YOUTHFUL TALENT

Hutt News, Volume 13, Issue 25, 29 November 1939, Page 3

YOUTHFUL TALENT

PIANOFORTE RECITAL Weeks of careful preparation culminated recently at the annual pianoforte recital given by the pupils of Miss M. Findlater. A large audience of interested parents and friends filled the Baptist Church, Puriri Street, in which the recital was held, and they were delighted with the varied programme presented, which was of a high standard. The stage was decorated with bowls of arum lilies, irises and roses, and during the evening Mr?. H. Lowe presented the certificates gained at the recent examinations. Miss Ailsa Ramsden presented several delightful recitations. The programme was as follows: Duet, "Invitation to the Dance" (Weber), Marie\ and Cecily Guise; "Rustle of Spring" (Sinding), Mary Thomson; "Elfin Dance" (Jensen), Airdrie Ogilvie; "Gavotte'" (Adam Carse), Lindsey Hall; duo, (two pianos), "Straussiana," Joan Evans and Isabel Macky; "Puppets Dance" (Markham Lee), Cynthia Cartwright; "Queen of Roses," Jillian Matthews; (walz (Offenbach), Ron Gibb; "Pucks Frolic," Betty Evans; "Rob Roy," Nancy Upton; "Shepherd's Dance" (German), Vivienne Lowe; "Un Petit Rien," Naida Evans; "Rhapsodie Mignonne," Vetia Stewart; "Dance of the Nymphs," Joan Hardcastle; Playful Elf" (Hazel Wood), Margaret Macaskill; "Off to Camp," Neil Ackroyd; "Fairies Evening Hour," Jean Henderson; "Maypole Dance" (Gladys Cumberland), Gordon Eclmeades; "Gavotte" (Farjeon), Janet Poole; recitations, Ailsa Ramsden; "Coquetterie," Margaret McCallum; "Cradle Song" (Mozart), Margery Macky; ensemble, "Dance of the Winds," Beverley Fisher, Betty Gibb, Vivienne Lowe, and Airdrie Ogilvie, on two pianos; "Folk Song," Clair Drummond; "Drum Major," Winstone nail; "Harbinger of Spring," Allison Fisher; "My Bonnie," Brian Gibb; "Premiere Valse" (Durand), Alwyn Jarvie; "Country Gardens" (Pprcy Harris; "Blue Danube," Robert Grainger), John McArthur and Ruasell Grigg; "Deuxieme Mazurka" (Godard), Isobel Thomson; "Mysterious Rider," Robert Gollan; "La Cachucha," Gwen Everard; "Marginblatter" (Strauss),

Shona Balls; "March from lolanthe," Douglas Benefield; "Torch Dance" (German), Margaret Green; "To the Spring" (Grieg), Grigg; "Tanglewood Tales" (Ching), Janet Macky; "Sonata in G" (Scarlatti), Betty Gibb.