JUDY GARLAND - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/21/1961 CO-SIGNED BY: FELIX GERSTMAN - HFSID 160706

JUDY GARLAND and FELIX GERSTMAN
Judy Garland and Felix Gerstman sign a document agreeing that Judy Garland will perform at the Westchester County Center on September 29, 1961.
Typed Document Signed: "Felix G. Gerstman" under "Agreed to and accepted" and "Judy Garland" for Kingsrow Enterprises, Inc., 1¼p, 8½x11, separate sheets. No place, but likely New York City, 1961 July 21. Garland contracts for a performance at the Westchester County Center on September 29, 1961. Begins: "Agreement made this date between FELIX GERSTMAN, 140 West 42nd Street, New York 36, N. Y., hereinafter called First Party, and KINGSROW ENTERPRISES, INC., care of Freddie Fields Associates, Ltd., 410 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., hereinafter called Second Party." In part: "First Party hereby warrants that he is the operator herein at the present time and for the duration of this contract, and engages Second Party, and Second Party hereby agrees to supply The Judy Garland Show, consisting of Judy Garland, Mort Lindsey (or a conductor or pianist of like import), John Bello (or a trumpeter of like import), William Lavorgna (or a drummer of like import) and Howard Hirsch (or a percussionist of like import). Said show shall be presented for a single performance at the Westchester County Center on Bronx River Parkway at Central Avenue, White Plains, New York on Friday, September 29th, 1961 at 8:30 P.M., for which First Party agrees to pay Second Party, and which Second Party agrees to accept as full payment, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)...In addition, First Party agrees to furnish and to pay for a 28-man orchestra as per the attached schedule of instrumentation, and for any musicians required by the American Federation of Musicians in connection with the engagement...." Lightly creased. Staple holes at upper left blank corners. Two file holes at upper margin. Fine condition. Accompanied by "Exhibit A", 1p, 8½x11, listing equipment needed for the performance. The sheet lists a piano tuned to 440 pitch with pianist, five saxophones, four trumpets, three trombones, one French horn, a guitar, a bass, six violins, two violas, two cellos, one drum and one percussion for a total of 28 instruments. At lower portion, requirements call for six extra music stands, a spare set of drums to be brought out during first act, black tie for the orchestra and two microphones with removable heads. Lightly creased. Staple holes at upper left blank corner. Two file holes at upper margin. Fine condition. This show was part of a 31-city tour in 1961, beginning in Miami in January and ending in Washington, D.C. in December. Judy Garland (1922-1969) sang on stage with her sisters in the late 1920s and appeared on records and films from 1936, but her breakthrough to superstardom came with her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), singing her signature song, "Over the Rainbow". A competent actress and superbly gifted singer, Garland won an Oscar (with 2 more nominations), three Grammys (plus 6 of her recordings in the Grammy Hall of Fame), a Tony, and at least three Emmy nominations during her legendary career. By the late 1940s, her film career was suffering as a result of personal problems, including struggles with alcohol and the barbiturates that finally killed her, but she made a dazzling comeback in concert tours of the 1960s, especially Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961). Garland is the mother of actress Liza Minnelli and screenwriter/producer Lorna Luft. Two items.