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Vaudeville Show, Derry, NH, 1937. 'Adams Memorial Hall...Ye Old Timers' Minstrel and All Star Vaudeville Show - Featuring W.P.A. Orchestra under the direction of Lou Joubert - Sammy Lees & Aubrey Shannon - Steppers [dancers] par Excellence - and - That Hilly Billy from Dixie George Jackson'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935, was designed to conserve and develop the skills of theater workers, re-employ them on public relief, and to bring theater to thousands in the United States who had never before seen live theatrical performances.