LUCAS, CARRIE MELVIN. Concert/vaudeville entertainer ( in Newport, Rhode Island; in Providence, Rhode Island[?]). She began her professional career as assistant artist to
Marie Selika
about 1883, playing violin and cornet solos on Selika's concerts. During the 1880s she toured with the
Bergen Star Concert Company
, which carried on its roster such prima donnas
as Nellie Brown and later Flora Batson. While on tour with Bergen, she met and married
Sam Lucas
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LUCAS, CARRIE MELVIN
(18–1908)> CONCERT/VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINER