NATIONAL PATRIOTIC CONCERTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 158, 7 July 1896, Page 2

NATIONAL PATRIOTIC CONCERTS.

At the City Hall lasb evening there wm ft large audience present to witaeii thi ! weekly National and Patriotic ConberCj tb« ■ subject for the evening being " The Ladda of the Moa and Kangaroo." Both the • pictures and musical portion of fchaprogramme, to judge by the unstinted applauee, meb with fcbe appreciation of the, audience, and the programme proved one of the mosb successful yeb presented. ;;Too:; greab a tendency was displayed,'however,. by the audience to encore anything Mid , everything, and it was some time afterjea , o'clock before the entertain menb concluded*: ! The limelight pictures by Mr Cooper wore well eelected, and the effectiveness of tboio depicting the hob'lake district!'and "the.1 battlefields of New Zealand was ei»h««ed by admirable effects. The .musicalporlioa j of the programme was possessed of cOtteioer* [ able.meritß. Mies Mary Day, who abetted, last night for the firab time at tkeaa.coiK certs, possesses a pleasant soprano voice, and her singing of " Call Me Back " earned. her a well deserved encore. She reipendei with "The Carnival" and later in the eTiu,ing she sang "Calvary"' which was illoi-s br«t ed with 'limelight views. The sbnge by MrK. 11. Buttery "Wrecked and Saved and "Tho Mighty Deep" were both inw with considerable efl'eet. Miss Birdie Butler again had a good reception and was recalled for hor singing of "Close to*the Threehold" (with 'cello obligafco) and re; sponded with "The Stepping Stonei. , Her pleasing voice was afterwards beitaM> advantage in Adams' song " Fiona, Inc. Waiata Quartobte were encored for bow their ifcom'B the eerenade " Lovely Kignt and Kucken's " Soldier's -Farewell.' w Hartoz's arrangement of " Home, Sweet Home " for the violin Miss Celia JD»n>|»« scored a greab success and was oenipelle* to respond to the hearty plaudits.. M instrumental dueb (banjo and piano) by*' and Mrs Ringwood was also re-dem»naea, while Mr Alex. Smifch in a humorouirectv tation entitled " Bairnies Cuddle Doon, and Mr Leslie Dix in the humorous ion*. "The Shop-Walker," both met"«», favour at the hands of the audieace. «r Alf. Bartley accompanied with his oin": taste. MrF. R. Dix capably explaiaedW various pictures.