THE ROYAL HAWAIIANS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 137, 10 June 1911, Page 8

THE ROYAL HAWAIIANS.

The Eoyal Haw.aiian Singers, who commence their season at His Majesty's Theatre on Monday evening, June 19, bring with them credentials of the highest order, and present an entertainment of an unique description. Their recent tour of America was a sequence of brilliant successes by reason of their quaint and distinctly clever performances. Sousa says of the Royal Hawaiians that their songs, their music, and the. rhythmic swing of their dances are incomparable, and create an atmosphere that gives glimpses of a world 'beyond, while Richard Strauss stated that their singing is quite apaft in tone and colour from any other race of people with whom he had come in contact, their music being as full of character as a rainbow is full of colour. The Neapolitan singer has an Italian flavour, the French have their tuneful light Cafe Chantant lyrics, and the German a full tone martial style; but the Hawaiian has a sparkle and dash combined with a passionate appeal and religious fervour that makes the "Eden of the Pacific" into a musical province of its own. The Hawaiian singers are regarded in America as the most attractive combination that ever left the Islands of the Pacific. Not only are the ladies and gentlemen of the party people of high mental attainment, but possess that culture and refinement in art which always finds appreciation amongst intellectual audiences. The "Hula" dances are portrayed by beautiful and graceful Hawaiian ladies, who are idealistic in their exposition of the national dance, while the singing and the instrumental items must make an appeal to the student, scholar, and to all lovers of what is best in music and art.