ENTERTAINMENTS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4475, 4 October 1922, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

DANCE RECITAL. TO MORROW NIGHT. A danqe recital by the pupils of Misses Smales and Lipsey is to be the attraction at the Central Theatre to-morrow night. The programme consists of 22 items, and includes ballets, choruses, dances, songs, and musical selections, and will be one well worth seeing. The dances include “Idyll,” “Polka Caprice," “Rosebud,” “Summer Frolic,” “Minuet,” “Pas de Genft,” and the ballets “Grecian” and “Barcarolle.” The “Fantastic Hornpipe” will be danced by Miss Dorothy Worthington. The gavottee “ Rendez Vous ” will be sung by Mrs P. Hague-Smith and danced by two of the local pupils- A dance and song, “ Summer Frolics ” by four little girls, is a pretty little dance. The programme throughout has been well selected, and it is hoped the entertainment will be as well patronised as its merits warrant. THE WAIKIKI A MUSICAL TREAT. The Central Theatre was well packed last evening to greet the return of the famous Hawaiians, and the large gathering were undoubtedly given a novel entertainment as well as a musical treat. The singing of the Hawaiians was remarkably sweet, and their quaint dancing was graceful, and the various string instruments were played hi a remarkably deft manner. The staging of Ithe. performance was splendid, and tlhe scenery was very realistic, the lighting effects in particular being very good, and quite out of the common. Owing to lack of programmes it was rather difficult to know the performers and follow all the items, but unstirred praise is due to Mr Keoke Greig, whose artistic performances on the steel guitar included “Barcarolle,” “The Rosary," and others, all rendered with remarkable facility and admirable artistry, as were also his ukulele numbers. Very popular, also, was Miss Tue Lillokolani, who received thunderous applause for graceful dancing of the quaint and sensuous Hula.. The principal songstress of the company, Miss Anne Leata, with her sweet voice and artistically expressive vocalisation delighted the audience and was encored repeatedly. A decidedly popular number was the Maori composition, “E Pari Ra,” which the Hawaiians acquired from the Rotorua Maoris, and wich was rendered by Misses Leata, Corbett, and Greig. Mr Vai. Atkinson, a wellknown and popular favourite in Paeroa, who is advance manager for the Hawaiians, introduced variety of distinctly European kind into the programme by his very acceptable elocutionary efforts, notably his recital of “The Fallen Star,” and as an encore, “Woof.” The balance of the items were delivered in a thoroughly good style and- were enthusiastically, received by the audience. Encores were insistently demanded, gnd were responded to goodnaturedly by the Hawaiians, who carry the best wishes of the people pf this district for their future welfare and success.