FANCY DRESS BALL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 56, Issue 32898, 20 August 1947, Page 3

FANCY DRESS BALL

NGATEA HIGH SCHOOL

PRIMARY CHILDREN

MOST ENJOYABLE EVENING

The annual fancy dress ball of the Ngatea District High School primary department was held recently. A large number of pupils and parents and friends attended and the evening was most successful. As the function was primarily arranged for the children the greater part of the evening was given to their dances. The following was the programme that was arranged for the children:— Standards 1 and 2, Brighton camp; ■primers, polka; forms I & 11, waltz; standards 3 and 4, rufty tufty; primers, clap dance, shoemaker dance; standards 1 and 2, skating away; forms 1' and 2, three-step polonaise; standards 9 and 4, gathering peascods; primers, round the village; standards 1 and 2, valeta; standards 5 and 6, maxina; standards 3 and 4, waltz; primers, here we go round the mulberry bush; standards 1 and 2, jingle bells; forms 1 and 2, the jolly miller; standards 3 and 4, the black nag; standards 1 and 2, zip coon; forms 1 and 2, lancers; standards 3 ■and 4, three step; forms 1 and 2, statue waltz; standards 3 and 4, military two-step; standards 3 to 6, supper waltz. The costumes worn by the schoolchildren were:—

Primers: Beryl Lang, 80-Peep; Patty Griffiths, Gypsy; Carol Bradford, Irish colleen; Lorna Boatswain, bride; Linette Ager, nurse; Maureen Tippins, bridesmaid; Ann Reid, flower girl; Valerie Burke, powder puff; Coral Brittain, blue fairy; Dawn Ziano, 80-Peep; Judith Wheeler, teddy bear; Carol Waldron, Miss Muffet; Pam Fisher, queen; Bonnie Davies, 80-Peep; Nancy Cocks, Miss Muffet; Raelene Ager, a flower; Lorraine Barriball, fancy. dancer; Myra McKinnon, oranges and lemons. Dennis Williams, teddy bear, Tommy Hunt, Little Boy Blue; Ross Miller and Ron Miller, pirates; Stanley Fisher, Dutch boy; Jack Modrich, sailor; Barry Brien, Mi’ Baggy Breeches; Ross Dudley, Santa Claus, Selwyn Kingsford, Maori boy; Leslie Frazer Jones,' caterpillar; Garry Pekin, sailor; David Dudding. MiBaggy Breeches; Warren Dudley, sailor. Primer 4: Gordon Gardner, Chinaman; Keith Harris, golliwog; Alan Morgan, policeman; Dermot Murphy, King’s soldier; Terry Batistich, nigger •boy; Edna Boatswain, Indian maid; Valerie Laing, Dutch girl; Ann Fisher, Little 80-Peep; Judith Peebles, flower girl; Leslie Dudding, gipsy; Heather Barnes, wild rose; Colleen Gillard, clown; Briar Phillips, bridesmaid; Claire Dalgety, time (clock); Valda Benner, Carmeh Miranda. Standard 1: Glenda Shelley, Old Mother Hubbard; Winnie Bartulovich, Yugoslav costume; Ann Jackson, jingle bells; Mary Donaghy, ballet dancer; Margaret Spencer, Dolly Varden; Pat Marshall, Dutch boy; Leslie Smith, air force man; David Fishel, Dutch boy; Bruce Pryce, sailor; Jean Ziarno, 80-Peep; Elizabeth Taylor, doll; John Blake, drummer; Bill Hayward, Indian prince; Mary Cadman. Mexican girl.

Standard 2:. Richard Baxter, pirate; Alan Cocks, schoolboy; Colin Dalgety. tin soldier; Neville Kingsford, golliwog; David Laurich, clown; lan McAulay, wolf; Neil McFetridge, good luck;" Ronald McKinnon, clown; Creighton Riddell, Turk; Donald Peebles, cricketer; Margaret Barri-1 bal, Highland girl; Yvonne Baxter,! flower girl; Raywn Comer, Dutch , girl; Jill Dunlop, Bonny Prince Charles; Gay Gillard, W.A.A.C.; Judy Laing, gipsy girl; Carol Marshall, Irish colleen; Faith Moore, little girl in blue; Anne Tippins bridesmaid; Pat Thomas, Dutch boy; Valerie Wi.liams, flower girl. Standards 111 and IV: Violet Grbic, Turkish lady; Marlene Preston, flower girl; Elsie Grime, Irish colleen; Pam Phillips, Japanese lady; Beverly Courtney, Souix City Sue; Rita McAulay, ballet dancer; Cherry Phillips, cherry girl; Carol Dudley, top dancer; Mary Grime, little girl in blue; Joyce Yelavich, Russian dancer; Joan Baker, usher; Raewyn Harris, costermonger; Lorraine Hayward, drummer gill; Jacqueline Waugh, Hawaiian gi-1; Rita Batistich, flower girl; Jean Black, Red Cross nurse; Janice McKinnon, French queen.

Grey Tito, Chinaman; Ernie Blake, negro; Barry Spencer, huntsman; Mitchell Taylor, policeman; George Birkenhead, sailor; Douglas Brown, pirate; Ken Dragicevich, sailor; Des. Donaghy, admiral. Standards V. and VI: Jeanette McFetridge, good luck; Barbara Baxter, flower girl; Lily Dragicevich, military girl; Margaret Williams, girl guide;

Anita Smith, old English lady; Colleen Green/ bridesmaid; Beulah Waugh, Dutch girl; Beverly Kerby, big sister; Keith Williams, Russian boy; Barry McNaughton, page boy; Gary Waldron, page boy; Lloyd Tatton, saiioi boy; Roy Yelavich, sailor; Jean Linton, Red Cross nurse; Colleen Jellie, jelly; Briar Gardner, Dutch gir l ; Phyllis Hayward, Quaker; Betty Connors, Alice Blue Gown; Ross Dalgety, rajah; Mary Shelly, Japanese gill, Geoffrey Preston, pirate; Betty MevKee, hunts girl; Audrey Wright, tap dancer; Arthur Baxter, burglar; Racwyn Williams, majorette; Beth Williams, Carmen Miranda; Joan Hutchinson. skater; Joy Hutchinson, ushciette; Shona Riddell, Japanese gill, Margaret Comer, Irish colleen; Margaret McQuoid, pierrette; Audrey ■Death, Chinese girl; Tsrrense 0 Brien, cowboy.