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But before that, the band was mostly in the pit, played for the show. But the show was the thing during those years. But, just like I say, in the early years I branched off and did comedy with White shows. So look how many years I had been with these big White shows, you see. JW: Yes, but what was the difference between what you would do for a White audience and for a Black audience? FA: Well, the White audience. . .the shows were dramatic shows and things that I was with, and was with some mus...icals too. But they were VJhite shows. Well, they gave you things to do, you see. They write things and you rehearse it. Now I was with the Beatrice Lily show, "The Show is On". Well, this is what I had to do: A 22-piece band would come out from the pit, and this man with this tailcoat and violin, ta-ti-ta-ti-ta-ti...Then I would come out in the middle of the stage and start talking, and then I'd say, "What do you chop when you chop a tree, A million things that you daily see; a baby's crib, a porch chair, a soap box do*"^ at Union Square, a-tap-a-tap-a-tap-a-tap, a rolling pin for dear old mother; a picket for the fence, a bucket for the well, a pole for America's..." But see, the music is playing Qie demonstrates how the violin is playing] and the man directing.
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