AMUSEMENTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13933, 15 December 1905, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

CHORAL BALL. ■ ■ . There was a fair attendance at the ;' Choral Hall last night, when the ' JChrietchurch Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra gave a miscellaneous _ concert. The music of these ".plucked" - : . instruments appeals largely to those ■taany people who are not sufficiently artistic in temperament to appreciate the fcigher and more classical forms of '■"Nniusic. Not that there is not music in these particular strings, but essentially from the construction of the in- . £truments they ■ are better adapted to the more lively forms of composition. -This was strongly in evidence last night. ..-.when the members of the orchestra played a number of tuneful selections, both conceited and as solos. One'recipe for the composition of the modern ' rag time music is to take a hymn tune and syncopate it, and while this suggestion has all the wealth of hyperbole, it has a foundation in fact which is 'easily discovered in the music of the 'banjo and the mandolin. "The Colcured Band Control "iahd the "Huckleberry Finn Intermezzo " were _ two * of tie most taking orchestral selections. Mesdames Wright arid Harrison, Mies Clisby, Miss Francis and Mr J. Wright contributed several delightful quartets. " Mr Jbiseph Wright's solo'on the zither - banio was, perhaps, the cleverest item t>f the evening. Master Darcy /Wright, ; a juvenile perfoncer of eight tender years, played a capital banjo solo, and Miss Violet Clisby, who claims_ twelve summers, was equally good with the mandolin. Miss A. Chegwin and Mr Cropp varied the programme with vocal selections, and encores were as numerous as tho proverbial hips and haws of autumn. OPERA HOUSE. This week's programme at the Ope.ra House seems to be an exceptionally attractive one,- as all the items are very well received, and encores almost inevitably demanded. M. Ajax, who is deasribed as "the flexible marvel/' an3-Miss L. Cole, _ who sings popular songs, are the principal attractions, • and they are well supported by the - other members of the company. MADAME AGNES PADDON. Madame Agnes Paddon, an English contralto, who has achieved consider'able suocfiws on the concert platform,

will give a concert in the Canterbury Hall on Monday evening. An excellent programme has been arranged, and Madame Paddon will be assisted by some of the leading Christchureh vocalists; including' Mrs-' Gower Burns, Miss Katie Young, and Messrs R. Vincent, Claude Allan, and A. Millar. The full programme will appear in to-morrow's issue. The plan for 'reserved seats is now open at the Dresden Piano Company's, Cathedral Square. LIQUID AIR. On Monday' evening Professor Andrews will give a lecture and entertainment in the Theatre Royal, under the patronage of the Mayor, Colonel Jowsey, and the officers of the Military Circus. The box plan is now open at Messrs Milner and Thompson's.