GREYMOUTH MALE CHOIR

Grey River Argus, 30 November 1920, Page 4

GREYMOUTH MALE CHOIR

After a silence of five years it was pleasing to once more see the Greymouth Male Choir resume active work, and the concert tendered by that body in the Town Hall last evening gave «v Lie .ice of a keeness that argurs well for the future success of the organ, isnlion. The programme? submitted mi fc with unstinted approval on all sick-s, and its reception by the audi,enc.e must have been inspiring to those responsibite for jits Tin* choir was o.n the whole well balanced, the little Aveaknesses dinceniable .in the work at times being, no doubt. tin. 1 result of insufficient practise and such as practise will overcome. The choir itself pr.esenited la of ten items. Among the most taking of these was the evergreen "vocal combat" teween the tenors and the basses, t]u> ''Tyroiese Hunters' March," "Comrades in Arms," and 'On the March.'' The quartettes "The Owl and the Pussy Cat," and "Oft in the Stilly Night' 1 were pleasingly rendered svnd encored, whilst Mr F. Harley's song, "Drink to me only with thine eyes," with its humming accompaniment was quite .Vl gem. Of the interspersed items, Mr Ernie Short's two songs the "Prologue from Pagfiacci" and "Spanish Serenade" were .both loudly acclaimed. Miss Vera Hannan' s choice "Less than the Dust" was well suited to her style. Her fine reading of this composition earned a \ve\\ merited recall. Mr Robertso.i gave a good interpretation of Aylward's "Song of the Bow,* for which, he was encored. The elocutionary portion of the programme was provided for by Mr Alf Andrews, who reoited "Bendy' s Sermon" in a style that conveyed th c writer's intention, as to the meaning of the piece, in good breezy vernacular, that caused the audience to ask for more. Miss M Bush, in her monologue," Blind" gave am e|notional depiction of the abandon of a girl realising her loss of sight and finding she , still possessed other talents for which to be thankful She responded to her recall in humorous strain. The accompaniments were played by Misses Griffen, Broad, B,