COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 18093, 7 October 1922, Page 8

COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

DEMONSTRATION CONCERTS. The popularity of the demonstration concerts which follow the annual festival of the Dunedin Competitions Society was evidenced again last even- 1 ing by the largo attendance which filled His Majesty’s Theatre in all parts. These _ concerts are _ given entirely by the winning competitors—a fact which ensures an entertainment of a high order. Last evening, on the occasion of the second concert, there were twenty items on the programme, and they were performed with a promptitude that was very creditable to those concerned in the stage management. The concert was agreeably varied, including instrumental, vocal, elocutionary, and dancing items. All, the performers acquitted themselves in a manner which in every instance drew unstinted applause. Mr J. L. Salmond was in the chair, and was supported on the platform by Mr E. 0. Reynolds. The programme comprised the following items:—A Grade Test Selection, Albany Street School Band; piano duet, ‘ Valse Dos Fleurs,’ Misses Alaizie Wood and ■'Vona Story; recitation, ‘ The ] Sisters,’ Miss Romer Boecking; child’s action song (in character), • Little Lady Wide Awake.’ Miss Lillian Hankinson; dance duo (under 12, in character), Miss Nancy Abernethy and Master Norman West; song for girls, ‘ Arcadian Lullaby,’ Miss Milly Batchelor ; violin solo, ‘ Serenade,’ Miss Eva Judd; Highland fling, Miss Ethel Sinclair; piano solo, ‘ Liebestraum in A flat,’ Miss Elva Baker; children’s duet, ‘ Sympathy,’ Misses Joyce Dove and Pearl Caroliu; recitation, ‘ The Bitter Gourd,’ Miss Roa Lambert; operatic dance (12 and under 16), ‘Egyptians,’ Miss Gladys Orossan: sacred contralto solo, ‘ Arc Maria, 5 Miss Lorna Smith; piano solo, ‘ Ballade in G Minor,’ Mr L. S. James; Irish jig, Miss Annie Moore; vocal'solo, ‘The Curfew,’ Air W, J. Renton; piano solo, ‘ Chasseur en Herbe,’ in A, Miss Eileen Duggan; recitation, ‘ Lord Roberts,’ Master Jack Warrington; toe dance, Miss Frances Smith; combined ballet, Miss Keates’s pupils; piano duet, ‘ Cabaletta,’ 'Misses Mary M‘Donald and Mai da Pierce; vocal solo, ‘Goodbye’ (Tosti), Airs Stanley Foote; Highland tling, Miss Eileen King; musical monologue, ‘ Out at Atoms,’ Al'iss Adonia Aitken; piano solo, ‘ Oapriccio,’ Air L, A. North; humorous recitation, ‘ George’s First Sweetheart,Alaster Jack .Stevens; step dance, Aliss Ruby Robinson; vocal solo (operatic), ‘Alia Piccard la,’ Aliss Lily Alonk; Sean Trinbhais (girls under 15), Aliss Alay Hungorford; baritone solo, ‘Lite and Death,’ Mr A. J. Luhgley; fancy dance, Aliss Nancy Abernethy; Burns song, ‘ Doun the Burn,’ Aliss Audrey Eagar; Irish jig, Master Alex. Sinclair; humorous song, Miss Moira Goughian ; step dance, " Meny-O,” .Miss Irving APGregor; song, ‘Chanson I‘Torian,’ Mis» Audrey Eagar; humorous recitation, ‘ Susie Green,’ Aliss Roa Lambert; fancy dance, •• Russian Cossack,” Aliss X. ’Chisholm; recitation, ‘ The Searchlights,’ Air Clarence Paine. SPECIAL AWARDS. The following awards have been made hv the musical judge (Air Lawrence Watkins) in connection with the vocal scholarships- j Messrs R. Hudson and Co.’s scholar-! ship lor the, competitor in the male section deemed most worthy of encourage- 1 merit —L. A. North. . 1 Competitions Society’s scholarship for the competitor in the female .section deemed most worthy of encouragement Miss Mildred Gillions. FINAL CONCERT. 1 The festival will he brought to a close this evening, when the most attractive programme of the season will he presented. Intending patrons should attend early, as there is every indication of the 1 ’ theatre being packed. .