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Song conducting.
Singing.
The audience does a great deal of the singing.
Carberry's a big fellow with a splendid voice. He uses it but little, as he invites the audience to join in singing some of the old songs, and he does the directing with a little wooden wand. Carberry works the stunt up well. He opens by announcing that the world's war brought out one very important thing, and that was the soldiers could "sing." To make the audience feel at home and with soldiers sprinkled throughout the house Carberry uses a picture sheet and has the verses of the songs used flashed on it. There was a mixture of folklore numbers, patriotic verses and several of the more topical numbers best liked by the soldiers everywhere. Carberry sang the chorus of one of the sheet numbers alone, and it seemed a pity that he wasn't heard more singly. The Carberry song service, with the audience in for at least 15 minutes, is great stuff for pop houses. Carberry doesn't overdo it; slams in sufficient comedy to help enhance it, and make it worth while in almost any spot. Not a true vaudeville classification, but in the smaller houses it's the popularity, "let's get together" spirit that catches 'em. A hit at the American, with Carberry capable of being held over by changing his line of songs.
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Variety, 53:7 (01/10/1919)