REV. ALWYN EWEN'S RECITAL.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXX, Issue 1786, 19 February 1904, Page 4

REV. ALWYN EWEN'S RECITAL.

I The Oddfellows' Hall was comfortably Idled on Wednesday evening on 1 Ihc occasion of tin* Re.v. .1. Alwyn | Swell's recital, entitled " llotcli I'ot- ' cli ; u Night with the Kailyarders." I ill any were present from Wa.repu, Kuitanirata. and intermediate districts. Mr T. Mackenzie, M.11.R,, presided, and briefly and with a vein of appropriate humour introduced the speaker j of the evening. Mr Ivwen was warmly 1 received, and coon had himself on the best of terms with his audience, j He is possessed of mobile features, u magnificent voice, and a fine platform presence. In the selections chosen trom ('rociictt, Barrie. and lan Mac- ; lgrioii, the humorous and the pathetic, were skilfully intermingled. Now. the audience would be in (its of rapturouH laughter, now deeply moved, spellhovnd, tw with rare dramatic effect and pathos some touching story was letold. Ihe selection from "Wee Macuieyoi ' struck, a popular cord/ thi- told being the humorous ay count i;l the visit to Aunt Curdy. ■hi i,uiiis lie 4 effort was that v. ::i h he concluded. -viz., the reeial from "The Bonnie Briar Bush,' 1) iw lir Mac lure, drove, the Qi/'a's doctor through the Hood to H ave the shepherd's wife. It wus a "Ul'llintr story, ably told. It is safic" say I hat the uudience were more ~in delighted with the At intervals during the recital P* f'lark sang the ever popular " A"' Cray " with line effect and appreciation ; while the Re; Mr Mitchell's/ rendition of " The/' Sl '. rt - " was such as to call for mm f /letiiable encore, to which he )W" IK ' ( -d with "Across the , steiipes,')'' 1 "I'ich ho was Kcurcely less huc/*' 11 '- At the conclusion Mr Mack/ 1 ' "'M that while Mr I-avi-ii d/" ot dt'sijn any thanks, yet hit (M/ Mackenzie), felt called upon to ex pi/ th(J h iffliCst appreciation of the 'hey had listened to (applaus/ a,K ; the valuable assistance I piy ' J . v Clark and Mr many a day, he/ Kim ' (i SU( '' l a treat 'had been / lor ded a Balclutha audience. Ent/ I,unt ' n <« the kind given by Mr j n W( ] re invaluuble in stirring* an /. rcst in t,ic land and history and, A".' 10 Zetland. He thought t|K!/^ lenco wrro also entitled to tiianf' "'terpramg- men w | to had been. ii?"f ntul J, n bringing Mr Ewen to The Cjjajriutyi'g /

remafks were endorsed with hearty manifestations of approval, and the singings of the National Anthem brought the evening to a close.