SPECTACULAR DISPLAY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 20 August 1934, Page 8

SPECTACULAR DISPLAY

GAY SCENES AT VELMA HALL PLUNKET SOCIETY’S ANNUAL PARTY

80-Peeps and Indians played happily with Gipsies and Fairies at the children’s party given by the Plqnket Society in the Velma Hall on Saturday afternoon. Fairy Tale Princesses met the Princes in the Tower, and the Nursery Rhyme children all came to life and joined in the fun. Don Bradman came along too, and Jean Batten flew in in time for the Grand March. Members of Toe H with big trumpets ran in among the crowd and led the revels. , During the aiternoon, the pupils oi Miss Thelma Preece contributed several excellent items: 1. Irish Jig by Joy Griggs. This was given with great enthusiasm by the small colleen. 2. Tap duo by Shirley and Valerie Lock, two tiny tots in pink and black routine frocks. 3. Gipsy dance by Lorna Styles was very gay 'and bright. 4. Russian Gopak by Edna Greenan a difficult dance very cleverly done. 5. Skipping dance by Sylvia Anderson was an unusual item, which required a very definite sense of rhythm. _ The members of the committee responsible for the success of the afternoon were: Mesdames Lock. Bradshaw, C. R. Fell, Lucas, M. Rout, Earle, Rigg, Halley, Parker, Harley, Pownall, Stephenson , Hudson, Palmer, and Misses Atkinson, Nevin and Ledger. Mrs W. W, Squires and Mrs Ogle Moore acted as judges. The costumes were so many and varied that they had some difficulty in reaching a decision. The prize list was as follows: — Original 'Girl: June Muir (Rope). Original Boy: Jim Cromie and Don Cressy (British Guards). Comical Girl: Clare Bensemann (Grandma). . Comical Boy: John Farmer (Fireman). Most Artistic Girl: Joycelyn Shale (Madame Pompadour). Special Pair : Don Biddell and Carol Slinn (Drummer Boy and Girl). Special Tiny Tot Boy: Roddy Dyce (Drum Major). Special Tiny Tot Girl (Margaret Cannington (Red" Riding Hood). Special Tiny Girl: Barbara Du Flou (Mary, Mary). 1 The judges also gave special mention to the Rea Poppy, Jean Batten, Cupid and the Gumnut Baby. Those present in fancy dress were:—Joan Hansen (Cracker), Esma Roper (Glowworm), Moreen Roper (Milkmaid), Ngaire Gibson (Pieretto), Douglas Sutherland (Indian), Barbara Quirk (Buttercup), Clare Bensemann (Grandma j, Patty Fraser (The Sweetest Thing in the Room), Athalie Compton (Miss •Mullet), Cynthia Compton (Dutch Girl), Barbara Mitchell (Victorian Girl), Jimmy Horncastle (Don Bradman), Ethel Horncastle (Pierette), John Farmer (Fireman), Flora Farmer (Poppy), Joy Griggs (Irish Colleen), Keith Griggs (Sailor), John Roper (Wild West), Joy Roper (Wild West Girl), Betty Clements (Flower Girl), Clare Verguison (Early Victorian), Ilex Sherlock (Indian), Torn Sherlock (Pirate), William Day (Dutch Boy), Jim Harris (All Black), Annie Jolly (Shooting Star), Betty Pierce (Shooting Star),. Mary Walter (Quaker), Ngaire Page (Victorian), Doris Treweek (Fairy Tale Princess), Iris Thomas (Good Luck), Peggy Porter. (Herald), Barbara Roper (Gipsy), Peter Stewart (Indian), Frank Greenslade, .(Dutch). June Hazel-" wood (Old Womaii in the Shoe), Diana. Gibbons (Elizabethan Page), Vera Hazelwood (Troubador), Nellie Thomas (Piper), Donald Millar (Eskimo), Jean Ingram (Russian), Colinette and Margo Low (The Princes in the Tower) Janet Low '(Prince),. Betty Garret (Flower Girl), Carol Slinn (Drummer Girl), Dickie Biddell (Drummer Boy), Teddy Biddell (Boy Blue), John Caselberg (Pierrot), Barbara Hurst (Petal), Jocelyn Hurst (Strawberry), Ben Hurst (Jester), Patricia Lyall (Summer), Elizabeth Stedmau (Pierrot), Ann Stedman (Ballet Girl), Ann Boyes (Mary, Mary), Margaret Gardner (Pierrot), Valerie Wottoii (Holly), Beatrice Craighead (Gipsy), Maia Lucas (Musical Comedy), Campbell and Cynthia Ellis (Dutch Boy, ■’and Girl), Desmond and Shirley Kelly (Bridegroom and Bride), Audrey Vivian (80-Peep), Murray Vivian (Patches), Lucy Terry (Waitress), June Muir (Eope) ti Jimmy Cromie (Soldiers), Donald Cressy (Soldier), Colleen Jones’ (Red Riding Hood), Olive Jones (Spanish), Helen Miller (Gipsy), Harry Atkinson (Indian), Rose Hewlett (Old Fashioned Lady), Jean Riddell (Butterfly), Bruce Armstrong (Tom Tucker), June Trcvellwyn (Blackbird), Peter Adams (Robin Hood), Jocelyn Adams (Old Fashioned Lady), Shan Mansell (Don Bradman), Dennis Mansell (Stars and Stripes), Gwen Manseli (Eastern), Ashley Mansell (Indian), Rosy Crossin (Bonbon), Joan Crossin (Chinaman), Kathleen Reid (Witch), Rona Summers (Poppy), Margaret O’Burn (Shepherdess), “ Joo O’Burn (Pierrot), Peter Ingram (Gumr.tit), Gary Ingram (Aviator), Cynthia Hudson (Chinaman), Diana Reid (Old Fashioned Lady), Lily Duffy (Fairy), Elsie Crossman (Pierrot), Richard Everett (Pirate), John Everett (Chick-’ en), Brian Robertson (Drummer), Roddy Dyce (Drummer), Alan Buchanan (Puss in Boots), Shirley Buchanan (Fairy), Joan Crawshaw (Micky Mouse), Valerie Oravit (Crocus), Magaret Vernier (Flower Girl), Peggy Riddell (Pink. Fairy), Rex Riddell (Elf), John Allan (Rajah), Catherine Quirk (Buttercup), Mary Shain (Chinaman), lan Dick Pierrot), Shirley Dick (Japanese), John Ingram (Mechanic), Valerie Kirk (Snowflake), Donald McArtney (Bell Boy), Nancy Stephenson (Oranges and Lemons), Judith Kempthorne (Japanese), Zoe Palmer (80-Peep), Allannh Rankin (Butterfly), Roger Thomas (Prince Charming), Jean Black (BoPeep), Winsome Fowler (Drummer Girl), Athalie Casclburg (Gipsy), Jacqueline Caselberg (Winter), Velma Hickey (Puck), Pamela and Margaret Leighs (Blue Beard and his Wife), Gordon Leighs (Cupid), Betty Henderson (Dutch Girl), Pat Dawson (Early Victorian), Cynthia Loebb (Kate Greenaway), Joyce McNiven (Kate Greenaway), Joyce Lockyer (Pink Rose), Gordon Smart (Puss in Boots), Cynthia Smart (Ladybird), Peter Karsten (17th Century Page), Molly Freeman (Indian Girl), Michael Foster (Scotch Lad).