ANNUAL BALL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 243, 26 September 1931, Page 13

ANNUAL BALL

HASTINGS BASKETBALL ASSN A BRILLIANT AFFAIR. The Drill Hall presented a bright and festive scene on Thursday evening, being very gaily decorated for the annual ball arranged by the executive committee of the Hastings Basketball Association. There was a good attendance, but the influenza epidemic kept away a good many who usually attend this ball.

'Messrs. Smith and Keenan were responsible for the brilliantly coloured electric lighting effects, and also, with other helpers, for the beautiful decorations. The ceiling had a square in the centre divided into six, each portion showing the colours of one of the six basketball clubs. From this masses of gaily coloured paper streamers were interwoven with brilliant effect, completely screening the roof of the hall. Greenery and flowers were also used about the walls, and in one corner, amid decorations of yellow daffodils, stood the basketball cups. These included the large silver cups for the High School Old Girls Championship, the High School Old Girls seven-a-side, High School Junior 7 a-side, High School school section, also Convent Old Girls Thursday Championship, and Convent Old Girls B Junior Saturday Championship. These will be presented at a later date.

In the supper room the Hastings Club colours, orange and black, hung in festoons, the tables looking bright with bowls of Iceland poppies, yellow forsythia, narcissi, freesias, and double pink peach blossom. Delicious trifles and other favourite dainties were provided for supper, Mrs. Nesbit and a committee of ladies carrying out the arrangements. The duties of M.C.’s were carried out by Messrs. G. Chambers and T. Cullinane.

Walden’s Band provided bright music for the dancing, the orchestral dais being screened with a lattice of gaily coloured streamers. Many streamers were lent to the committee by the Registered Unemployed Association. The dance went with a g'ood swing till a late hour, the organisation and attention to detail resulting in a very enjoyable function. Those present included: Mrs. S. Nesbit (Hawke's Bay president of the Basketball Association) wearing a model frock of palo beige georgette over pink, beautifully embroidered with silver and beaded, and pink and floral tissue coat.

Miss J. D. Law (president of the Hastings Association), in a very graceful frock of flared Lido blue satin beaute, with a peaked bodice and shoulder spray and pretty shoes; Miss Irwin (Hawke’s Bay secretary of the Association), apple green georgette with a tucked skirt hemmed with pastel tinted laee, and a lace coatee: Miss M. Wood (hon. secretary of the Hastings Basketball Association), a long and dainty dress of pale blue net, with narrow taffetas flounces, with a flared hem of net, and a ring velvet floral coat in amber tones; Miss M. Melrose, hon. secretary of the ball committee, a very long frock of ivory taffetas and floral taffetas, the design carried out in flame, jade, and blue, worn with a blue tissue bridge coat, and blue shoes; Mrs. Dunn, pale blue georgette with a full skirt tucked and hemmed with silver lace, and a brilliant buckle at the waist; Mrs. Wahl (Napier), flame floral georgette in flared effect, with a pink and silver bridge coat to tone; Mrs. John (Napier), japonica red satin beaute, with a fully flared skirt and ruehed bodice finished with buttons and finely pleated frills: Mrs. West, becoming frock of ivory chiffon, with design of carnations and a little coatee, the long skirt finished with a rose pink chiffon hem; Mrs. McCombe, frock of black lace and moire ring velvet in a becoming design, with a black satin and silver coat; Miss Edith Blair, very dainty dress of pink taffetas with a close-fitting bodice finished with a spray of flowers and peplum flares on the flared skirt; Miss Hood, pale green georgette model with hem of silk lace, and pretty brocaded coat in green gold and jade trimmed with fur; Miss Murray, long frock in primrose design of black panne velvet, with a V n,eck at the back; Miss T. Hackett, pretty lemon Victorian frock with a ruehed waist-line and frilled skirt; Miss Vanee, period frock of pink georgette, the bodice embossed and the skirt hemmed with net over lace and outlined with tiny frills; Miss Z. White, dainty embroidered net frock in palo pink with lines of embroidery and tiny frills on the long skirt, a black panne velvet coat trimmed with white fur; Miss McErlich, very long dress of pale green organdie with narrow ribbon frillings on the flared hem; Miss I. Cunningham, long flared frock of pale pink organdie with lemon, mauve, and rose hand embroideries; Miss Marquand, graceful dress of black satin with a flared long skirt and large cyclamen shoulder flower; Miss McKeegan, princesse frock of blue lace in turquoise tones with a deeply cut neck in a V at the back, and shoes to tone; Miss Carrie Wallace, very long and smart frock of ivory taffetas patterned in blue and the close-fitting bodice cut to a V at the back, and silver shoes; Miss Flora Duff, very long frock of cream Limerick lace over green in graceful flares, and tiered flounces, and a close fitting bodice of green satin and lace; Miss Lawson (Napier), close fitting bodice of black velvet and a long full skirt of black lace and tulle; Miss W. Maxwell (Napier), smartly cut frock of black taffetas, with a long skirt flared to the ankles, and a narrow flared flounce in bolero effect on the bodice; Miss T. Speer, long frock of fully flared lemon georgette with silver shoes, and a little coatee; Miss M, Speer, pale salmon pink georgette with a very long full skirt and dainty cape collar; Miss G. Taylor, apricot georgette model beaded in silver with cherry satin shoes and a cherry panne velvet wrap; Miss J. Hawkes, flame satin beaute, with a long vandyked I skirt softly flared; Miss J. Tedale, close

