PROMENADE CONCERT.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 174, 1 April 1896, Page 2

PROMENADE CONCERT.

Tim fourth open air concert in tl | Sanatorium Grounds showed no dirnimi-l j tion of interest on the pwrt of the visitotsM or residents in these functions and tli.yj.';. may henceforth he regarded as fixturcsM during the season. The committee art] deserving of the utmost credit for the improved arrangements in respect to lighting &c.-, and as 10 per cent of the peoceeds is regularly set apart' for Such expenses this improvement is bound to continue. On Friday last the proceed* of the concert were devoted to the augmentation of the school children's gymnasiura fund, a satisfactory amount was realised. The vocal part of the programme was opened with the ballad '•Little Nell" by Miss- Patfie' Griffiths which met with great acceptation, Mi~Solby playing the'accompaniment. Mr J. Cross followed, giving: evidence of a j robust and carefully trained voice in 11k j song " Sailing. " Later on in con--1 junction with Miss Cross-the'duet "Life's E j Dream is o'er " was rendered, the num-B her evoking a round of hearty and willH deserved applause. Mrs Wilson sans ; with great taste and expression " Ihe Blind Girl to Her Harp. " the accompaniment being: most efficiently played by Mrs Gimlets. Miss Lucy Dansey's rendering of " Thy Voice is Near " was received with enthusiasm, and narrowly escaped an encore. A selection on the violin and pianoforte in which the air of "The hist Rose of Summer" predominated!, was played by Mr and Mrs Grinders and listened to with rapt attention. Mr Samson, accompanied by Mrs Keir was at his best in " Remember Me No More" and Mr B. Cinders enlisted the entire sympathies of the audience bv his rendering of "For Ever and for Ever." Mr G. Mayes was as usual very much at homo in the "lighter vein " in which lie indulges, and as the lungs of comic singers are supposed to he Indict and weather proof he had to submit to. the inevitable encore. The Brass Baud played various selections during the evening; their rapid and steady improvement being favourably commented on. So seductive, in fact, were the strains of their dance music that not a few of the youths and maidens were set " a-tripping on the eirrht fantastic toe " to the agreeable ctdence.