PORT NICHOLSON SILVER BAND.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 151, 29 June 1931, Page 5

PORT NICHOLSON SILVER BAND.

The Grand Oporft. House was well filled-last evening _for tho sixth recital of the Port Nieh- ■ , Olson Silver Band. These concerts are very popular during the winter months, and provide an Interesting evening for the mixed tastes of audiences. The band, ably controlled by Jlr. J.! J. Drew, gave a reverential version of the hymn, "Boseatc Hues," arranged by S. Carey, and'revealed quite a different tone in tho tuneful "If I Were King" selection that followed. A medley of 0. and S. operatic airs (arranged by the conductor himself) wa3 a firm favourite, and could have. been repeated. Novel whistling effects and farmyard noises made Fillmore's "Whistling Farmer Boy", a real, novelty, In which the bandsmen were happily cast. "Vale. of Avon" concluded the band 3 offerings. The programme was further contri-j buted to by a number of well-known artists, ai well as others; making their initial bow. : Among the latter was Sir. Gar Naylor, a tenor, .with a voice of uncommon range and isweetne'ss, who gave an artistic rendering of Toselll's "Serenata," and as a recall, the' charming operatic excerpt, "When Other Lips." Jlad- ' ame Dorothy Cronln, tof Auckland, who -..Is no stranger to Wellington audiences, was.mak- ' ing her first appearance at the3e Sunday night concerts, and created a splendia impression with the crystal clarity of her soprano voice, demonstrated in "Love Pipes of June" (Maude Day), and "Sing, Joyous Bird." Mr: J. M. Caldwell, bass singer, Was:.rosonant and enunclatory in the cheering "Rollicking Rolling j Stone" and. a. recall., .number. Mr. Assheton^ Harbord was a popular performer with his songs nt the piano, the audience..demanding encore after encore; his Jluslcai Barber number was followed by three remits. Then there was Miss Nellie-Amies,'tho cultured contralto, whose choice was Sanderson's "Until," and who also charmed with "Old-fashioned Town." Miss Amies- was warmly welcomed. Bandmaster T. Cioodnll played "Facllita" and "A Perfect Day" on the cornet in masterly fashion, with' band accompaniment, and further instrumental relief was forthcoming from Rerto and Arta, whose xylophone duct "Light Cavalry" . drew a : doitblo'recall. -Mr. ..-Prank Crowthcr's i, piano were again outstanding. |