MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 237, 6 October 1936, Page 3

MUSIC FESTIVAL.

CAMBRIDGE ANNUAL FIXTURE. FIRST DAY'S RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) CAMBRIDGE, Monday. The Cambridge Competitions Society's fourteenth annual festival was commenced to-day. The prospects for a successful event are bright, • the entries being a rccord. ■ . This evening the festival was officially opened by the Mayor, Mr. C. H. Priestley, with whom was associated the president, Mr. F. R. Wooldridge. The adjudicators are: Musical section, Mr. H. S. Claughton (Nelson); elocution section, Mr. J. R. Lester (Christchurch); dancing, Miss Bettina Edwards (Auckland). Results:— Vocal Classes. Duet, ladies or gentlemen, own. selection. —Miss A. Burton and Mr. H. Leddy (Hamilton), and Mesdames V. (J. Hollis and C. F. O'Connor (Cambridge), 82 points, equal, 1; Miss D. Robson and Mr. K. Prescott (Hamilton), 81 points, 3. Ten entries. I Song in Costume, boys or girls under 16, own selection. —Betty Spiro (Auckland), 86 points, 1; Laura Browne (Cambridge), 85 points, 2; Patricia Boyle (Auckland), 84 points, 3. Twelve entries. Sacred Solo, Oratorio, Gentlemen, any voice.—-Mr. E. Child (Auckland), 83 points, and Mr. R. Easter, equal, 1; Mr. J. Bond (Auckland), 81 points, 3. Operatic or Dramatic Solo, Ladies, any voice.—Miss A. Burton (Hamilton), 87 points, 1; Mrs. H. C. Hollis (Cambridge), 80 points, 2; Miss D. Robson (Hamilton), Miss N. Easter (Cambridge), and Miss D. Liddy (Hamilton), 78 points, equal, 3. Seventeen entries. Elocutionary Classes. Recitation, Ladies or Gentlemen. —M'ps B. Prendergast (Hamilton), 70 points, 1; Miss D. Lochead (Cambridge), 7"4 points, 2. Four entries. Recitation, under 10 years.—E. Smith (Hamilton), 7G points, 1; Dorothy Hall (Hamilton), 75 points, 2; E. Goodwin (Cambridge), 74 points, 3. Seventeen entries. Character Recitation, under nine years, own selection. —Lorna Bridges (Hamilton), 79 points, 1; E. Goodwin, 75 points, 2. Five entries. Recitation, .under eight, local children. — F. Munroe, 1. Recitation, eight to twelve.—Ailsa Harvey (Goodwood), 1-. Recital with musical accompaniment, ladies or gentlemen, humorous, own selection.—Miss Olive Martin (Auckland), 83 points, 1; Miss Mavis Seed (MorrinsTille), 80 points, 2; Miss Dorothy Locliead (Cambridge), 77 points, 3. Six entries. Ladies' Test Recital, '-'Music In the Bush." —Miss Mavis Seed, 78 points, 1; Miss Olive Martin, 77 points, 2; Mrs. A. J. Swayne (Cambridge), 76 points, 3. Six entries. Instrumental Classes. Piano Duet, under 11, own selection.— Joan Prendergast (Hamilton) and Mary Dromgool, 78 points, 1; Shiela D'Arcv Smith and Joan Prendergast, 77 points, 2. Nine entries. Piano Solo, 17 years and over.—Miss Gwenda Nickle (Cambridge), 80 points, 1; Miss I3arry Harbutt (Auckland), 77 points, i 2. Five entries. Piano Solo, under 14.—Gwtfn Kenyon (Cambridge), 81 points, 1; Violet Plescher (Cambridge) and Tony Hawke (Hamilton), 79 points (equal), 2. Eleven entries. Brass Band Quartet, own selection.— Cambridge No. 2, 75 points, 1; Cambridge No. 1. 73 points, 2. Mouth Organ Solo, own selection.—Mr. J. Bartlett (Cambridge), 85 points, 1; Mr. M. Watt and Mr. S. West (Cambridge), 76 points, equal, 2. Eight entries.