NAPIER COMPETITIONS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 106, 18 April 1933, Page 7

NAPIER COMPETITIONS

CONTINUED SUCCESS. THIS MORNING’S AWARDS. The Napier Competitions Society’s Easter festival was continued to-day, the following being the result of classes decided at the morning session:— Irish Jig, 14 and over. —Miss Eileen Curtis (Gisborne), 79pts., 1; Miss Anne Moody (Napier), 7<Spts. 2. Sailors’ Hornpipe, under .14. —Miss Jean Lee (Napier), 84pts., 1; Miss Jean McAsey (Taranaki), 82pts., 2. Sailors’ Hornpipe, 14 and over —Miss Eileen Curtis (Gisborne), 80pts., 1; Miss Joan Perkins (Napier), 79pts., 2. Operatic Solo, gentlemen, own selection.—Mr. Gordon Madigan (Napier), “Falstaffi’s Drinking Song,” 80pts., 1; Mr. E. G. Stevenson (Hastings), “The Sun Returns,” 76pts., 2; Mr. A. Allan (Gisborne), “She Alone Charmeth My Sadness,” and Mr. E. G. Collin (Takapau), “Vulcan’s Song,” h.c. Violin, under 18, “Allegro Appassionato ’ ’.—Miss Maureen Murphy (Napier), 80pts, 1; Miss Margaret Mullany (Napier), 77pts., 2; Master Jack Franklin (Napier), h.cRecitation, boy or girl under 9, own selection.—Master Neville McKay (Waipawa), 70pts., 1; Miss Dorothy Adamson (Hastings), 69pts., 2: Miss Suzanne Marcel (Napier), Miss Marie Mcßreen (Gisborne), Miss Joan Heath (Napier), h.c. Vocal Solo, girls under 9, own selection.—Miss Diana Sanders (Hastings), “The Rain Fairy,” 75pts., 1; Miss Edith Annan (Napier), “The Quarrel,” 74pts., 2; Miss Valerie Grey (Napier), “There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden,” h.c. Recitation, boys under IG, not humorous, own selection. —Master Keith Dockery (Napier), “San Stefano,” 73 pts., 1; Master Douglas Lynch (Napier), “In Memory of Field Marshal Earl Roberts,” 72pts., 2; Master Donald Davies (Hastings), “The Fool,” Master Jimmy McCarthy _ (Napier), “Hawke,” Master lan Smith (Havelock North), “Dannerman of the Dandenong,” h.c. The judge in his comments said that this was an exceptionally good class. Negro Spiritual, ladies, own selection.—Miss Nellie Dykes (Napier), “I’ve Been in the Storm so Long,” 78pts., 1; Mrs. M. E. Buller (Wanganui), “Were You There,” 74pts., 2. Vocal Duet, boy or girl under 16, own selection.—Miss Joyce and Master Donald Annan (Napier), “I Wish 1 Were a Tiny Bird,” Slpts., 1; Masters Noel Mahon and William Dunsmore (Gisborne), ‘‘Loch Lomond.” 75pts, 2; Miss Joyce and Leslie Witters (Gisborne), h.c. The following is the result of the sacred solo, ladies, own selection, partly heard on Friday evening and completed on Saturday morning:—Miss Dorothy Symonds (Hastings), “Thou Shalt Bring Them In,” 78pts., 1; Miss Nellie Dykes (Napier), “Hold Thou My Hand,” and Miss Isobel Cairns (Waipukurau), “Gloria,” 75pts., 2. The following results were omitted from the list for the Saturday afternoon session:— Operatic Dance, under 10.—Miss Phyllis Thompson (Napier), 82pts., 1; Miss Joyce Willis (Napier), 78pts., 2. Humorous Recital, girls under 16, own selection.—Miss Marcia Hart (Napier), “It Rhymes With Spot,” 74pts., 1; Miss Ivena Pothan (Hastings) “Ma and the Auto,” and Miss Phyllis Mortimer (Gisborne), “Abe Levy’s Wedding Day,“ 73pts., 2. NAPIER AND HASTINGS DEMONSTRATIONS. The prize-wiiinersi demonstration will be held in the Foresters’ Hall, Napier, on Thursday evening next at 7.30 p-ni. and on Friday at Hastings, commencing at 8 o’clock; all tho first prize winners will appear and special items will be presented. The admission charges have been fixed at a minimum of 2s for reserves, and the box plan is now open in Napier at Messrs Howe Bros. ’ and in Hastings at Fail’s. In former years the prices of reserved seats have been 3s, but the executive has decided that in order to meet the times the prices shall be the lowest in the history of the competitions. Only five hundred seats are available in Napier, and wise people will make up their minds early and reserve.