THE COMPETITIONS

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 38, 15 February 1919, Page 5

THE COMPETITIONS

TO-DAY'S SESSIONS

There was a good attendance at the competitions this morning, and a very good audience this afternoon. t This evening's programme will include a junior piano solo, "Humoreske" (Gade), a junior operatic dance, the finals of the sailer's hornpipe in /costume, and the Highland fling, musical monologues, recitations, and vocal numbers.

Further results to-day are : Piano solo, 10 and under 13. "Humoreske" (from Aquar'ellen), Gade. Competitors : Miss Muriel Hitchings, Petone; Miss Helen M. Bannister, Kelburn; Miss Mavis K. Dillon, Wellington; Miss Mavis J. Boss, Petone; Miss Margaret Mathieson, Wellington; Miss Doris Lennie, Wellington; Miss Gladys * Turner, Lower Hutt; Miss Ena Leathwick, Wellington ; Miss Marinella Picchi, Wellington; Miss Gwendoline Burley, Wellington ; Miss Edna' Sneddon, Hataitai; Master Raymond Sneddon, Hataitai; Miss Edna B. Pritchard, Kilbirnie; Miss Irene Ward, Petone; Miss Gwen Bullock, Seatoun.

Recalls : Misses Turner, Picchi, and Sneddon. Master Sneddon was highly commended for his performance. Recitation, girls, 12 and under 16. "Hundreds of Years Ago" (Bootey). Competitors: Miss Muriel Carson, Kilbirnie ; Miss Ina F. Farquhar, Wellington ; Miss Iris Eggers, Karaka Bay; Miss Hazel C. Davies, Island Bay; Miss Ada Thompson, Kilbirnie; Miss Gertrude L. Austin, Lyall Bay; Miss Mavis L. . Halliday, Hataitai; Miss, Olive Archer, Wellington; Miss Pearl Jacobs, Wellington; Miss Aggie Atkins, Lower Hutt; Miss Lottie I. Harris, Haitai; Miss Leone Sutton, Kilbirnie; Miss Beatrice M. Smith, Kilbirne; Miss Annie C. Flan, Wellington; Miss Leah Hyman, Hataitai; Miss Muriel Freeman, Timaru; Miss Ngaire Coster, Wellington ; Miss Rita Perry, Wellington; Miss Evelyn 'Walton, Wellington; Miss IreneRound, Christchurch; Miss Bertha Cross, Lower Hutt-, Miss Hazel Jullian, Wellington ; Miss Mary Cooley,, Wellington ; Miss May M'Donald,' Kilbirnie ; Miss > Iris Moody, Petone; Miss Mary Keating, Petone; Miss Arita Howe, Wellington.

Recalls: Misses Jacobs, Hyman,- Cooley, and M'Donald. Misses Davies, Halliday, Atkins, Round, and Howe were specially commended. Boys' Song, under 16. Own selection, —Competitors: Master Leslie *A. Truscott, Palmerston North ; Master Hugh Rafferty, Wellington ; Master Esmond J. Reid, Wanganui; Master George Collier, Wellington ; Master Winston M'Carthy, Miramar; Master Thomas George, Wellington ; Master John Watters, Wellington ; Master Arthur E. Black, Wellington.

Recalls: Masters Reid ("Life's Lullaby"), George, and Watters ("Last Glimpse of Erin").

Patriotic Song, ladies. Own selection. —Competitors» Mrs. Hallam, Wellington ; Miss A. P. G. Lucas, Wellington; Miss Delia O'Connor, Wellington; Mrs. T. P. Halpin-, Wellington; Miss Mona Castle, Wellington.

Recalls: Mrs. Hallam ("There's a Land"), Miss O'Connor ("Red, White, and Blue*), and Miss Castle • ("Carry On").

Recitation, boys, under 9. "Tommy's Dreadful Dream" (Braine). Competitors : Master Kempton C. Smyth, Kilbirnie ; Master Keith Jeffrey, ■■Hataitai ; Master John-Darroch, Wellington; Master Maxwell N. G. Bosher, Wellington; Master William M'Millan, Wellington; Master Robert J. Smith, Wellington ; Master Lawrence Searle, Wellington; Master Raymond Whitehead, Lyall Bay ; Master John Hogan, Newtown; Master H. H. Brady, Kelburn; Master Jack Crawford, Wellington; Master George Power, Wellington. Master Searle won this class with! 141 points, Masters Whitehead and Bosher tied for second place with 139 points, and Master Power came next with 138 points. _ Masters Smith . and Crawford were highly commended. Reading at Sight, Boy ,br Girl, under • 16.—Competitors : Master J. R. Williams, Miss Lottie I. Harris, Hataitai; Miss Tanita H^ Eggers, Karaka Bay; Master William T. .H. Knox, Master Reginald K. Rowe, Miss Annie C. Flan, Wellington; Miss Leah Hyman, Hataitai; Miss ThelmavAitken, Wellington; Master Raymond Whitehead, Lyall Bay; Master Leith Riddell, Wellington; Miss Kathleen Flanagan, Lyall Bay; Miss Mary Cooley, Wellington. Mr. Montague said that he had been astonished at the remarkably fine performances given.' Master Riddell, 149 points, was placed first, the judge remarking that it was quite unusual for a boy to win such a competition. Miss Cooley was awarded 146 points, and Miss Hyman third place with 144 points. Miss Harris and Master Knox were very highly cpmmended. "Actually," said Mr. Montague, "this is one of the best tests in the competitions. I congratulate all the performers on their pluck in entering for such a stiff test, and most of them on their excellent readings." Highland Fling, in Costume, boy or girl under 12. Competitors: Miss Constance R. F. Miller, Wellington; Miss Daisy Bissett, Wellington; Miss Jean* MaeLachlan, Wellington; Miss Renee Taylor. Wellington ; Miss Phyllis M'Millan, Wellington ; Miss Margaret Currie, Wellington ; Master Willie Brown, Wellington ; Miss Erica I. Evans, Wellington; Miss Helma M. Douglas, Wellington ; Miss Nancy Bissett, Wellington. Recalls: Misses Miller, MaeLachlan, and Taylor, and Master Brown.

(Proceeding.)