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ELTON. Mr. (18*-) Bandleader who formed an “Ashantee Dance and Chorus” from “a band of coloured boys picked from the street” (also referred to as “street Arabs”) and participated in a performance entitled ''[[Brown and the Brahmins]]'' at the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town in 1875. This under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]]. (Fletcher, 1994)
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Bandleader who formed an “Ashantee Dance and Chorus” from “a band of coloured boys picked from the street” (also referred to as “street Arabs”) and participated in a performance entitled ''[[Brown and the Brahmins]]'' at the [[Bijou Theatre]], Cape Town in 1875. This under the auspices of [[Disney Roebuck]]. (Fletcher, 1994)
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There appear to have been two people known by this name active in South Africa in the 19th century:


Mr Elton (18*-)

Bandleader who formed an “Ashantee Dance and Chorus” from “a band of coloured boys picked from the street” (also referred to as “street Arabs”) and participated in a performance entitled Brown and the Brahmins at the Bijou Theatre, Cape Town in 1875. This under the auspices of Disney Roebuck. (Fletcher, 1994)

A.E. Elton ()

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