SPREADING JOY GERMS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 12398, 10 November 1934, Page 2

SPREADING JOY GERMS.

•ALBERT AND REG. ENTERTAIN # - '- . •• • : ' “.wa? '• HILARITY AT KING’S THEATRE. “Oh-o-oh, hullo audience;” was. Mr : Albert' EuhseiPs bright and ' breezy; opening: .at tho. King’s Theatre'..fftst; evening, When the second: half !. oL the programme. Avas made up by thi' 3 ' popuilar , 'mirth..maker, and his; equally well. 'kiioAVn cdiU*?ague,. "Mr. Ret’ Morgan. The response of; tlie largo house to- Mr Rtts'sell’s ' greeting, was a striking tribute, to ..Ins .popularity: and it avos a long time so ontiutsiakbio Avas the applause, before ,ho coultl make himself hoard. Albert and. Reg. are a brilliant pair of enter--tainexs and the audience lakt. pVciiing AA'erc' kept in a continual!.' State of ■merriment throughout-, the one- and n. half hours, they occupied (lie stage As Mr Russell, prontiiscid ajt ‘ Unm ouTset,-, all pvesen't ccrtafcnly "felt, the joy germs wriggjfe all over them.” It AA’as a. 'memorable evening and! the next appearance of the-pair will be eagerly awaited. Mr Riu'Ssell is a great song leader and, right from.' tlie start), 'be .had the audience whojly with: him. ’The splendid collection- of old- ,favorites was sung Avitl. AVOfidorf-ul enthusiasm and the whole hearted response to the calls for valuations - must 'havo gratified the A'isitors. Mr.; Russell N a-great,humorist and'has ~ a ' iomarkgble fund of delightful stories upon which lie freely 'draws. • Ho holds the interest: of the audience remarkably and bis inspiring conducting would as one critic pPt Jb last ' evening, draiv song" from a statue.

“Pack up Your Troubles” set the ball rolling last evening' and tlien followed ‘Tipperary,” after Armen there ; av«s .a most elfective combmaiiou of the two songs, half- tlie liali singing one and the other daft the other. “Daisy” Was tlio next number, this' .being wtiiig, then lauglied and finally sung again. The laughing (chorus Ava.s aju especial delight. “Today I Fccii; s u Happy” and ‘Annie Rooney” were next sung by the full audience and then by ladies and. gentlemen separately “Snap your Fingers” and then “Who’s tv our Lady Friend?” ;and •Valiley of the Moon”, scored.tremendously, particularly when ladies and gentlemen accompanied each other’s singing b v Avlnstling. “00-lnt-ha” provided more scope for variety -and, on Mr Rus-stil’s lean as usual, there- Avere farmyard imitations instead of the usual wording. Some of the “crowing” was extraordinarily realistic. “My - Grandfather’s Clock,” ‘Bye, Bye, Blackbird”

“John BroAVn's Baby” and “M.oonI’iglit and Roses” Avere the next choruses, all proving vondci-i'vijjy popular and Mr R-usscll’s infections appeal. evoking- a- thunderous response: Mr Morgan, avcll known to radio faitis as “Unclei (Reg,” ais* ainhiihef excellent entertainer. He is a. p:a“ ist of . outstanding ability and 4 superb accompanist. Apart from this lie possesses a splendid teuof voice. and-, among his solos last ei’ening were “Tell Ale Tonight,” ‘Little Dutch Mill,” “The. Last Round Up’* 7 ‘Valil'ey of '.the Moon”, “Speak to Me of Lov-e,” “ : 01d Father Thames” “There’s a home ,in Wyoming,?-.“The O-kl, Spinning . AYheol-’-'’; nnd 1 ' Jeunes'se.” , .

The. duet “Tlie King’s Men”, by ■Albert and Reg, AV-as another ■ •. outstanding success. Mr Russell sang, several!; solos and 1 especially intrigued by his gorgeously humorous renderings of the 'same song, as- by "a u old man, a young .girl and a person Avho stuttered

Tlie visitors will ;ti ..concert in aid of the- Mayor’s relief fund at t-Jie King’s Theatre to-morrow evening.