THE COMPETITIONS

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 142, 15 May 1930, Page 4

THE COMPETITIONS

ninth annual festival. MARTON GIRL WINS VOCAL SCOLARSHIP. The competitions are most popular this year. There was a crowded auditorium last evening, and a most attractive and interesting programme, including sacred solo (gentlemen), humorous recitation (gentlemen), song in character (ladies) and the piano solo (open). Miss Molly Cullen (Marton) won the vocal scholarship, while Miss M. Hamerton (Patea) was second. The judge, Mr Crossley Clitheroe, stated that Miss Cullen’s voice was of a round, rich quality. She lrad shown very high musicianship and a wonderful interpretative sense. Mr Clitheroe also congratulated Miss Hamerton on a very fine performance, and said that as a singer she showed great promise. She had been handicapped bv a recent illness, but he advised her to keep on practising and to try again next year. Tire first demonstration concert will be held to-morrow evening. Yesterday afternoon and evening’s results are: VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL. VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP, open, (a) Soprano test, “The Almond Tree” (Schumann): mezzo-soprano test, “Rose, Softly Blooming” (Spolir); contralto test, “To Music” (Schubert) ; (b) Operatic solo (own selection) ; (c) Sacred solo (own selection). Miss Molly Cullen (Marton) ... 1 Miss M. Hamerton (Patea) 2 Also competed.—Mrs F. McLaclilan, Mrs G. Plummer, Miss Gooding (Palmerston North), Mrs H. W. Hulme, Mrs F.Cunningham (Wanganui), Misses E. White (Rongotea), H. Whelan (Wellington). BRASS QUARTETTE. Palmerston North Garrison Band No. 2 “Oberon,” 185 1 Also competed.—Palmerston North Garrison Band, No. 1 and No. 3. PIANO DUET, under 12 (“Dance Antique,” J. Devaux). Gweneth Smith and Lola Buick (Palmerston North) 189 ... 1 Max Ramsay and Joyce Ramsay (Palmerston North) 187 ... 2 Also competed.—G. Smith and N. Stidolph, G. Peters and M. Mummery, L. Buick and J. Ramsay, J. Oliver and F. Hutchins. E. Christmas nad J. Krivan, M. Snelling and M. Peterson, B. Keating and J. Krivan (Palmerston North). 1

UNISON SONG, (girls under 12). Convent Gills’ A, “The Butterfly,” and Convent Girls’ D, “The Too Ambitious Robin” (equal) 183 1 Also competed. —Convent class B, “Forget me nots,” and C, “If I Were a Dew'-drop.” SONG IN CHARACTER (under 1G). C. Christian (Palmerston North), “Cherries, “Oh! My Pretty Maids,” 175 1 M. Amnion (Palmerston North), “To a Miniature,” 174 2 | Also competed.—Y. D’Aroux (Palmerston North), “Hine e Hine”; J. Goodwin (Hawera), “The Little Grey Bonnet”; E. Pedley (Wanganui), “The Market Girl”; D.* Gilmore (Hawera), “The Girl with a Brogue.” JUVENILE CHOIR (“May Morning,” Denza, and own selection). Convent choir B, “When e’er a Snowflake,” 1 Also comjieted.—Convent choir A, “The Birds go North Again.” SONG IN CHARACTER (ladies). Miss K. Montperto (Napier) ... 2 Also competed.—Mrs G. Plummer, “The Market,” Miss M. Smith (Palmerston North). PIANO SOLO (open). Miss L. Macfarlane (Nelson) 185 1 Miss J. Maunder (Wellington), “Auf Flugeen dcs Gesanges,” 184 2 Miss H. Muir (Otaki), “Jardins Sous la Pluie,” was highly commended. Also competed.—Miss M. Garrett, “Polonaise” (Chopin); M. Forbes, “Etude” (Clropm); B. Boyd (Palmerston North) “Intermezzo,” (Schumann); F. Revere (Feilding), “Sonata” (Chopin); A. Noble (Woodvillc), M. Thompson, C. Gaunt (Wanganui), M. Ingley (Shannon), “Sonata in G. Minor” (Schumann); Iv. Montperto (Napier), E. Klitscher (Marton), “Impromptu in A Flat.” ELOCUTIONARY. CHARACTER DUO (under 12). M. Lee and Errol Wood (Wellington) “A Dutch Flirtation,” 81 ’ 1 U. Jones and M. Peterson (Wanganui), “Doll and Soldier,” SO ... 2 Also competed.—D. Larsen and P. Smyth (Wellington), “The Rose and the Elf”; C. Sapwell and J. Scott (Palmerston North), “Harlequin and Columbine”; D. Larsen and M. Penman (Wellington), “Pan and the Nymph”; J. Denson and N. Wisnewsky (Palmerston North), M. Penman ■and P. Smyth (Wellington), “Rory 10’Mor”; V. Oliver and C. Sapwell, “Pan and the Nymph”; K. Whitford ' and E. Denson (Palmerston North).

