Fat Tuesday
and all that jazz!
The Mardi Gras Ballet
With materials contributed to the Arthur Hall Collection by Wesley O. Brustad in 2008 and 2009,
we have made preservation masters in analog Beta-SP and in a robust digital format.
From those we have made a remastered digital version of Fat Tuesday (1:22:58)
and a short video, Fat Tuesday 35 years on! (8:55) that includes
a brief history of the production and individual credits for the musicians and dancers.
Preservation Hall in New Orleans, LA, and
the Arthur Hall Collection
present a DVD edition of Fat Tuesday and all that jazz!
All proceeds from the sale of this DVD support
the music education programs of Preservation Hall and
the preservation efforts of the Arthur Hall Collection.
Fat Tuesday World Premiere - February 10-19, 1977
War Memorial Hall, Nashville, Tennessee
See tour schedule in chronology of 1977
Milton and Ruby Batiste photographs
Credits
1977 performances
1997 performances and
1998 performances
The Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and
Dejan's Olympia Brass Band from Preservation Hall
of New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tennessee Performing Arts Foundation presents
Preservation Hall ~ Arthur Hall
In the new Mardi Gras Dance Musical
Fat Tuesday and all that jazz!
Wesley O. Brustad,
Carol Newton, assistant producer
Arthur Hall, staging and choreography
Allan Jaffe, music director
Musicians of Preservation Hall
Milton Batiste, lead trumpet, vocals
Kid Sheik Colar, trumpet
Harold Dejan, saxophone, vocals
Edmond Foucher, trumpet
Nowell Glass, bass drum
David Grillier, clarinet
Allan Jaffe, bass horn
Benjamin Jaffe, beggar
Andrew Jefferson, snare drum
Gerald Joseph, trombone
Anthony Lacen, bass horn, Mardi Gras Indian
Frank Naundorf, trombone
Emanuel Paul, tenor saxophone
William Russell, violin
William Russell with Elizabeth Roberts
and Nsia, the Indian Princess
Cast
St. Elmo McKelvey, King Zulu
Arthur Hall, Grand Marshal
Anita Henry, Queen Zulu
Elizabeth Roberts, Madame of the Baby Dolls
Carol Schley, Baby Doll
Delphine Mantz, Baby Doll
Ruth Mills, Baby Doll
Sharon Ingram, Baby Doll
Betty Aldridge, Mamie Desdoumes (Hustling Woman)
Shirley Myles, Mimi Pechet (Lover)
Thomas Myles, Kid Bunky (Lover)
Norman Mills, Benny Black (Gambler)
Evangeline Brown, Marie Laveaux (Voodoo Queen)
C. Edward White, King of Street Vendors
Ronald Payton, Father St. John
James Crawford, Spirit of Mardi Gras
Lamont Brunson, Spy Boy
Oswald Wallace, Chorus
Luther Aldridge, Chorus
Ronald Chapman, Chorus
James Marshal, Chorus
Farel Johnson, Shoe Shine Boy
Steve Jackson, Shoe Shine Boy
Clarence Schley, Shoe Shine Boy
Cindy Struthers, Queen of the Mardi Gras Indians
Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble
Carol Schley, choreography for Baby Dolls
Farel Johnson, dance company master drummer
Alan Trumpler, scenic design and construction
Elizabeth Roberts, costume design and construction
C. Edward White, dance wardrobe master
Lillian Avery, wardrobe mistress
David K. H. Elliott, stage manager
R. Michael Holden, company manager
Oswald Wallace, dance company manager
Roscoe Smith, property manager
George Calvert, carpenter
Cornell Cooper, electrician
Thomas Priest Teasley, publicity
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