COMPETITIONS CONCERT

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22112, 7 June 1937, Page 3

COMPETITIONS CONCERT

♦ SPECIAL AWARDS PRESENTED The last of the demonstration concerts arranged bythe Christchurch Competitions Society was given on Saturday evening. The occasion was taken to present the special awards gained during the competition, championships, scholarships, ana m The following were the presentations:— Championships—Elocution, Miss Grace Nixon; women's vocal, Miss Daisy Perry, men's vocal, Mr Noel Burtt; Irish Jigg. Miss Joyce Fraser. tU i-»« Scholarships—Elocution, Miss Kathleen Read; girls' vocal, Miss Jean Sinclair; women's vocal. Miss Daisy Perry; mens vocal, Mr James Henderson; Begg's pianoforte, Miss Nancy Harrie; society's pianoforte. Miss Margaret McCormack; Stacey and Hawker's, Miss Lenore Upton. Mounsey Memorial—Geoffrey Hill. Gunner Medal—Miss Phyllis O'Grady. The following programme was given:— Duet, "Midsummer Night's Dream," Muriel Soanes and Ngaire Begg; tap duo. Noelene Bell and Mavis Andrews; song, "'lt was a Dream," Joan Sorrell; operatic dance, Sylvia Gunther; recitation, "Scottish Martyrs." Edith Lunan; Russian dance, Maurice Dixon; song, "Cherry Ripe," Jean Marsh; solo, "Sonata," Margaret McCormack; Irish Jig, Joyce Fraser; song, "When Swallows Fly," Phyllis O'Grady; recitation, VYoung Fellow," Ron Ayling; solo, "Prologue," Noel Burtt; violin solo, "Concerto," Clifton Cook; humorous, "Lost Dog," Grace Nixon; acrobatic dance, Marjorie Austin; piano solo, "Nocturne," Nancy Harrie: song, "Mignon," Daisy Perry; ballet, Muriel Waugh's School; song, "The Lorelei," Jean Sinclair; tap dance, Reg. Thompson; song, "To the Forest," James Henderson; piano solo, "Toccata," Douglas Zander; skipping dance, Billie Addis; song, "The Living God," Ruth Royds: sketch, "Movie Mad," Grace Nixon; song, "Myself When Young." Sydney Bartos; Dickens sketch, •'David's Dinner," We, Us, and Company; Irish Reel, Muriel Waugh's School. The concert by competitors will be given in the Radiant Hall on Wednesday, August 11.