WATERSIDE WORKERS' BAND.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 8, 10 July 1922, Page 3

WATERSIDE WORKERS' BAND.

A crowded audience greeted the'"'Wellington Waterside Workers' Band , last night in the Grand Opera House,, when a recital was given. ... ■ The... assisting artists were members of the Williamson Comic Opera Company, all ofYwhom were heartily applauded. Miss Olive' Seddoh vproved herself a finished vocalist in her solos, "My- Dear' Soul" and "Tha"nk God for a Garden,'' and won instant popularity with the freshness'and sweetness of her voice, allied to a pleasing personality. Mr. Wilfred Sinclair, tenor, whose voice jis light and sweet, replaced Miss Gladys | Moncrieff on the programme, and sang with nice expression and clarity of tone | "Sympathy" and "My Dreams." -;Jir. Harry Rateliffe, who possesses a resonant bass voice, gave a fine rendition of "Xhou Art Passing Hence," and in. response to insistent applause,' delighted with "Less than the J)ust" and "Three." .Mr. Robert Chistiolm's singing of "Nirvana" was full of di-amatic foroe and expressive sympathy, and he gave "Toreador" as an encore, a really fine number. His last solo, "To Have, To Hold, To Love," was another pleasing vocal effort.. The band numbers included "Garland of Flowers" (played with the, curtain down), in respect for the;miners who lost itheir lives in the recent Mangahao accident; the hymn, "Herce Raged the Tempest.; the overture, "1911" (conceived on the lines of the famous "1812" overtuij); the selection, "William Tell" (test'piece*, for Ballarat contest), which includes some excellent cornet work; the patrol, "Guardians of Peace" (composed by Mr. Frank Crowther); and the march, "Washington Greys." Mr Frank Crowther's ac-, companiments were a feature. The crowded audience demonstrated its appreciation of the fine vocal and instrumental items n no uncertain manner.