ARTISTS ENTERTAINED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23269, 11 February 1939, Page 23

ARTISTS ENTERTAINED

v THE RUSSIAN BALLET I morning reception AUCKLAND TRAVEL CLUB The management and members of the (Movent Garden Russian Ballot were the guests of the Auckland Travel Club yes--prday, "lien a special morning tea in •their honour was held in the Milne and Cboyco Reception Hall. The president, 3Jr. J- A. C. Alluin, presided, and hostesses for the morning were Mrs. All tun unrl Miss E. Bonnet. In a brief address, Monsieur Anton Itolin, a principal of the ballot, said that, being so busy with rehearsals, the members had not seen much of. New Zealand yet. They had, however, paid a brief visit to Rotorua, and looked for■wnrd to spending a very pleasant five and a-half weeks in New Zealand. A programme of violin solos, inclndVjjfr a Russian wedding dance, was played- by Mrs. Edwin R. Greenfield, and Russian songs wero contributed by Xliss Ber.ta Carr. Tho aecompanistes irero Mrs. M. Gullv and Mrs. R. Reed. Floral shoulder sprays were presented Jr Miss Bennet to all the members of ijie ballet, and also to Mrs. Greenfield, "Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Gully and Miss Carr. In addition.to the guests of honour, ttho also included Monsieur Victor Pandre, were tho following members of the Travel Club committee: Mrs. Eliot T)avis, Mrs. Charles Martvn, Mrs. G. T. Simpson, Mrs. Raymond Sheath, Mrs. H. T. Merritt; Mrs. C. B. V. "Wheeler, 3lrs. J. McKenzie Wilson, Mis. J. T. i Mitchell and Mrs. F. H. Gifford.