ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 13 November 1924, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

OPERA HOUSE TO-NIGHT

“LOVE LETTERS:”. _ There have been hundreds of mystery .pictures ail'd thousands of love pictures, sohie of each being satisfactory as screen t amus'embnt. But the combination of mystery #ith a. love tale is somewhat of a diversion. In. ‘-‘Love Letters.” the Eox production .starring Shirley Mason, which was shown at the Opera House last night, both elements have been presented in en-. tertaining manner. Miss Mason performs well, and the same can be said of the others in the cast. The supporting programme Was really excellent, both Round 18 of “The Leather Pushers” and A 1 St. John in “Highly Recommended” keeping the audience" in fits ,of laughter. The programme . will be screened for the last time, to-night. THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS. The booking commenced yesterday for the concert to be given, in. Hawera «;hy the famous Fisk Jubilee Singers, and, judging from the demand for seats a crowded house should welcome this company at the Opera Hou£e on Monday evening. It is over 30 yeats mn'oe the Fisk Jubilee Singers first came to New Zealand, and it speaks well for their popularity that they are still going strong. Referring to a recent .performance of the singers, the Melbourne Age had this to say: “The new Fisks awakened old memories and made new friends. It was good, to see the old favourite, Miss Belle Gibbons, .shill holding her own, and one notes with pleasure that Miss Marjorie Alwyhe, Harry Penh and Huntley Spencer are still here to charin us with their voices. Nothing of the delicacy of treatment and keen sense of harmony, both natural and cultivated, which originally charmed people with the first band of Fisks, has been lost. Indeed the opposite is true, for the company has moved with the times, and whil© retaining a number of the old plantation melodies, it lias in some instances adopted new and up-to-date methods. , By all the unwritten laws which/ determine the success of modern entertainments —both artistically and commercially—there should be no place in the modern scheme *of things for such an organisation. But the Fisk Singers arc different. Age cannot wither iior custom stale the infinite charm which has been' associated with their concerts since the original singers toured the Dominion over 30 years ago. Some familiar faces will he missed this time, notably that of the genial Professor White, who has been called to his' long rest, but there still remains a link with the original company in Miss Belle Gibbons, who, m spite of her age. still sings quite a good song, and maintains an excellent reputation as a lady baritone. The newcomers to the party number .some very capable performers among them. No better company could be gathered together to interpret the wonderful choruses and • aiaint negro> “spirituals which form T he greater part of the programme.