SATURDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume VII, Issue 2029, 10 August 1876, Page 3

SATURDAY NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

«Jm •~The^', was a good deal of truth in the letter of Templar" in your Tuesday's issue, in reference to the Saturday Night" entertainment, and laßt evening the committee sat for several hours with the view of d wising some means to prevent the rowdyism which interfer- s so much with the harmony of these weekly gatherings. I do not know the result of the committee's cosritaUons, but from what I he_r, the rules for the future will be very stringent. Your correspondent refers sho in a half complaining tone, of the . rrqne-nt repetition of sonars, such ss toose of Mrs Homer, who has sung "Dear Little Shamrock" over thirty time 3at temperance and other meetings in this city; and, as this lady sings but two soucs, and is continually in request, what can she do? It is almost impossible for her to learn new songs in consequence of the demands upon her time, by her family, which need looking after. Again Mr Chapman has sung "lamented Mr Jones," forty-three times, in ivnrt new Auckland, until audiences are weary of the melancholy repetition. Bro. Cornish also, continually warbles his limited stock of thr.e Lancashire ditties. I would add further, that Mr McKenzie. a gentleman of tal.nt, takes ihe chair about three times in the month Considering the unvarying sameness, and tbe frequent repetitions of sonrr and sentiment; a sense of restlessness in the audience is not remarkable —Pipsti's Sok.