DAYS OF OLD VIENNA

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 259, 31 July 1939, Page 4

DAYS OF OLD VIENNA

Scenes Recaptured At Beer Garden Party Old Vienna, famed in music and song for the gaiety of its pleasure-loving people, was represented in spirit, at the Viennese beer garden party arranged by the Wellington Operatic Society on Saturday night. Parties of guests in national costumes mingled with dancers In evening dress, creating a scene as novel as it was colourful. Alcoves divided by rose entwined green trellis, flowering creepers, music, and bright lights gave an appropriate setting to tlic society's rooms, where several hundred members and friends gathered. Haunting waltz tunes, the sight of brilliantly-coloured skirts and head kerchiefs, embroidered jackets and shorts helped to convey the impression of a Continental pleasure garden at night. A troupe of singing and dancing “Hungarian’’ gipsy girls, gave a number to the accompaniment of a violin and tambourines. The performers, members of the Young Contingent of the Victoria League, were, Misses Patricia Gledhill, Hilda Webster, Patricia Gillespie, Jean Gilmer, Betty Souter, Patricia Reid, Cora Duncan. Margaret Armour, Margaret Thodey. and Nedva McDonald, and the violinist was Miss Ida Lockwood. Other items included songs by Mr. Ivan Smith, and duets by Mr. and Mrs. H. Hickford. A “hot dog” stall under the supervision of Miss Momi Kirkwood, supplied preliminary supper fare. The dance committee was: Misses Dorothy Casey, blue silver shot taffeta with large scarlet flowers at the neckline, Ivy Power, ruby red georgette, Kathleen Hayes, Messrs. M. Cachemaille, V. Small, G. Power, R. Aveling. The event, arranged in aid of funds, proved to be one of the most successful yet held. ; ■ Among those present were Madame Bodenweiser and Mr. Lobir, guests of the evening, Mr. and Mrs. H. Ainslie, Mr. and Mrs. Upchurch, Mr. and Mrs. W. Walpole, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pritchard, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Pritchard, Mr. and Mrs. Brice, Mr. and Mrs. N. Denton, Mesdames O’Connor, C. Simms, R. Phillips, D. Look, Misses Peggy Hyams, Margaret Cook, Barbara Basham, Molly Cook, Winnie Male, Dorothy and Margaret Casey, Ngaire Blundell, Joyce Myers, Denise Shaw, Jill Duley, Janie Turner, Valmai Cramond, Sheila Wilson, Molly McMillan, Vai Wallace, Sylvia Morrison, Ruth Skerman, Ellen Haydon, Margaret Johnston, Lois Woodward, E. Bacon, Merle Stewart, Joyce Miles, Yvonne Andrews, Messrs. Phipps Kennedy, Douglas Stark, Raymond Hedges, R. Searle, James Burnett, H. Read, Wilf Mehaney, Graeme Dowling, B. Florance, J. Cook, P. Foster, Richard Blick, Robert Hall, Charles Johnston, John Shorter, Brian Boyd, A. Mclvor, Robert Moody, John Dudding (Marton), Vernon Small, Ivan Smith, Maurice Cachemaille, John Kennedy, George Power, Harry Denton, R. King. A party of 14 members of the Charley’s Aunt Club, including the president, attended.