AUROA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 6 September 1915, Page 4

AUROA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT

A most successful and enjoyable entertainment was given by the Auroa School on Friday evening. The hall was packed, a great many visitors from other districts being present. Much credit is due to Misses Mowbray (head teacher) and Gibbs (assistant) tor the careful and thorough way in which the children were trained; also to the parents who excelled themselves in the dainty way the children were dressed for their different parts. The following is the programme, Miss Gibbs presiding at the piano: Bells at Twilight, school; See-saw, junior pupils; Candle Time, junior pupils; Floral Drill, senior girls; Ace of Hearts (dialogue), junior pupils. Special mention must be made of the floral drill, the effect of the dainty frocks of the girls, toget^-^r with the ropes of gaily colored tiowers, being very pretty. The chief characters in the Ace of Hearts were taken by A. Julian (Knave), G. Rawcliffe (Queen), D. McNeill (King), A. Cunningham (Maid), D. Hight, J. Ogle, E. Sadler, M. Hair (Maids of Honor), H. Clarke, L. Hight, W. Bradford, W. Eves (Courtiers), L. Penny, C. ODea (Pages). Tbe children were most enthusiastic, and much merriment was indulged in. A capital concert was brought to a close with the cantata "Jack and the Beanstalk," in which the principal parts were represented by Evan Anderson (Jack), L. McCarty (Queen), R. Langlands (Giant), M. Langlands (May Queen). There were eight fairy attendants, and K. Bradford took the part of Mother Goose and S. Penny that of -the hen that laid the golden egg. Sailors, soldiers, guards, and village children were too numerous to individualise, but each and all did their parts well. The pantomime was much applauded, and the staging, even with so litle room, was utilised to the ' best advantage, and each child did his or her very best. Mr W. Bradford, eha'rman of the School Committee, thanked teachers, parents and children for the successful performance. He knew they had all had to work hard for such good results. "God Save the King" was then sung, after which supper, kindly provided by the parents, was served, and dancing was indulged in until a very late hour.