COMPETITIONS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19317, 23 May 1928, Page 13

COMPETITIONS.

■ I — — stages reached. L interesting; perform- ' ances. I Christchurch Competitions Society'* I ,/tival is drawing to its final stages, K"' f the competitions being staged toI* Concert Hall last evening some W ' •'.Lasting performances were given. A nff vn6 the saxophone solo. This is tt" ] ' . {cs tival at which this class has * deluded, and it proved very popular K Z large attendance. Other outstanding «itl i.„re tlie men's vocal scholarship, and voca i solo, with obbligato. Owing late hour at which the concert was W « the judge of the vocal and mstru'asses was unable to comment on the *!fe2rs' performances. were as follows: .Scholarship, GKNTLKME.V, (b ) TtKiA" d Own Selection. yj\f. Toowey (Christchurch), ••Pagan," „ (Linwood), "The Trum- * Mter," 178 points •• - jjSOPHONE SOLa Own Selection, Open jjj I, F. Bigg (Riccarton), "Cavatina, 1 „/° Jfnrtro (Christchurch), "Valse 1C 88 points •• „ jl C Brundale (Sydenham), * 'Vision of Dawn,*' 86 points .. ..3 vifIONAL DANCE, 10 and under 14. Kearney (Riccarton), Seann riith (Timaru), "Seann Trmb--1 hats," 79 Po ints •• 2 -.ioaptEß RECITAL, Ladies or Gentlemen. Open Class, Own Selection. «... Hilda Scurr. (Dunedin), "Androgo points . . 1 ■*%. Fowler (Christchurch), 87 P° intS " • * ' 2 Seelye (Dunedin), "Jultot 11 81 points .. .. .. 3 . rt, piece given by the winner, the prinJ~> .motion was grief, and that was very n done. The atmosphere was well mainr«i slid the climax was well' managed. miVeeond competitor gave a vivid interpretife®- Th® gestures were graceful, and the Jj.Y good. rtlvn SOLO, Lady or Gentleman. Own Selection. «. Hud Hewon (St. Albans), "Theme Y,tie," 184 points .. .. 1 V'uttl Ws Thomas (Christchurch) and onrison (Christchurch) were the SiHP, » ch with 178 Pointsinto said that it had been a close i L m-I* °ff erc( i his sincere congraturnfllli SCHOLARSHIP, Girls Under 21. (b) yw :■ v. Own Selection. «(., Jjjjy Sotton (Christchurch), "Magdllfflt >' Michael's Gate," 189 points 1 Vi'n ilice Chapman (Sydenham), "The jdfitingale," 188 points .. 2 "Mope that the winner will make good uj of fto scholarship," said the judge. "She lij.l remarkable voice, and I hope she will tori bard, for it will be worth while."

