AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 142, 18 June 1934, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

CLEM DAWE REVUE COMPANY; "The Laugh Parade," the spectacular and humorous revue which is at present being staged at His Majesty's Theatre by Clem Dawe and his company, attracted capacity audiences on Saturday afternoon and evening and, judging by the manner in which it was received at both performances, it should enjoy a successful run. Outstanding features are the Wailu choir, conducted by Clem Dawe, "The Minstrel Show," and the skipping rope ballet. Halliday and Watson were most popular in "The Skaters'" Waltz:" On Wednesday afternoon the management will present a gift of a cabinet kitchen dresser to a lady in the audience, and on Saturday the gifts to the children will include a Shetland pony. MUNICIPAL BAND. A popular programme of interesting selections was given by the Auckland Municipal Band in the Zoological Park yesterday afternoon. The baud's next recital in the Town Hall will be given on Sunday, July 1. CHARITY CONCERT. A concert in aid of the watereiders' hospital comforts fund was held in the Town Hall Concert Chamber on Saturday evening, under the direction of Mme. Edith Band. The artists included Misses Nora O'Halloran, Florence Taylor, Edith. Graham, Violet Thorpe, Sybil Phillipps, Enid and Joan Kelly, Betty Young, Jean Chalmers. E. Watkins, S. Barrett and Marian McDonald, Messrs. Alan McElwain. Arthur H. Ripley and W. Smith (bandmaster), the Auckland Watersiders Silver Band, the Lyric Quartet and a talented local ballet. The concert consisted of dancing items, instrumental and vocal selections, comic sketches and the ballet work. A letter was received by the organisers from the Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe wishing the function its deserved success. ORPHANS' CLUB. An "Irish night" was held in the Scots Hall on Saturday evening by the Auckland Orphans' Club. Members wore Irish hats with green bands, and the officials wore green ribbons from their lapels. The vice-president, Professor Maxwell Walker, who took the chair, had a blackthorn walking stick as the emblem of his authority. The secretary, Mr. D. W. Dunlop, placed two imitation Irish pics on the chairman's tabls. Representatives of the Onelumga, Devonnort, Tamaki, Pukekohe and Te Aroha Orphans Clubs were present.