CAPPING CARNIVAL

Evening Star, Issue 22336, 12 May 1936, Page 5

CAPPING CARNIVAL

STUDENTS' FUH WEEK Last evening the students held a dress rehearsal of their capping concert, and everything indicated that the entertainment would surpass expectations. The items have a pleasing originality and a quality of humour which .should make the whole performance appeal strongly to patrons. The concert will open with a ballet by the Knox College students. No expense lias been spared on their trim ballet frocks and bonnets, and this item should bo very alluring. A clever interlude, ‘ Times Have Changed,’ will follow. This, by means of the “revolting” stage, depicts the difference between mid-Vic-torian and modern honeymoon couples. The sextet which follows is a neat satire on loading topics. The Prime Minister, the Mayor, “Joey,” and numerous other outstanding personalities arc cleverly dealt with. The next item an interlude, is a dramatic domestic scene in which tho entire plot is unfolded by dialogue, which does not vary from “Ah !” The next interlude, ‘ The Viennese Boys’ Choir,’_ is an original but harmonious rendering of Straus’s ‘ Blue Danube.’ ‘ Lnv Labour Lost ’ is a skit on file present political situation. The. leading figures are Caesar Savngeous and Maximus Maximacmillan. Roman scenery gives the farce a realistic atmosphere of ancient times. Tho second half of the concert will open with the second farce, ‘ Blflck Trash, White Scum.’ Tim scene is an elaborately staged Abyssinian jungle, and the chief characters arc the British Administrator, his daughter, and the Abyssinian Fmperor. The scene is changed from the local university to tho sphere of conflict in Abyssinia. Some fine choruses make this an attractive item. Four short interludes follow. ‘ True Blue Harold ’ is a scone from the moves of 20 yenrs_ ago. in which tho villian meets his just fate at the hands of the hero, who is lone acclaimed. ‘ Shooting Stars ’ is a snappy interlude, in which the crack shot finds himself “ out-shot.” The number, ‘ Hold That Tiger,’ is a clever impersonation of the famous Mills brothers. ‘ Beyond tho Palo,’ perhaps the cleverest interlude of the evenin'”, discloses what some curious sitters ” saw in the Seynmro Nudist Col on v. The last item is ‘ Black Magic.’ Hr M'Mclton and Hr Fidgett here find themselves outdone by the perfect parliamentary _ candidate. “ Jnev.” 'l'lm, conclusion is an uncxpectc 1 climax. The music for this bright operetta has been selected from favourite operas and musical coir-dies. A full programme of the concert is printed in the Capping Book, which is on sale at all booksellers. The boo.: nFo contains manv original articles and clever sketches covering recent local and Dominion topical events.