THE COMPETITIONS

Evening Star, Issue 23350, 21 August 1939, Page 11

THE COMPETITIONS

FIFTH DAY'S RESULTS Blfi RECITATION MORNING There were some large classes heard tins morning in the Concert Chamber, Victoria Hall, and His Majesty’s Theatre, when the thirty-eighty annual festival of the Dunedin Competitions Society entered the fifth day. Four or these classes were judged outright, recalls being announced only in the open iieder section. . ~ , There was a fair public attendance in each hall, indicating the interest displayed in children’s events which comprised this morning’s _ classes, apart from that devoted to lieder, Results: — ELOCUTION. Judge: Mr Rupert Harvey. RECITATION, boys under 12, ‘lf’ (Kipling). Alan Smith, 81 points ... ... ... 1 Grattan O’Sullivan, 80 points ... 2 Neville Madden. 79 points 3 Also competed: Ken Goodey, Ewen Cole. Ron Reay. Peter Dykes. Donald Kilgour. Alex Stevenson, Allan Cadzow, Raymond Croot, Kerry Lethaby, Brian Parke, John Cadzow, Walter Perry, Ken Wootton. This was a very good class, said the judge. The competitors had a good poem and they treated it with justice.

RECITATION, • boys or girls, own . selection (not humorous). Alma Johnson. 86 points 1 Valmae Farquharson. 84 points ... 2 Valerie Littlewood, 80 points 3 Also competed; Frances Lysight, Aiglene Crossan. Marcia Pollock, Betty Briggs, Lois Smith. Joyce Wilson, Betty Applegate, Maureen Phillips, Lorraine Pister, Joan Williamson, Ellen Merry, Valina Lobb (Mosgiel), Patricia Ball. Morgan Fahey, Ronald Lobb (Mosgiel), Ronnie Cain, Billie Chambers, Raymond Croot, Brian ■ Parke, Allan Cadzow. . . Interesting competition was provided in this class, remarked Mr Harvey, but he would remind candidates that there was more to elocution than mere reciting. It meant speaking out, and speaking clearly. Some of the competitors were disposed to set their piece, and the acting quality tended to override the speaking quality. Candidates put more into their lines than they could hold, which was not a good thing. RECITATION, Humorous, boys, 12 and under 16, own selection. Bernard Larsen, 81 points 1 John Calder, 78 points ... 2 Patrick Murray, 72 points 3 Also competed: Alan Hey, Gregg Anderson, Jack Cain. Owen Hymen (Gore), Alan MTntosh. Mr Harvey expressed keen disappointment in this class. The competitors were hampered by very poor material, most of which was not funny in principle. The poems were perhaps amusing to read, but were not so when they came' to being |poken. Again, most of the entries were too long, an indication that they were written for .reading only. Many of the lines were badly'Constructed, and some were in doubtful taste. The winner selected a piece which came nearest to being recitableV but it vvas not a good choice idea if* ; VOCAL. Judge'; Mr Paul Schramm.

SONG FOR GIRLS, under 13. ‘ Jeminia ’ .(Lyon). Second section. Jean Heaves, 78 points 1 Elaine Cleland, 75 points " Patricia Wood, 74 points 3 Highly commended: Dulcie Williams, Maureen-Liddell (Invercargill). Also competed: Decima Benme, Ruth Gow, Mavis Easton, Noeline Fellingham (Christchurch), Joan Scoories, Lorna Johnston, Joyce f * a y* Jor, Glenna Smith, Dorothy Rencle! (Christchurch), Audrey Ness, Rosemary Samson, Laureeu Lethaby, Shirley Chambers. Thelma Jefcoate, June Applegate, Jean Roebuck, Frances Agnew, June Cuthbertson, Elga Wilson, Kathleen Mutiner, Dorothy Taylor, Shirley Reeves, Joa’j Bartley, Patricia Naismith, Beta Cook. Peggy Johnston, Irene Anderson, Beverley Wix, Ngaire Jones, June Anderson, Joyce Milnes, Yvonne Finnerty. Judge: Mr C. H. Adolph Mann. VOCAL SOLO, lieder, own selection, from Schubert, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Greig, Strauss.—There were 32 candidates in this section, and the following, to be heard again to-night, were recalled;—Misses Eleanor Strachan and Muriel Calverley. TO-NIGHT’S AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS. A lengthy and diversified programme is promised for to-night, this including ' piano solos, ballet and serai-character dances, recitations, vocal solos, and the children’s action chorus, ‘ Maoriland,’ presented by Miss Anita Winkel’s juveniles. To-morrow the test selection in the girls’ elocution scholarship, and the test selections in the ladies’ vocal scholarship will be heard, while contestants in the quick study piano class will be judged to-morrow morning. Attention is drawn to the pianoforte recital to be given by Mr Paul Schramm on Friday evening nest. This programme will be interspersed with the finals in several of the most im-. portant competitions, and should! prove extremely enjoyable. The Dunedin Operatic and Dramatic Society will also put on Anthony Armstrong’s threeact play. 1 Without Witness’ at His Majesty’s Theatre on September 7. 8, and 9, in aid of the funds of the Competitions Society. Seats may be booked at Charles Bcgg and Co.