Pipiwai School Choir

Northern Advocate, 21 December 1939, Page 2

Pipiwai School Choir

Before a large and • appreciative audience the Pipiwai Native School Choir presented its annual concert for the third successive year at Puma last Thursday slight. Being a native school concert, it was only right that Maori action songs, pois, and hakas should receive particular attention. The action songs were brighter and crisper in diction than last year’s. Instead of rendering only one pot item, three distinct poir. arc given, namely, single, double and long poi. A rousing haka was given in the traditional vigorous manner and was encored enthusiastically. It would only be fair to mention that bright little artist, Phoebe Henry, who once again welcomed an expectant audience. Needless to say the expectations of the audience were more than realised.

Favourite among the numbers wore —“Silent Night’’ (care and control wore shown in. the beautiful singing of this lovely sacred song); “Bird Songs at Eventide” (the choir rose to the occasion and rendered a charming and delightful item); “The Rosary” (a difficult enough piece for most choirs, nevertheless the school choir gave an appealing rendition); and “Perfect Day.” In the interpretation of “Perfect Day.” the choir gave the item its true atmosphere. Entertaining to a degree was the adaptation of “Fairy Sea.” The public will remember the Don Cossack number “Bells” of last year’s programme. Once more the children did full justice to this item. The bell tones roused again great enthusiasm in the audience. The sacred numbers, of which there were two brackets, gave much satisfaction, and indeed they are unique for the selection that truly represents all denominations, “Adeste .Pidelis” being particularly seasonable. Recalling bright memories of the past minstrel shows, Scott Gatty’s “Shine, Bright Moon,” or “Good Night,” brought to ia conclusion a most successful concert.

Again an outstanding feature of live performance was the clear diction and enunciaton of these youthful performers, the recitations being very well received.

This progi'amme is to be repeated by the choir when it appears in the Whangarei Town Hall in a benefit concert for the Tikipunga Orphanage,