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...pageant for the benefit of the Fathers' and Mothers' Club of Boston will be given at the Boston Opera House this evening at 8 o'clock and tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Work in preparation for this occasion has been in progress for over a month and the actual work of drilling for the various displays and dances has been carried on for almost the same length of time. The pageant is one of the most elaborate things of its kind ever undertaken in Boston. Mrs. L. J. Barber, of Boston, has had entire charge of the rehearsals...
...central thought of the pageant is derived from the custom of tree worship practiced by the ancients. Starting with the crude and superstitious worship of the early Norsemen, the practice is followed down through the ecclesiastical history of the various tribes and peoples that inhabited Europe before the time of Christ, and finally ends with the springing into life of our own Christmas tree. The program will be divided into two parts. In the first, groups of people representing the different nationalities of the ancient world will appear, each group carrying its national tree of life. Dancing and acting representing...
Although the talent engaged for the pageant is almost entirely amateur, there are a number of professional or semi-professional actors who have consented to take the more important parts. Miss Daggett, who took a prominent part in the "Boston 1915" production at the Castle Square Theatre, will dance, and others of considerable theatrical experience will assist...
...pageant which was to have been given in the Boston Opera House during the third week in December, 1909, was postponed until late in January. Two performances have now been arranged for on the evenings of January 28 and 29 in the Boston Opera House as originally planned. The pageant is under the direction of Mrs. L. J. Barber and is given in the interest of the Fathers' and Mothers' Club of Boston. The display will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of a procession representing different nations, and each nation will carry its national tree...
Besides the pageant two short plays will be produced in which there are still a few parts vacant. In the spectacle an opportunity will be given for chorus and tableau work...