FAIRY SHOEMAKER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 286, 3 December 1938, Page 16

FAIRY SHOEMAKER.

EXCELLENT FROCKING. s PERFORMANCE BY CHILDREN. > I 1 "Je she allowed to do that?" The little boy in the third r-nv of the | audience at the Town Hal'. Concert Chamber last evening was rather in- ; trigued when a small girl, in the course ui a Grecian dance, skipp?il lightly across the stage and stole the spray of i j roses draped gracefully aroutd part of | j the scenery. On being reassured that | ' nobody minded the email girl stealing | ; the roses, the little boy settled down J - for a very brief interval of silent - watching. The dance had almost tin- ' islied before the next question came. ' "I wonder," he remarked, more to 1 himself than to the audience, "what it feels like dancing up there."' Nobody | • answered this question at all, and the ' little boy was left to judge for himself jutst how much the young per- i formers in the "Fairy Shoemaker" en- > joyed their dancing. Judging by the entire lack of selfconsciousness and the obvious spirit of enjoyment with which all the children entered into the performance, the "Fairy Shoemaker" produced by the pupils of the Nettleton-Edwards School of Dancing, was an outstanding success 1 from the point of view of the per- 1 formers as well as the audience. From the tiny tots to the more grown up children everybody, on stage and off, seemed to be having the time of their lives. During some of the scenes the smallest wee fairies could be seen peeping round the corners of the curtains, obviously hoping for just one more chance to skip across the stage in their lovely fairy frocks. The frocking of the whole performance, which, as well as the "Fairy Shoemaker" included "The Dancing Shoes of Kurope" and an excellent section of Grecian dancing, was excellent. The frocks worn in the ballet and ensemble dances were striking for their colour and harmony with the setting, and the costumes in the European section of the performance were carried out in the correct detail and style of the various countries represented. The Spanish and Tyrolean costumes were particularly striking, while the frocking of the Italian scene was also effective for its cololur. One item which caused much amusement among the younger members of the audience was the character dance performed by an Alice in Wonderland Trio, including Alice and the fascinating Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee. Another item which was very well received wa* the tap dance performed by Peggy Morris The performance wa<» produced by Miss Beryl Nettleton and , Miss Bettina F.dwards. The stage manager was Mrs. Williams and Miss N. Phillips acted as pianist. J