.G. Portier, must be heatily com:
ded for the smoothness and perfection with which the whole performance was carried through, 4 performance which showed how carefully and thoro pupils of Mrs, Bidwell and her dang! are trained, The entertainment was rather Ing, but it is quite intelligible that it was found impowille to resist the repeated demands for encores,
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