CHARACTER DUO, under 12. Dorothy Grose (Papanui) aud Eunice Fowler (Christchurch), "Coster," 88 " points 1 • • • ■ 1 ®«4jj Ro«e (Linwood) and Delia Frisk (Woolston), "Jack in the Bos," 82 points . . . . .. 2 Jit Gregqry (Sydenham) and Enid Bell ■ '(lslington), "Sorrow and Joy," 80 points . . . . . . 3 Tla winaers gave the best interpretation tl tba coster dance in this festival. Their nttomei were very effective. The second pair pre t very bright duo. CHILDREN'S DIALOGUE, Boys or Girls under 12. Time limit 8 minutes. Mollie Moore (St. Albans) and James ■ HnmiAreyi (Addington), from "Alice in Wonderland," 80 points .. 1 fliidyißoje (Linwood) and Bona Hill l (St,'Albass), "Eva and Topsy," 78 ipolnts . . . . . . 2 Tie winners' costumes were appropriate to their piece. Their acting was good and tut. -.The second pair acted well, and main- - trjiftd the,characterisation throughout. 80K9 in- CHARACTER, Lady or Gentleman. ; Own Selection (not comic). 1 Hill' Kathleen Chappie (Addington), ■ "Flower Song," 98 points .. 1 Kiu Dorothy Hanhlre (Riccarton), "The Purity Brigade," 89 points .. 3 . HlirMelva" Cater (Riccarton); "Little ; 'SlujWrdess," 87 points .. .. 8 ?iOBED: SOLO, Bass. Open Class. Own Selection. Ihf.S, £ell (Spreydon), "0," God Have '• -Ttecy." 82 points .. .. 1 •Jh fljjjnes (Woolston), "Out of the -Has? Call," 80 points 2 TwiilfSOLO, Contralto. Own Selection. UKißlack (St. Albans), "A Mem.oiJj|Sß9 points , •; 1 JfliJ-RijjtDo.wn (Spreydon), "Sink, Red - ~sPna( t tßß points •• •• 2 . ' Mia.Ada.\ndewon (Sydenham), "Song I''' Rfi points .3:, if ..TtoAJj 80L0, Soprano, Own Selection. I jffllJfltfyks-*'. Waters (Lyttelton), "A • I -VsWoinan's Last 'Word," 89 points .. 1 fMaßetty Satton (Christchurch), "June Ju« ,'Eveline Hill! (Papanui), "Break o' •i- Day," 88 points .. ..3 ■■ •: I ; TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME. '-'X&lttttpetittons festival will be concluded 'Jftli.iTenlnf?, when the last of the finalists One of the principal items is thief piano solo, in which there is excelvtat" competition. The second section of the "WriMned ballet will be staged, the competitors '{tongfthe - -"Rniaian Ballet," and "The Rio and Wood Nymphs." An interesting tluj .iHll be the. vocal duet (lady and gen•jwwjj.-; to; which there are. two pairs comthe other classes are the ! Solo,''recitation ' in character guitar solo, ladies' vocal ;MumUp, men's English song, solo with scholarship, humorous ' CsttWKiKetch, national dance (fourteen and 'tenor solo. Demonstration con•tote' In which successful finalists will ap:Nfe)rill be held in the City Concert Hall Friday, and Saturday evenings. Jwltlrtll be a matinee on Saturday afterspecial prices will be charged, and be booked at Tho Bristol. - " JJIIDGES' OPINIONS. i k MST ELOCUTION. , . opinion of Mr E. Culford Bell, : |Wf<f rithe elocutionary sections cCt Competitions, the are of great benefit to as a whole. They •of the arts and help 1 . better sense of artistic who had approached 'gfflpwls in tho right spirit had ®T?C;Valuable experience, he stated Elocutionary work this fairly good, particularly itfSjwhss' class, which had included jjg|*W>right and talented competiFetched, and the standard, other years, was very interpretation had W|||M factor in placing competitors positions. The great WjpSJlSpwe for was spontaneity, and 'ba. 1 " 0 elocution, in which g"?.CTiap e titors erred. As soon as apparent all naturalness marked improvement in choiceV selections, said Mr at-^g:.l,P leasi Pe absence of items he contestants were gener&di* i?' Pieces of good Some very fair i fekri™ 01 been done by those in the •ilw r.5r SS6s > which had been a pleas--IXS le festival. As usual, t ll -" 68 W6re numerous, and "JW^f^-hr ight work was presented. English was good, but :i in fiv ;j' Uoolm t of vowel impurity was Nhioi* J lo6 ' e main fault of the an attempt to recite rather ®&>o«nv!; a stor y.. aT, d the tendency to 'SiSISjS^ 'P o *'® suitable for adults %^m;. an ' almost parrot-like imitaIs c °uld be avoided easily.

„ dancing. •j e Eugenie Dennis, adjudicator rfcj ® daneiqg section, lias not been jj impressed with the dancShe stated that, the *t €re a too ambitious, su SS est 'on that they fS.?- ances ) to be performS 6 section was small ? , hls < vas a K reat P'ty.'PuT should be taught to, R^°I ements > sai(l . lhe i ud ge. s Pontaneous, and inspiration taken fr om Nature and all rSh strong in human dancers must express i'"tough their work, and ~ . WBJr to produce expression

was an appeal to the imagination Technique was merely the control ot tlis mind over the body so that the body moved as the mind desired, and was the medium of self expression or Hie expression of the creative artist, As far as operatic work was concerned, it was largely a matter of acquiring good habits of position and. m ° tlon > with specified exercise for strengthening muscles and doing away with defects of a physical nature exercise should be studied with care until it followed naturally from force of habit. Then, when performed in a dance, it could be used unconsciously and without effort.