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An African-American group (also called the Virginia Jubilee Singers), who visited South Africa in the 1890s with the impresario Orpheus McAdoo.

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-An African-American group (also called the [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]]), who visited South Africa in the 1890s with the impresario  [[Orpheus]]. Their tour began in Scotland where Orpheus met Lady Loch, the wife of the then British Governor of the Cape, who invited them to Cape Town.
+An [[African-American]] group (also called the [[Virginia Jubilee Singers]]), who visited South Africa in the 1890s with the [[Impressario|impresario]]  [[Orpheus McAdoo]].
-The Jubilee Singers became an unlikely overnight sensation in the Cape and are credited with shaping the performance style adopted by Cape Coon Carnival tradition.
+'''See the [[Virginia Concert Company]]'''
-In 2014 [[David Kramer]] wrote a musical based on this incident called  ''[[Orpheus in Africa]]''. It was first produced by [[Eric Abraham]] and the [[Fugard Theatre]] in January 2015.
-An influential [[Jubilee|jubilee]] and [[Minstrels|minstrelsy]] group who visited South Africa in the 1890s under leadership of impresario [[Orpheus MacAdoo]].
-== Sources ==
-Erlmann, 1991*
-== For more information ==