HISTORY OF SYRACUSE MUSIC "OFFICIAL SITE" CHAPTER # 58 - MORE FAMOUS NAMES WHO PERFORMED OR SPOKE IN SYRACUSE 1906-1915

Jan 5-8 1908            James J. Corbett -World Boxing Champion   Bastable Theater
                                    (Staring in "The Bugler and the Lady")

Jan 25, 1908              Grand Vaudeville Show                            Grand Opera House
                                   W.C. Fields, Ed Wynn & Company

May 5, 1910              Billie Burke starring in "Mrs. Dot"             Wieting Opera House

Sept 10, 1910            John Philip Sousa Band - World Tour       Wieting Opera House

March 20-25, 1911   Ziegfeld Revue- Follies of 1910                Empire Theater
                                 (Staring Fanny Brice)

Sept 16, 1911            President William Howard Taft                  N.Y.S. Fair
                                  (President Taft speaks at Syr Chamber of Commerce)

Nov 8-14, 1911        Houdini                                                     Grand -Keith's
                                 (performs Milk Can & Straight jacket escapes)

Dec 30-31, 1913      George M. Cohan                                     Empire Theater
                                 (stars in his own play "Broadway Jones")

Nov 2, 1914             Eddie Foy and 7 Little Foys                      Grand Theater

June 13, 1915          Ty Cobb `                                                 Elks Field Days

Dec 13, 1915          Billy Sunday Spiritual Crusade   Empire Theater- Syr. Tabernacle