CHILDRENS BALL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXXII, Issue 2806, 27 November 1931, Page 2

CHILDRENS BALL.

FANCY DRESS PARADE. WONDERFUL EVENING AT TURUA. The largest crowd that has foregathered in the Turua Hall for, some months past, was present last evening, when the Anglican Ladies’ Guilds of Turua and Kopuarahi held a wonderfully successful children’s fancy dress ball. The evening in many respects resembled the ball held recently in Kerepeehi, and many of the Kerepeehi children were present at Turua. The items and dances given by the children pointed to the one fact that untold time, patience and effort had been given in training them, the ladies responsible being Mrs Bell and Mrs Vause, of Turua. and Mrs McMillan, 'f Kopuarahi. The children’s dresses as a whole were very pretty, and of a diverse variety, displaying ingenuity, patience, and skill in their construction. The evening opened with a grand march, followed by a heel and toe polka. The outstanding item of the children’s programme followed next, being flower drill, by a number of Kopuarahi girls, who were very prettily made up indeed for their parts. They were: “Wisteria,” Stella Green and Joyce Williams; "Poppies,” Esme Clevely and Ailsa Field; "Lillies,” Irene Dean and Gladys Williams; "Daffodils,” Betty Jensen and Olive Bowen; "Sunflowers,” Phoebe Hudson and Phyllis Williams; "Roses,” Betty Bowen and Annie Braithwaite; "Chrysanthemums,” Marjorie Bowen and Flossie Death.

The remainder of the programme following was: Barn dance, schottische, Spanish dance, lancers, military two step, and Highland schottische. The Kopuarahi ladies then presented the play, "The Rest Cure,” as given at the birthday party of the Kapuarahi Women's Institute. It received a most favourable hearing indeed. Supper was then provided by the ladies of the Church Guilds, and , the evening was concluded by a dance for the adults present. Mr A. H. Sutton was M.C., and Fisher's Orchestra, Thames, provided music. Among those in fancy costume were: Dora O’Cnllaghan, Nurse; Earl n *'Uinson, Red Pierrette; Margaret Henry, Fairy; Joy McKenzie, Ballet Dress; Ray McKenzie, Clerk of the Course; Dorothy Mules, 18th Century Lady; Ethel Loveday, 18th Century Gentleman; Joyce McCowatt, Bride; Jean Gardiner, Bridegroom; Ronald Mouldey, Jack Frost; Jean Wilson, Wattle; Alex Wilson, Cowboy;; Frank

Davies, Pierrot; Tom Brail.waite, Clown; Arthur Braithwaite, Soldier; Bruce Hudson, Page Boy; Owen Hudson, Lord Nelson; Gerald Hudson, Drummer Boy; Norman Field, Scout; George Wallace, Pierrot; Owen Death, Sailor Boy; Pat Newsham, Witch; Joyce Shilton, Pierette; Dawn Price, Old Fashioned Gentleman; Faith Price, Old Fashioned Lady; Joan Boswell, Nurse; Dorothy Booth; Rainbow Fairy; Merle Thompson, Eastern Lady; Joan Pearce, Topsy; Elsie Roberts, Summer; Minnie Shilton, Brittania; Rachel Clifford, Autumn; Alfreda Muller, Gipsy; Yvonne Hegh, Old English Lady; Nancy Smith, BoPeep; Selwyn Gibson, Indian; Shirley Gibson. Gibbs’ Dentifrice; Rodney Gibson, Welsh Fairy; Norma Death, Nurse; Daphne Griffiths, Red Riding Hood; Theo Hegh, Sailor; Agnes Deacon, Ace of Clubs; Grace Mitchell, Buttercup; Elsie Mitchell, Little Miss Muffctt; Chrissy Mitchell, Folly; Phyllis Elvin, Elf; Merle Kerby, Butterfly; Evelyn Flynn, Pierette; Douglas Death, Wild Indian; Harold Sutton, Golliwog; Eileen Hicks, “Farming First”; Connie Hicks, Flower Garden; Rita Law, Night; Rex Law, Toy Soldier; Dawn Kirby, Strawberry; Donald Law, Toy Soldier; Mervyn Green, Dutch Boy; Thelma Flynn, Fairy; Tommy Death, Tennis; George Deacon, Chinaman; Rita Tapp, Pompadore;; Dancers in Old English Period Dress, Lady and Geintiemen: Alison Henry and Alison Walker, Daphne Sutton and Dorothy Bagnall; Dudley Troughton and Kathleen Olsen; Dorothy Mules and Ethel Loveda y.