I'm looking for reminiscences of actual minstrel shows if you have ever seen one.

I've reviewed the DT threads about minstrel shows, and I think I'm right in starting this as a new thread rather than adding to those discussions. While we all deplore the blackface putdown of African American people, I'd like to restrict this thread to these questions:

Have you ever seen a minstrel show?

If so, would you describe what you saw?

I'm aware there won't be many of us left who have actually been through that experience for better or worse.

In the next message I'll describe the only one I ever saw. I think it would be interesting to hear from others who have done so too.

Thanks! Bob