KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 27, 27 November 1930, Page 7

KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

BUSY BEE CONCERT.

A very successful concert was held in the Sunday School Hall on.Wednesday evening, November 19th.; The vßev J. MeCaw, who presided, made, a shiort introductory speeeih. and also introdttced each item. Songs entitled "Holidays," "The Owl and the Cat," a Bound, and "Waltzing Matilda," two Missionary hymns *as well as " Jesus Loves Me in New Hebriden" were rendered by*the full party. . -

The Queen Bees contributad to the programme with a sketch in Pidgin Eng ■Hsh and songs. Also -with, a memlber of the girls' club, in. a pianoforte duett fwirci was much enjoyed and au encore had to 'foe rendered.

A members, of tie girls ? club recited •'Matilda" to.the delight of her audience. 'Tiwo piano&rte solos.iby a senior rn'omfber of the Busy Bees were very well played. Several members recited, svhil two sang and all acquitted themlselves with credit..' '

One item of niueh interest was the recitation by two girls in the costume of India—-one telling of-the cure of self and. her 'brother from leprosy and tiro other.of recovery from ulcers due to the .treatment by the missionary doctors. After the dialogue the: ehonus sang "Lave Came Down at Christmas." The item of the evening was a threeaet _pl&y "Dorothy's, Diream." Being th e story of a cMld whose mot&er read her a^ missionary tale and tihen left her for a few minutes to loot at the pictures in her book. Dorothy falls asleep and waikes in China. She speaks -to a little girl called "Not Wanted" and is shShrii ncr baby "brotlier. Then ah.c plays three Chinese games with the Chinese children and has a conversation with a man whose son is dying and he, in order to entice the spirit back, is carrying t3ie child's aoaip aibouft on a, , pole. Fiiially a missionary appears and ifealks to them and in the bright sunlign* Dorothy falls. asleep. She wakes to find her mother .bending over her land telling her she muist run off to bed. All the parts were wetfl played by the ehildxen and they seemed to enjoy t2i© games quite as much as the Chinese children must. The costumes were real Chinese and Indian and were hired

from the Mission Committee.

Tho programme was brought to a .close by a sihoiit speeich of conigiteutulation by Mr. E. M. Camieron, Ghurcih. ■breasureT, after which the National An-

them was suing.