DEMONSTRATION OF DANCING

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 45, 17 November 1941, Page 4

DEMONSTRATION OF DANCING

Invitation Afternoon For Parents And Friends

An invitation afternoon for parents and friends was given by Miss Margaret McLay on Saturday, when pupils gave a dance demonstration. The Masonic Hall was crowded. Music for the dances was chosen from the works of many classical composers and was played by Miss Ormi Reid. The entertainment began with the very small children,; in white frilled frocks with blue sashes, doing class steps and little solos. The advanced pupils performed ports de bras with graceful technical arm movements. A traditional Spanish number, “Jota Aragonesa,” was danced with castanet accompaniment to the music. Outstanding solos were given by Margaret Radford, technical pas seul, wearing a ballet frock with flowers and blue and silver, and Rosemary Miller, who wore a traditional length ballet frock and wreath and yellow flowers. She danced to music from the ballet, “Swan Lake.”

Several ballet scenes and stories were presented. “Selfish Goblins” was one and “Toy Shop” another, where the shopkeeper made her dolls dance to show customers. The ballet, “Dairy Tale,” opened with maids of waiting, in ballet frocks and silver headdresses. The princess wore a pale pink ballet frock and the witch was in black. The prince’s suit was of black and pink. The ballet concluded with a pas de deux by prince and princess. Merrie men in brown and green and maidens in yellow and scarlet, danced in “Merrie Men.”

Those taking part were Margaret Davis, Anne Shetland, Jeanette Scott, Jeanette Davis, Theo Key, Wendy Evans, Valerie Mac Kay, Diana Sander, Neil McDougall, Anne Coveney, Jocelyn Ellingham, Anne Dailey, Gillian Hemery, Sonja Coleman, Jennifer Jeffreys, Susan Tripe, Janet Murphy, Marion Rayward, Gwynnedd Evans, Gillian Rawnsley, Judith Watkins, Lilian Annand, Jenifer Maloney, Rosemary Miller,_ Jennifer Murie, Margaret Radford. Elsie Clissold, Meredah Eraser, Janis flemery, Elizabeth MacMillan, Elaine Munden, Hilary Sapsford, Jeanette Rennie, Barbara Davis, Marjorie Dykes, Miriam Wilton.