AMUSEMENTS.

Grey River Argus, 29 November 1927, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

TOWN HALL TONIGHT. ‘‘MOON OF ISRAEL”. The miracles, the glories and the downfall of ancient Egypt is the colorful background < for fihe romance of Merapi, Moon of Israel asd Seti, Prince of Egypt, as told by H. Rider Haggard in the the Paramount Picture, ‘‘Moon of Israel,” which comes to the Town Hall tonight. In this screen (sensation of the century the exodus of the Israelites and the parting of the Red Sea are but two of the mighty episodes of the picture ■ in which 25,000 people take part. Some of the scenes were actually filmed in the Valley of the Kings at Luxor, where the true atmosphere and the mighty palaces of the Pharaohs still stand. The love of Merapi for Seti was a romance which brought about dire results for those concerned as well as trouble for their respective peoples. How this was brought about is told in a thrilling manner in this picture. WEDNESDAY. ‘‘FASCINATING YOUTH” REAL NOVELTY FILM DUE. Something new in pictures! That’s the (only way ‘‘Fascinating Youth” Paramount’s latest comedy which comes to the Town Hall on Wednesday Matinee and Night can be described. It is the result of the Paramount Picture School’s first term of work. The sixteen young men and women seen in ‘‘Fascinating Youth,” were selected and taken from every walk of life. Some were artists’ models, others, college students still another, a teacher, one, a newspaper reporter and so on, ad infinitum. BAND QUEEN CORONATION. To-night’s the night of the culminating point of months of strenuous effort, when the coronation of Miss D. O’Hallahan, the successful Queen in the recent Band Carnival, takes plade. The promoters have gone to a great deal of trouble and expense to present a first-class and spectacular display. Beautiful dresses, coloured electric lights, with the fairest of Greymouth.- girls taking part, will form a part of this wonderful spectacle. This side of the Coronation Festival is controlled by Mr H. Sweney, of Christchurch, who has a reputation in Christchurch of being without a peer in the arranging of such ceremonies. It was he who was responsible for the organisation of Maori Hui and Queen Car nival, which concluded on Saturday night at the King Edward Barracks, and by which the Elmwood School Bath Fund profited to the extent of £lOOO. The script of this ceremony has been specially written by Miss Mona Tracey, New Zealand’s most popular writer, and the beautiful wording will not lose anything in recitation by the Lord High Chancellor (Mr J. W. Greenslade) and the Court Herald (Mr T. Tarrant), both gentlemen being cultured elocutionists. Trumpet fanfares will be specially played by selected players from the Band. The Queen will be crowned as “Britannia,” amidst a brilliant court, brilliantly attired in all the latest costumes and court effects, the crowning party being specially robed, and consisting of Court chamberlains, buglers, sword-bearers, orb, sceptre and crownbearers. The throning of Princess Doreen Mcßrearty and Princess Lena McMasters will precede that of the Queen, and each will be a brilliant spectacle. After the crowning ceremony various members of the Committees will be presented to Her Majesty and knighted for a services rendered to the Carnival cause. English, Irish and Scotch dauces will be followed by a slave dance, in which the dancing slaves present fruit and wines .to the Royal party. The first portion of the entertainment will be staged by Mr McAuley’s pupils. The great successes attained by the talented pupils is sufficient proof that a firstclass entertainment will be presented to patrons. To commemorate the Carnival, a magnificent Coronation souvenir programme, illustrated by photos of the Queen and Princess and Band, has been prepared, and will be on sale. The box plan is now open at Webley’s. As this entertainment is assured of a packed house, patrons are advised to book early. The prices are 2s and Is, plus booking fees.

HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS. Hawaii is synonymous with music and laughter, song and dance. It seems a strange thing, however, that a group of little islands in the wide Pacific should have made such a deep musical impression upon the vast western world with its multitude of interests. The thing seems incredible when you visualise those dreamy, palm-clad islets with their lotus-like existence and their detached outlook upon the swift and ever changing life of an outside and faraway world. The romantic glamour of the sunlit isles set like pearls in the vast Pacific, has been told to the world in different languages by many writers, but no living writer can aptly describe the softness and sweetness of Hawaiian music. Kaai’s Hawaiian Troubadours under the leadership of Mr. Kaai, come to the Opera House on Wednesday, November 30th., with one of the most picturesque and unique musical entertainments ever staged. The programme is divided into two parts, the first consisting mostly of Hawiian items sung in the Hawaiian tongue and the second includes jazz, as interpreted by the Moana Jazzy Four, up-to-date “hits” hula and tickletoe dances, choruses etc.