TAIERI COMPETITIONS

Evening Star, Issue 24005, 2 October 1941, Page 4

TAIERI COMPETITIONS

FIFTH SESSION The programme for last night’s session of the Taieri Competitions-Festival, held in the Coronation Hall, Mosgicl, consisted of lap, operatic, and character dancing, junior songs, piano recalls, and adult sacred soios. '.llie following awards were announced: — Tup Dance, under 9.—Miss Betty Applegate 1, Miss Maureen Williams 2, Miss Ona Jolly 3. Also competed: Master Billy Chambers. Operatic Dance, 12 and under 16.—Miss Beverley Wix 1. Miss Lorna Eeid and Miss Shirley Joan Stewart (equal) 2, Miss Betty Fletcher 4. Also competed: Miss Irene Leitch. Operatic Dance, under 9.—Miss Dorothy Jones 1, Miss Maureen Williams 2, Miss Betty Applegate and Miss Joy Scott (equal) 3. Also competed: Misses Joan Newman, Marie O’Neill, Margaret Peak, and Barbara More. These were all highly commended by the judge. Tap Dance, 12 and under 16. —Miss Audrey Edmond 1, Miss Betty Fitzpatrick 2. Miss Betty Fletcher and Miss Shirley J. Stewart (equal) 3. Song, Boys' and Girls, 9 and under 12 (recalls from Saturday afternoon). —Miss Joan M’lnnes 1, Miss Pat Golden 2. Song, Girls, 12 and under 15 (recalls from Saturday evening).—Miss Berverlcy Wix 1, Miss Audrey Edmond 2, Noeliue Campbell 3. Piano Solo, 14 and under 16.—Miss Patricia M’Evoy 1, Miss Alma Holdaway 2. Commended: Miss Noeline Marston and Miss Betty Stewart. Also competed: Miss Helen Lcgie. Song, Girls, 15 and under 18.—Miss Helen Logie 1, Miss Dorothy Mutch 2. Commended : Miss Margaret Stewart. Also competed: Miss Jean Neil. Character Dance, under 14 (not to include ballet, Greek, or Eastern). —Miss Beverley Wix 1, Miss Audrey Edmond 2, Miss Helen Fraser 3. Very highly commended : Miss Ngaire Holland. Highly commended: Miss June Tregiigus. Also competed; Misses Lorraine Stewart, Lorna Reid, Margaret Peak, Mario More, Ruie More, and Shirley J. Stewart. Piano Solo, 12 and under 14 (recalls from Saturday evening).—Miss June Valpy 1, Miss Audrey Edmond 2, Miss Lorraine Otto 3. Piano Duet, 18 and over.—Miss Lorna Oliver and Miss Hilda White 1. Sacred Solo. Three competitors.—Miss Doreen M. Scott 1, Miss J. Thomson 2, Mrs Dry den 3. Miss Ruie More gave an exhibition aerobatic dance at an interval. JUDGE’S COMMENTS.

Dr Vernon Griffiths (judge of the vocal and instrumental sections) thanked the audience for the interest displayed in the festival and m the candidates. It was the candidates’ festival, and to prepare for it there was much study , and practice, hard work for the teachers, and sacrifices on behalf of the parents. He spoke words of encouragement to the competitors, and urged them to pursue their studies with diligence and determination. He counselled young vocalists to take every care of their voices so that they would develop to their fullest beauty in later years. Dr Griffiths congratulated the town and district in possessing the combination that made the festival possible. As an outcome some day the more gifted of the young folks might bo selected to proceed to the musical colleges of renown in the Home countries to pursue their studies. To-night’s programme will consist of tap and operatic dancing, dance duo, adult elocutionary items, and one-act plays. There are three entries for the last named, two by the Mosgiel Players and one by the Green Island Women’s Institute Drama Circle.