fitting pink satin bodice with a long, full skirt of pink net; Miss J. Harrrs, deep apricot satin beaute with a bolero coatee and apricot satin shoes; Miss Beattie, princesse frock of rose pink satin inset with frilled godets of pale pink silk net; Miss Banks, turquoise blue lace with a flared skirt and black and ivory embroidered bridge coat; Miss M. Banks, flared frock of ivory satin beaute with a rose pink coat; Miss M. Flynn, very smart black lace frock with bright brocaded shoes, and a pink and blue tissue coat; Miss O. Henderson, long model of rose pink satin with very full rose pink net flounces, and a black and rose ring velvet coatee; Mrs. Young, blue and mauve’ shot satin with a flared skirt, and blue coatee; Miss Wright, ankle length frock of rose pink taffetas with a hem and yoke of pink lace; Miss A. Reynolds, deep rose pink frock of satin beaute with carnations on the close fitting bodice, and a little ■ shoulder cape and very long skirt; Miss R. Frost, smart frock of ivory taffetas in tiered flounces, with cherry satin shoes; Miss C. Hannah, long flared frock of rose crepe de chine and georgette with a vandyked coatee; Miss Cecily Robertson, graceful model of rose pink silk fishernet over satin, with a very long skirt and bolero coatee finished with embroideries; Miss Angove (Napier), smart gown of gold taffetas with a blue flowered design and hem of gold net; Miss Sanderson, dainty dress of pale green taffetas with a long skirt composed of tiny frills; Miss Whimp, powder blue and silver shot taffetas with a bow of taffetas at the hip, and silver shoes; Miss Freda Lean, flared frock of salmon pink crcpe-de-chine, with flounces at the hip line and a tucked bodice; Miss P. Heslop, long frock of flared apricot georgette with a little coatee of georgette and a brilliant buekle at the waist; Miss Well wood, pretty lemon georgette frock with peplum frills on the long skirt, and a bright brocaded coat; Miss N. Rhynd, smart gown of black net cut very long, with a very dainty flowered chiffon bridge coat; Miss Bullen, very long flared frock of turquoise georgette with deeper toned applique motif, and a black coatee; Miss Vera Burge, Midnight blue taffetas bodice and skirt of taffetas and silk net in alternate bands, the frock ruehed at the waist with an apricot flower; Miss B. Holt, pale blue shot taffetas with a very long flared skirt and pink flowers at the waist and shoulder; Miss Joyce Burge, long fully-flared frock of powder blue crepe-de-chine and net with flame floral applique; Miss Gwen Giles, lemon crepe-de-chine frock with a net yoke and vandyked hem trimmed with narrow lace edgings; Miss Marjorie Jones, pale pink crepe-de-chine with a brilliant buckle at the waist and prettily vandyked and flared skirt; Miss May Jones, pale green organdie with a full flounced skirt, and a bow finishing the V neck at the back; Miss L. Ladbrook, pale blue taffetas with net frills at the waist and a deep pink shoulder spray matching pink trimming; Miss Irene Boyce, very long frock of pale green taffetas with autumn tinted floral design, and a posy at the back of the bodice; Miss Tong, long frock of pale blue satin beaute inset with motifs of gold net, and a pink panne velvet coat; Miss Fraser, dainty model of pale pink georgette with silver thread embroideries in leaf design, and soft peplum flounces on the skirt; Miss. Pearl Ross, flame satin beaute with a very long skirt and panne velvet coat of deeper tone.