"MERRIE ENGLAND."

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 35, 10 August 1925, Page 3

"MERRIE ENGLAND."

The Terrace Congregational Choir, conducted by Mr. Len Barnes, gave a performance of the well-known musical play, "Merrie. England," at the Town Hall on Saturday night before a .large and appreciative audience. The proceeds are to be devoted to the PlunketKaritano Appeal Fund, which should benefit considerably thereby. The work of the choir showed the careful training and thorough understanding of a conductor who knows the requirements of his art. This was especially evident in the finale. The soloists distiniruished themselves in the parts that fell to them. Mrs. Alice Harris (soprano), with her clear voice and its lilt, won deserved applause and recalls in the ballad, "Sho Had a Letter From Her Love," and the waltz song, "Who Shall Say that Love is Cruel?" Miss Mackie succeeded admirably in the song and chorus, "0, Peaceful England!" The tenor, Mr. Arthur Coe, had a heavy task, and acquitted himself to general satisfaction, with outstanding credit in the song, "That Every Jack Should Have a Jill," and in "Dan Cupid Hath a Garden." One of the finest items of the evening was Mr. Ernest Bradshaw's rendering of "The Yeomen of England." The duets and quartettes were highly ■appropriate, and the accompaniments by Miss Gwen Wing and Mr. Alex. Mill contributed greatly to the success of the production.