A DIONYSIAN FESTIVAL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18516, 19 October 1925, Page 7

A DIONYSIAN FESTIVAL.

PETERS-GRAY SCHOOL,

A Dionysjan Festival was presented at the i Caledonian Hall on Saturday afternoon by : pupils of the Peters-Gray School of Dancing, Elocution, and Mime, and was attended by a largo audience. This festival, known as the Dionysia, was kept in honour of the god Dionysius, or Bromios, who was worshipped as the God of all that was fruitful. The performers gave evidence of the great care that had been taken with them in their tuition, their movements being characterised by charm and grace, and in keeping with tho atmosphere of the festival. Those who participated in the various dances were: — Procession of Offering—lrene Buckhurst, Hilda Mulvany Gray, Olive Spencer Bower, Rosemary Wilson, Noni Crowley, Janet Clarkson, Dorothy Kearne, Ivy Webb, Mary Clifton Mogg, Lettice Corsbie, Marjone Scott, Grace Cooper. Country Dance —Anne Morris, Beth Green, Margaret Sinclair, Ruth Calson, Patty Comerford, Nina Davidson, Cecily Clifton Mogg, Nora Quarrell, Barbara "White, Janet Beatty, Patricia Foster, Joan Edgar, Margot Wallwork, Betty "Williamson, Marjorie Williamson, Shiela Macdonald. Prayer Dance—lrene Buckhurst, Hilda Mulvany Grav, Grace Cooper, Mary Clifton Mogg. Dance of the Wine Jars—lrene Mulvany Gray, Beth Green, Anne Morris, Ruth Calsou, Marjorio Williamson. Cymbal—Mary Clifton Mogg, Dorothy Kearne, Grace Cooper, Lettice Corsbie. Vintage Dance—Rosemary WilsoD, Oliver Spencer Bower, Irene Buckhurst, Ivy Webb, Hilda Mulvany Gray, Noni Crowley. Bacchanal—lrene Mulvany Gray and the Cymbal and Vintage dancers. I In the mime play "L'Enfant Prodigue," Irene Mulvany Gray took the part of Pier- ■ rit, Dorothy Kearne of Phrynette, and Louis Rudkin of a black servant. Other numbers given during the afternoon were: "The Heart of a Knave," Lois Ollivier, Judith Barker, I Ann Harper, Jill Barker, Annette Bowen, I Margot Wallwork, Cecily Clifton Mogg, and i Joan Cowper; Irish jig, Peggy Hutchinson; "I Knew Something," Kathleen Helmore, Pay | Gibson, Lettice Tapper, Gwen Jones,- Betty Overton, and Rossmore Cracroft Wilson; nocturne, Mary Clifton Mogg; A Bobbly ballet, Nora Quarrell, Shiela Macdonald, Peggy Staniland, Joan Moreton, Diana Taylor, Natalie Cocks, Edward Cowper, Philip Cowper, Margot Wallwork, Leah Smith, Virginia Carney, Makere Gardiner, June Foster, Margaret Baker, Joan Shea, Cecily Clifton Mogg, Joan Edgar, Barbara "White, and Joan I Cowper; "Sylvia," Scota Steward; "From One Til! Two," Lettice Tapper, Rossmore Cracroft Wilson, Fay Gibson, Betty Overton, Gwen Jones, Kathleen Helmore, Dorothy Kearne, and Nora Hoarc; "The Wind anil (ho Leaf," Irene Mulvany Gray and Mary Clifton Mogg; polka, Denise Shea, Ruth Cannon. Makere Gardiner, Joan Cowper, Charles Morkane, Louis Nottingham, Edward Cowper, nnd Philip Cowper; "The King and the Dumpling." Lucy Heney, Joan Scanes, Marv Paw-sey, Ruth Derritt, Joan Gray, Phillis Agar, Joan Rudkin, Louis Rudkin, Janet Beatty, Georgina Mulcock, and Roma Carer; "Trepac." Beth Green; "Frieze Pathiqne," Mary Clifton Mogg, Dorothy Kearne, Rosemary Wilson. Lettice Corsbie, Grace Cooper, nnd Hilda Mulvany Gray; Minuet Pomposa, , Ruth Derritt, Irene Mulvany Grav, and , Patricia Powrie.