VOCAL RECITAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 58, 18 December 1945, Page 4

VOCAL RECITAL

PROCEEDS FOR R.S.A. BUILDING FUND A large and appreciative audience gathered in St. Andrew’s Hall last evening to hear a vocal recital by Miss Merle Brown’s pupils. The proceeds, £ls ss, were in aid of the Returned Services’ Association’s building fund. In thanking Miss Brown for the excellent programme, the president (Mr W. G. Welsh) presented her with a bouquet as a token of appreciation from the Returned Services Association. Miss Yvonne Wright made a presentation of a bouquet on behalf of the pupils. In appreciation of work done during the year, Dr. W. G. Todd presented Miss Brown with a travelling case on behalf of the pupils. Mrs D. E. Brown and Miss Betty Brown (accompanist), were presented with bouquets by Miss Wright. The programme was as follows:

“Spreading ;the News,” (Oliver) Leith: Gunn; “The "Water* Fay’s Song” (Schubert) Keith Tonks; “The Funny Fellow” (Head), Dorothy Johnson; “The Bells of Christmas” (Shaw) Margaret Sedcole; “Requiem” (Homer), Desmond Whiting; “Golden Dancing Days” (Clarke), Valmai Berry; “Ships of Arcady” (Head), Betty Sedcole; “Should He Upbraid” (Bishop), Joyce Green; “Friend O’ Mine” (Sanderson), Boyd Glassey; “When Song is Sweet” (Sans Souci), Hazel Bonnington; “Song of the Palanquin Bearers” (Shaw), Wanaka Wall; “Lullaby” (Brahms), Ruth Bennison; “Butterfly Wings” (Phillips), Phyllis Beatty; “Phil the Fluter’s. Ball” (French), Desmond Bayne; “Now the Dancing Sunbeams Play” (Haydn), Irene Colvin; “April is a Lady” (Phillips), Mrs H. Lane; “Blackbird’s Song” (Scott), Mrs C. E. Moller; “Sing, Break ipto Song” (Mallinson), Joan Charles; “Morning” (Speaks), Dorothea McCrea; “May Dew” (Bennett), Sheilagh MacMillan; "Youth” (Allitsen), Allan Evans; “Early in the Morning” (Phillips), Mrs W, G. Todd; “Villanelle” (Dell Acqua.) Fiona Findlay; “My Dear Soul” (Sanderson), Beryl Argyle; “The Dawn Has a Song” (Phillips), Kathleen Beatty; “Myself When Young” (Lehmann), Alan Bennison; “Spring is, at the Door” (Quilter) and “Shepherd’s Song” (Elgar), Audrey Whiting; “Solvieg’s Song” (Grieg) and “II Bacio” (Arditi), Margaret Maynard; “Midnight Review” (Glinka), Dr. W. G. Todd; “Lament of Isis” (Bantock) and “Bird of Bue” (German), Yvonne Wright; “Gentle Zephyr” (Idomeneo) (Mozart), Zillah Ford; “La .Donnae Mobile” (Rigoletto) (Verdi), Mr G. Petrie; “Amaryllis (Caccini) and “O Love from Thy Pow’r” (Saint-Saens), Mrs L. Cliff.