ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT CONCERT.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 65, 18 March 1927, Page 5

ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT CONCERT.

The Town Hall was largely attended last evening, when the St. Patrick's Day celebrations were concluded by a grand Irish national concert. Naturally, the majority of the items related to the Emerald Isle, but the excellent manner in which they were presented by the talented artists gave a new charm to the numbers. The programme commenced at 7.45 o'clock with a selection of Irish Airs played on the grand organ by Mr. J. F. Skedden. and this was followed by a chorus, "Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded," nicely sung by the Guilford Terrace Girls' Choir Mr. George Neal was heard to advantage in "The Hills of Donegal" and "The Lover's Curse" was ably sung by Miss Agnes M'Davitt. Mr. W Mather, the blind elocutionist from Wanganui, recited with feeling "The Exile of Erin," and Miss Frances Morrison's numbers were "For the Green" and "Killarney." "The Ninepenny Fidil" and "Brian of Glcnaar" proved popular songs by Mr. Len Barnes Miss Phyllis M'Millan danced an Irish jig. The Marist Brothers' Hawkestone street choir sung "The Soldiers' Chorus ' Mr. George Wilson, the Scotch tenor sang tastefully "Oft in the Stilly Night" and "Michael John O'Shea," and Miss Mary M'Keown interpreted nicely "Danny Boy." Mr. Leon de Mauny played the )'X°" n ? o!os "Londonderry Air" and I'antasia" with expression, and a duet charmingly sung by the Misses Ailsa Dillon and Agnes M'Davitt was "Go Where Crlory Awaits Thee." Mrs. T Treacy wa« heard in "Fairy Tales of Ireland," and the concert concluded with "God Save Ireland, sung by the combined choirs of the Marist Brothers' schools. Mr. Harold Whittle was accompanist.