McGREGOR CONCERT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 79, 14 March 1936, Page 3

McGREGOR CONCERT

To-morrow’s Programme The programme to be presented at the Municipal Theatre to-morrow evening by the entertainment committee of the National Service Club, in aid of the McGregor National Memorial Fund, has been chosen with particular care, and the club confidently hopes that its effort in providing an evening’s entertainment, and at the same time assisting a worthy object, will be. attended with success. The club is particularly proud of its orchestra, comprising many of Napier and Hastings leading instrumentalists. This orchestra, under the baton of Mr Cedric White, will add much to the enjoyment of the evening. Madame Mercer and two of her outstanding pupils, Misses Sybil Robinson and Edie Mcßride, are travelling from Napier to assist. Mr T. Vaughan will entertain at the piano and Mr A. B. McDonald will be heard in vocal solos. A group of players comprising Misses Mary Rainbow, Zoe Fryer, Margaret Nutter, and Messrs. Leon Fail, E. Rivers, J. Le Comte, R. Caro and M. Clifton, will be heard in several amusing sketches and will provide that necessary balance to a programme which is sure to be accorded a large measure of praise by those attending. Reserves may be made at Sutcliffe’s Music Store and patrons are particularly requested to be seated at the opening of the programme at 8.15 p.m. ST. PATRICK’S CONCERT Hastings Entertainment It is now some years since St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated in a fitting manner in Hastings. This year, on next Tuesday, the public will have the opportunity of hearing a special Irish national concert organised in honour of the day. The programme selected contains excellent entertainment and there will certainly not be a dull moment during the evening. There are orchestral numbers, and a musical trio that will delight in no uncertain manner Solos will be provided by well-known and popular Vocalists and musicians; sketches that will cause an uproar of laughter. Beautiful and clever dancing numbers will be given by many pupils of Hastings teachers, and school children will be heard in concerted items. All purses are catered for; the prices for admission are more than reasonable, and it is advisable to reserve at Fail’s bookshop at a very small additional charge. GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Coming Visit to Hastings On Thursdav and Friday, March 2fi and 27, the .T. C. Williamson Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company will make a welcome reappearance at the Municipal Theatre, Hastings, after an interval of four years. The operas to be presented nre “The Gondoliers” nnd “The Yeomen of the Guard.” '1 he Savoy operas have long been established as one of our most cherished national institutions. Their popularity throughout the English-speaking world is greater to-dny than ever before, 'lhe word “Gilbertian” is as firmly fixed in the language as “Pickwickian.” In fact, no writer since Dickens has eu riehed our vocabulary with so many commonly-used Quotations as has Gil bert. Gilbert and Sullivan audiences invariably go to the theatre in the quiet assurance that they will have a full night’s genuine entertainment Many of them doubtless possess a know ledge of music, the characters and at least some of the dialogue, yet they find that even after many rehearings the atmosphere of freshness, the topicality of the humour, and the essential truth of the characterisation make these unique little operas eternally new. A REAL LIVE MERMAID Frivs. Entertainment A sensation was caused in New Plymouth recently, when some fishermen encountered a “dugong” off the coast. This fish has sometimes been described sa being like a mermaid, but the , Frivolity Minstrels will present a real

live mermaid during their performance in the Hastings Municipal Theatre on Wednesday next. The performance is in aid of funds for the Parkvale and Hastings West Schools. It is pointed out that the Frivs are not putting on a concert, but a reel entertainment, with not a moment’s wait, and with every turn a top-notcher. Each item is supported by. a full orchestra of a dozen instruments, and tho farce at the end of the show is funny enough to make the proverbial cat laugh. There is no doubt that the Frivs this year have got together the finest programme of their long career, and it can safely be said that patrons are in for the finest treat they have had for a very long time. Admission charges are low, and the box plan is now open at Denton Wyatt’s.