JUVENILE ENTERTAINERS

Evening Star, Issue 19351, 10 September 1926, Page 11

JUVENILE ENTERTAINERS

MISS fiOELIHE PARKER’S PUPILS From the opening chorus to the last act- of the fairy play the entertainment by the pupils of Miss Noclino Parker in His Majesty’s Theatre last night was a complete delight to the big aud> enco. The freshness and naivete of U 1 ® juvenile performer has a charm which appeals, and, although many parents were present to watch their children on the stage, the public, which always obtain pleasure from children’s entertainments, was well represented. After over eighty children have been trained lor such an ambitious performance, the countless finishing touches to tlio acts have to be added, and the arrangement of a wardrobe is no small matter. Miss Parker must have de- > i M areal deal of satisfaction from the perfect way the programme was released. Dres •■d in pretty red-and-black costumes, the senior girls opened the show with a swing, which was kept up till the finsh. They bade all “ Cheerio.” The junior boys and girls showed more volume and tone over the seniors in their concerted character song, ‘Jolly Dutchies,’ the little folk stepping merrily together while they sang of the people of Holland. Lamenting her destruction of teddy bears, dolls, and tea sets, Grade Davidson recited ‘ After Christmas.’ ‘ Assisting Uncle Joe ‘ was the humorous recitation by Ivan Davidson, who kept the audience laughing asjie told of his thoughts on bachelors and nice ladies. 4 A H'lie" ful number was ‘Spam, in which Jessie Perry was assisted by a bevy of strikingly-dressed and musical girls of the intermediate class. _ Toe curtain went up on a little girl .asleep in a bed. Sue was Etta Kirkwood, who recited a pretty fanciful story of the Fairies dancing on the lawn beneath her window. Louie Wreathall and Hazel Ness were the mother and daughter of a most laughable scena, ‘ Catching a Mouse.’ All the characters of story book land—Alice, Miss Mullet Rod Riding Hood, Tom the Piper’s Sonstepped out to tell their talc to the band of tiny tots who, after a short sn"", had gathered round the fireside with their nurse, Jean Packard. This number appealed to everyone. Miss O. Restieaux sang pleasingly, and sbo was followed by DoH Foord, who recited ‘ Sleepy Sam.’ The coons then had the lloor,_the tiny tots giving a concerted action song, ‘ A Coon s Prayer,’ Evelyn Shepard being an able soloist for the youngsters. One or the most appreciated items was ‘ Rendezvous,’ in which Jean Pickard and Noni Davidson appeared. Joyce Islip had no difficulty in earning a round of applause for her recitation. Black neagles,’ which, like all the other items, was encored; and it was not till late that the first half ended with a concerted character song, ‘ With Courtly Grace,’ by the chorus pf senior and intermediate girls. The fairy play, ‘ Why the Fuchsia Hangs Her Head,’ was given its second presentation within a few months, many requests having been received tor a repeat performance, Sot to tuneful and light music, the playlet was presented with every enthusiasm by the children.