THE COMPETITIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 136, 9 May 1928, Page 7

THE COMPETITIONS.

MORNING SESSION,

When the fifth day of the conrpetitions commenced this morning, it was again evident that public interest was bein<’- well maintained and that Oic general standard of the performances was being kept up. In most cases competitors have improved during tne festival and in certain classes there has been a marked advance. This is attributable partly to performers becoming more used to the stage but m a greater degree to the fncfc tlicit entrants have carried out the suggestions ot the judges to improve their work and have eliminated various faults and weakneßesults of this morning’s classes were as follow ELOCUTION. CHARACTER SKETCH (gentlemen). (Own Selection.)

Recalls.—Air H. IV. Smales (Palmerston North), “In Trouble Again ’; Mr A. J. Eising (Palmerston North), “Mr Tigg Meets Mr Pinch” ; Mr J. W. G. Davidson (Palmerston North), “Shy lock.”- » Also competed.—Mr A. Bennie (Palmerston North). ’RECITAL (With Musical Accompaniment) . ‘ Ladies, Own Selection. Recalls.—-Miss T. Aitken (Wellington), “Lizette”; Mrs T. L. Spernng (Wanganui), “Mr Little Rosa”; Miss Joan Maunder (Wellington), “The Roads.” Also competed.—Mrs G. Derbyshire (Wanganui), “The Gentleman of France”; Miss F. Mackenzie (Palmerston North), “The Old Front Door”; Miss M. Craig (Wanganui), “Swandalaya”; Miss L. Teale (Palmerston North), “Little Tan Shoes.” MUSICAL. PIANO SOLO (under 12.) (“Itingetanz der Knaben.”) Recalls.—Misses June Wilson (Lower Hutt), Joyce Bennett (Palmerston North), Joan McGregor (Palmerston North), Alice Brindle (Wanganui). Also competed.—Misses Audrey Tily, Rachael Holmes, Phyllis Roddon, Betty Hannan, Ellen Johnson, Marjorie Muir (Palmerston North), Phyllis Tongs, Ula Thomson (Foxton), Betty Turnock, Gwenda Wilson, Gladys Tonkins (Wanganui), Monica Webley (Dannevirke). UNISON SONG (boys under 12). (Own Selection). Recalls.—All Saints’ Group A (Palmerston North), “Drink to Me Only ; All Saints’ Group C (Palmerston North), and All Saints Group D (Palmerston North), “King Arthur’s Servants.” Also competed.-'—All Saints’ Group B, “Drink to me Only.” TO-NIGHT’S PIIOGRAMME. The programme for this evening is well arranged and the items should provide a varied entertainment. The second entry in the comedietta will be taken and, should it prove as amusing as last night’s entry, the players will earn hearty applause. The gentlemen’s baritone solo, with entrants from Woodville and Wanganui, should prove a small but select class. Strong recitation sections should result in close work. Ballets and solo dancing will interest many, while the ladies’ Shakespearean recitation provides ample scope for the exercise of talent. The various championships awarded by the society are being keenly contested and the marks of the leaders differ by only a point or two. A further section in the pianoforte scholarship will be played to-night. Owing to the narrow margins separating tho contestants, a very high standard of technique is expected in this item and in all the events which are counted in the championship aggregates.