PUPILS' ENTERTAINMENT

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 148, 19 December 1929, Page 15

PUPILS' ENTERTAINMENT

«nrPrt P^ Vi! S, ,°/ tte Island Bay Sch°ol Presented a bright entertainment In the Empire Theatre, Island Bay, on Monday and TuXy hn, Tho Pfosratnme was varied, and the wUh merit'" 6 *U M<nilttea *«**&

"In Fairy Land" was a dainty song and dance given by the infants, very small pupils attractively grouped and frocked. A part-song ltt4T sf* a '- t nnrH™ hl s,. fellow schoolmates and the adult portion of the audience with his clever Imitation of a talkative sergeant. "The Fairy ? r0"c a simple playlet, was well acted by Lydia Scott, Nancy Wilkinson. Dorothy Fisher and others. The most popular portion of the programme was "The Quest of^Happihess," an operetta, written by Sir. E. J. Smith, and produced by Mr. smith and Mrs. H. C. Parsons Parts were taken by. Joan Jlidley (Princess Loonie), Enid Wollerman (Spirit of Service) Dorothy Wallis (Prince of Happiness), Hugh Jauson (Prince of Ridicule). Introduced into the second act was "The Wedding of the Painted Doll." The quaint dancing .procession of the gay Jumping Jack, Mumma Doll, st ff-necked dolls, six bridesmaids in green befrilled gowns, a dainty plnk-and-whfte Sride recelTrod°™ich anaenthu a ver. y popular minister! had to be repeated." Jean Lennie (Red Riding Hood), Betty M'Kcnzie Buster Brown), Peggy Waters (Jumping Jack), Joy Stevenson (Mumma Doll), Marjorie m^' <s?T a t Reeves> Noreen Rowlands (dolls), Shirley Keal, Beverley and Jean Williams, Fay Ambrose, Muriel Whittle, Gloria Stevenson, Iris Hawkins (bridesmaids), Alison VVhyte (bride), Olive Wilkie (parson), Gordon Kemp (bridegroom). "The Quest of Happiness was a bright and merry piece, full of local colour and life's truths. A two-act play, "Queen of Hearts," came next, and every part was well played. The cast wasThe King of Hearts, Ron M'Carty;,, The Queen of Hearts, Blolra Brown; The Knave of Hearts Jack Quintan; the Cook, Mario Russell; the Kitcheumald, Mavis Allport; Courtiers, Jim Innes, Arthur Howan, Harry Strottou; ladies of the Courts Kitty Waugh, Anna M'Bride. tions," was acted well by the following- Mr Joe Gargery.a blacksmith, Keith Andrew; Mrs Joe Gargery, his wife, Kevin OsbornfS; Pip brother to Mrs. G., Itay Molllcr; Abel Maglvitch, an escaped convict, Colin Cameron; a sergeant, Kelvyn Baker; soldiers, Howard Smith, Magnus licnnlc, Norman Ingram, Jack Gllbertson. Other Items were: Part-song and round, by Standard Six pupils, "Hunting Trio" (U. Chamberlain. T. Claphain, J. Hollis) ; folk dancine (In costume), pupils of Standard Three; part-songs, by tho girls of Standards Four and Five.