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The act was twelve minutes long.
Adele Reeves sings with a “piercing soubret voice” in the British style, but is unquestionably American. First, she sings a song in which she impersonates members of a stranded dance troupe. Her second is a “cute” number in which the key ascends at the end of each line of a lyric. For the third, she wears black velvet knickerbockers and a white silk waist. She plays guitar and sings a ballad. The last was a semi-recitative medley with excerpts from “Beautiful Lady”, “Ragtime Melodies”, and more.
She should choose another stage name to avoid comparisons with the English vaudeville star Ada Reeves.
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Variety 29:1 (06/12/1912)