BIG HOUSES AND ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 38, 15 February 1919, Page 9

BIG HOUSES AND ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENTS

FURTHER RESULTS.

Yesterday • afternoon's attendance at the Town Hall, both in the main hall and in the Concert Chamber, must have been very satisfactory to the management of the Competitions, Last night there was a very large attendance, and those present keenly enjoyed the finals of various classes of instrumental and vocal music and elocution. No doubt as the Competitions progress interest will become keener, and then larger than very large audiences will be the rule. Results of Competitions held late yesterday, afternoon are : —

Baritone Solo. "The Blind Ploughman." Key D. (Clark). Chappell and Co.—Competitors: Mr. William B. Brittenden, Christchurch-; Mr. Harry Phipps, Wellington j Mr. Percy L. Brady, Wellington; Mr. Charles 'H. Bumdge, Petone j and Mr. Horsley, Wanganui. Recalls: Messrs. Brittenden and Horsley.' Piano Solo,-13 and under 16. "Told at Sunset" (from Woodland Sketches), MacDowell.—Competitors: Miss Florence E. Baker, Kilbirnie; Miss MaragaretM. O'Brien, Wellington; Miss Clarice Humphrey, Wellington; Miss Constance K. Dowling, Wellington ; Miss Pearl Jacobs, Wellington; Miss May M'Donald, Kilbirnie ; Miss Hazel Rattray, Kelburn; Miss May F. Talbot, Kelburn; and Miss Leone Wright, Petone. „ Recalls: Misses Dowling, Jacobs, and Talbot.

Highland Fling, in costume, boy or girl, 12 and under 16.—Competitors.: Miss Annie Currie, Wellington; Miss H. H. Needham, Wellington; -Miss Doreen M'Clatchy, Newtown; Miss Rita Hands, Kilbirnie ; Mi3s Thelma U. Barton, Wellington ; Miss Vera Flan, Wellington; Miss Margaret A. O'Conner, Wellington; Miss Elsie M. Burns, Wellington; Miss Edna Copeland, Wellington. Recalls: Misses Currie, M'Clatchy, Hands, and Burns.

I Recitation, Ladies (who have not won a first prize at any Competition). "The King of Denmark's Ride" (Hon. Mrs. Norton). Competitors: Miss Sylvia .V. Udy, Petone; Miss May Dimock, Wellington; Miss Anne T. Sheldon, Wellington; Miss Freda Bushill, Petone; Mi«s Kate L. Tasker, Wellington; Miss Ethel Griffiths, Wellington; Miss Marjorie J. Troup, Wellington; Miss Edith M. Sullivan, Wellington; Miss Frances M. A. Shell, Wellington; Miss Joyce Eggers, Lyall Bay; Miss Nellie E. Oughton, Wellington'; Miss Hazel F. Jeffery, Hataitai; Miss Doris Stevens, Wellington; Miss Iris H. A. Trim, Wellingtons Miss Madge Shearer, Lower Hutt;. Miss Mabel Gallichan, Wellington; Miss Lima Cray, Hataitai; Miss Ida L. Bull, Wellington; Miss Doris Hulme, Island Bay; Miss Nora Lea, Hataitai; Miss Alice L. Jacobsen, Wellington; Mrs. Ella George, Wellington ; Miss Bertha Cross, Lower Hutt; Miss Cynthia Eggers, Karaka Bay. Misses Stevens, Trim, and Sullivan were recalled, and will contest the final to-morrow evening. Recitation, Gentlemen. "Baimerman Rode the' Grey" (Alice Werner). Competitors : Mr. V. Evans, Lower Hutt; Mr. K. S. Dillon, Wellington] Mr. Lionel F. Inch, Wellington; Sir. Edward C. Smyth, Wellington; Mr. F. Hargreaves, Greymouth; Mr. J., E. F. Perry, Wellington ; Mr. L. H. J. Power, Wellington; Mr./ Joseph Green, Wellington. ■ ;Messrs. rStnyth, Hargreaves, and Power; will take part in the final test, also tomorrow evening.