JUVENILE FANCY DRESS BALL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 224, 28 September 1901, Page 2

JUVENILE FANCY DRESS BALL.

The Academy of Music was last evening _ the scene of a bright and attractive gathering on the occasion of a juvenile _ fancy dress ball in connection with Mrs W. Grey’s dancing classes. Notwithstanding the unfavorable state of the elements, 0 there was a large attendance of young t people, and a most pleasant evening was spent by one and all. The floor was in perfect order, thanks to the care which had • been bestowed upon it by the caretaker, t Mr G. E. ITonderson, and the music, x which was in the capable hands of Miss Grey, left nothing to be desired 011 that score. There was a very lino display of 1 fancy costumes, and some of the drosses • worn by the children were exceedingly 3 pretty, and bore evidence of a groat deal . of care and attention having been be--3 stowed upon them. Among the most . striking costumes were the following:— . Misses Ina Sweet, Cinderella ; Nora Dun, lop, Tukish Girl; Phyllis Wcthorcd, 5 French Maid; Essie Gray, Little Bo 1 Peep ; Valla Simson, fairy; Hazel Hard--5 ing, Dresden China; Lillie Macfavlane, ( Mother Hubbard; Nellie Fraser, Scotch 1 Lassie ; Irene Shaw, Kate Greenaway;

E Agatha Shaw, flower girl; Isabel Shaw, - Spanish Dancer; Etta Nolan, Bonnie Fish "Wife; Madeline Dunlop, Italian ( peasant; Flora Scott, Geisha girl; Daisy Bright, Cherry Ripe ; Elsie Sweet, even- ' ing dress ; Elsie Walker, nurse ; Dorothy Chrisp, flower girl; Irene Chrisp, tambourine dancer; Elsie Macfarlane, tambourine dancer; Daisy Bennett, Patience ; Lucy Gray, Little Miss Muffett. Masters Willie Clarke, Prince Charming; Leslie Smith, Turk; Sidney Gray, sailor; N. Bloomfield, Neapolitan fisher boy ; Gerald Smith, French clown; E, Bloomfield, sailor; Leslie Bright, Irishman; Tom Orr, Knave of Hearts; W. Bloomfield, Australian stockman; Ted Bloomfield, the Dandy Coon ; Dudley Evans, Boy Blue; Arthur Chrisp, sailor; T. Harding, jockey (Huia colors). Many of the young people also appeared in evening dress. During the evening a number of fancy dances wore given, and attracted a great deal of attention. A tambourine dance by Misses I. Chrisp and E. Macfarlane was most tastefully performed, the young ladies going through the dance in a most creditable manner, their efforts being greeted with much applause from the spectators. Misses M. Fraser, A. Shaw, 1. Sweet, and N. Dunlop performed a Scotch reel with much success, whilst Miss H. Harding and Master L. Bright were enthusiastically encored for ihe highly satisfactory manner in which they performed the Irish jig. A skirt dance by Miss Valla Simson was perhaps the I prettiest dance of the evening, and was warmly applauded. A sailor’s hornpipe was given by Masters S. Grey and C. and X. Bloomfield, and afforded a good deal of pleasure to the onlookers. The several dances mentioned were splendidly executed, and were an excellent testimony to the careful training which the young people had received at the hands of Mrs Grey. The juveniles held the floor nntil ton o’clock, when they gave way to the senior pupils, and dancing was carried on by the latter until shortly after midnight. The gathering was generally admitted to be one if not the most enjoyable of the season.