SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 271, 15 November 1937, Page 13

SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY.

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES. The Auckland branch of the British Empire Shakespeare Society held a most successful juvenile fancy dress party on Saturday evening, when, in the presence of a large number of parents and friends, prizes and certificates were presented to the successful candidates in the elocutionary contests held recently by the society.

Representing characters in the plays, members and their young friends entered in procession and were received by the president, Mr. Henry W. Wilson.

The programme included a repetition of their performances by prizewinners, a pianoforte solo by Mrs. M. Lysaght, traditional songs, in costume, by Miss Norah Clarke, and a short, illuminating address on "Why We Read Shakespeare," by the president, who, with Mr. Dennis Johns, presented the prizes. The rest of the evening was devoted to games and dancing.

In announcing the names of the prizewinners, the hon. secretary, Miss Florence Walker, reported that Mr. Dennis Johns, who judged the competitions, had remarked upon the satisfactory standard of performance iu all classes.

Prizes and certificates were won by the following candidates:—Under 10 years (given by Mr. Dennis Johns), Pamela Macindoe; under 12 years, Pamela Waddell; certificates of merit, Robert Johnson and Marilyn Gardiner; under 13 years, Joy Gemmell (Ariel); certificates of merit, Jean Buchanan, Barbara Bell and Shirley Hancock; under 15 years. Mavis Hancock (epilogue from "As You Like It"); certificates of merit, Alison Peter, Joy Edwards and Alice McKellar; under 19 years, Patricia Edwards (Cleopatra); certificates of merit, Rona Petty, Marie Rowe, Joan Clenton and Reginald Adlam.