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Harriet and Marie McConnell are back with their song production, “Trills and Frills,” presented by Hassard Short. It is a splendidly arranged and artistically produced harmonizing turn. The little one renders a solo with a flute obbligato that reveals a highly trained voice, while the other leaves no doubt as to the vocal training and schooling she underwent before she was able to warble as she does. She is a mezzo – a full contralto with a soprano range. They sing all sorts of ditties from coon and rags to the classics, offering about 29 minutes of rare vocalizing. Other than stellar recruits from the operatic concert stage one doesn’t often hear such voices in vaudeville.
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Variety Magazine, LVIII: 13 August 1920