CHARACTER RECITAL (9 and under 12). N. Nixon (Hawera), “Pandora,” 104 ;• ••• 1 J. Knightbridge (Hawera), “Cinderella’s Godmother,” 103 2 J. Newlands (Palmerston North), “Jack O’ Lantern,” was highly commended. Also competed. —Z. Mercer (Tailiape), “Queen of the Butterflies”; M. McClure (Napier), “Lorna Doone” ; N. Stidolph “The Sandman”; Dick Bettle, “Jacques”; N. Oliver “To Hakuturi”; M. Goodwill, “Tommy Atkins, G. Morris, “Uriah Heep” (Palmerston North); J. Goodwin (Hawera), “Down Piccadilly Way.” READING AT SIGHT (under 12). N. Oliver (Palmerston North) 76 1 J. Knightbridge (Hawera) 75 ... 2 Also competed.—N. Nixon (Hawera), B. Stubbs, Dick Bettle, N. Stidolph (Palmerston North). RECITATION, ladies (“An old woman of the roads,” Padraic Colum). Miss V. Wright (Palmerston North) 82 1 Mrs F. Young (Palmerston North) 80 ••• 2 Misses P. Trask (Palmerston North) and D. Davey (Himatangi) were highly commended. Also competed. —Miss P. Brown (Dannevirke). HUMOROUS RECITATION (gentlemen). Messrs W. J. Mountjoy and W. J. Hall (Wellington), “Monty - on Health,” equal 1 Mr A. J. Eising (Palmerston North). “’Bertram at the Batchelors’ Club,’ was very highly commended. Also competed.—Messrs A. Pedersen (Ohakea), “Any one will do”; G. T. Bettle “The Dorg Hospital”; J. W. Davidson (Palmerston North), “The Evening Party Fashion”; M. J. Krivan (Aw-apuni), “How the village choir sang the ‘Old Hundred’ ” ; B. Ziegler (To Pohue). TEST RECITATION, ladies (“Homeric hymn to Earth, the Mother of All,” Shelley). Miss G. Kerr (Wellington) 84 ... 1 Miss J. Maunder (Wellington) 82 ... 2 Miss N. Kent (Wellington) was very highly commended. Also competed. —Mrs Shearman (Woodvillc), Mrs M. McCallum (Okaiawa), Misses D. Davey (Himatangi), L. Knight (New Plymouth), P. Trask, V. Wright, Mrs F. Young (Palmerston North), Miss J. Stevenson (Foxton). HUMOROUS RECITATION (boys under 16). Recalls. —R. Holmes (Palmerston North), R. Cheyno (Wellington). ACTION RECITATION (boy or girl 12 and under 16). Recalls.—P. Kerr (Wellington), J. Goodwin (Hawera). DANCING. CLASSICAL BAREFOOT DANCE under 12). M. Penman (Wellington) 84 1 V. Oram (Palmerston North) 83 ... 2

Also competed.—V. Oliver, N. Muir, B. Jones (Palmerston North), J. Goodwin (Hawera), L. Tomsett, U. Jones (Wanganui). SHEAUNTRUBHAIS (under 12). June Scott (Palmerston North) G 9 1 Norma Nixon (Hawera) 67 2 Kathleen Hopping (Feilding), Etliue Hemmingsen and Vera Oliver (Palmerston North) were highly commended. Also competed.—Flossie Pierson (Colj’ton), Errol Wood (Wellington), Dell Adsett (Colyton), D. Ramsay (Napier), T. Pratt (Rotorua). TEST DANCE (12 and over). Recalls.—J. Hayward (Feilding), P. Burgess (Palmerston North), A. Robertson (Wellington). SKIPPING DANCE (12 and over”. Jean Scott (Palmerston North) 80 1 Also competed.—T. Hunter (Wanganui), A. Robertson, W. Lee, R. Bushby, E. Curtis (Gisborne), P. Waugh, J. Christian, P. Burgess, B. Muir, M. Oram (Palmerston North), J. Hayward (Feilding). CHARACTER DANCE (16 and over). Isabel Brown (Palmerston North), “Oriental,” 79 1 Philip Barry (Masterton) 77 ... 2 Audrey Robertson was very highly commended. Also competed.—J. Hayward, “Jester,” D. Sliapleski (Feilding), “Dance of Ynsmin,” E. Curtis (Gisborne), “Russian,” R. Bushby (Wellington).