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ILLUSTRATIONS: Charles E Johnson and Dora Dean perform at Swansea Empire in June 1905. "The American Coloured Fashion Plates - a Merry Pair Who Makes Things Hustle". The Cakewalk parodied and subverted white middle-class aspirations (Courtesy of Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.). |
ILLUSTRATION: Good Friday Jubilee Trio with Swansea Trombone Quartet (South Wales Daily Post, Cambrian Indexing Project, Swansea Reference Library). |
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The Jamaicans Famous Native Choir (12 in all) including Marie Lawrence who had arrived in Britain in 1906, presented a summer season on Mumbles Pier, Swansea, singing American and Jamaican Secular and Sacred Music. The Choir was active during the 1920s and Marie Lawrence became active in films during the 1930s. |
ILLUSTRATION: Mr Lonzo Brown making a decided hit at the Swansea Palace as Singer and expert Sand Dancer (South Wales Daily Post, Cambrian Indexing Project, Swansea Reference Library.) |