ENTERTAINMENTS..

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12430, 20 February 1901, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS..

, Tho Opera House was well filled last , evening, when the Dix Gaiety Company I rendered a varied and successful programme. !In the first' part the Devella Sisters were ,ivery succhssful with their . song “Last [Tram Yet,” and Mr Earl Browne’s speciality Boardinghouse ” was well received. . Miss ’Ethel Clifford received a well-deserved en■eOre for “Dear" Old Home.” In th® : second ■part Miss. Alice Layton was a favourite with ■ the audience, and her ballad singing drew I several ■ encore*. Ferry, the - “huroan 'frog,” astonished all by his marvellous con- ; ixortion feats, and he was.greeted with loud land continued applause. . His turn was the

[attraction of the programme. ; The Min- • ;tpns, brother and sister, were Well received [for .their banjo playing and dancing. The | performance concluded with a comic sketch . ; 1 entitled' " Irish Justice.” The, programme < 'will ,bo repeated .this evening. There was a good house at the Oddfellows’ ,' iHall last-evening, when a long and interest iting programme was submitted by the. Fill-, ;ier Bijou Company. Mr W. Stevens was ' jencored. several times for bis singing of/‘Leave it Alone,” and the Lcnnan Brothers (Were paid a. similar compliment for their, .comic singing and dancing. Miss Rose Bel-. ;mont’s singing of “ The Judge's Daughter” . {secured -her several recalls, and Miss May ■Marlow was recalled for " Hullo, Hullo.” [Messrs Lennon, Hyman and Lennon’s (pantomimic sketch “The Three Waiters” was enthusiastically received, and the actors •were applauded throughout their performance. The programme will he repeated - this evening.