MUSIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 25 November 1936, Page 3

MUSIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

« ANNUAL SOCIAL HELD “ LAST OF SERIES ” The annual social, concluding the £ series of monthly meetings of the 3 local Teachers’ Association, was held * at the Nelson School of Music. The m president. Mr J. B. Lemmer was res--3 ponsible for a varied and excellently 3 selected programme of music and 3 elocutionary items. The programme 3 was as follows: —Organ solo, “Gothic : ■ March” (Salome), Miss G. Carty; vocal ; solo, “La Serenata” (Braga), Mrs ■ 5 Noble, instrumental accompaniment, 3 Vitetta Bros.; recitation, “Yes papa,” « Miss Netta Ching; quintet, instru- i * mental. “Opus I, Adagio, Allegro,” i ! (Dohnanyi) Mrs Vaughan, Mr W. . s Horrocks, Mr K. Gravit, Mr T. Cole, : Miss V. Wilding; mixed voices, part : ' song “Christmas Greeting” (Elgar), 1 piano, Miss G. Hodgson, violin obli- 1 gato, Mrs Vaughan and Miss M. ] Claughton, conducted by Mr Claugh- j ton; piano solo, “Nocturne in B” < (Chopin), Miss J. Sorensen; vocal ; trio, “My Heart ever Faithful” (J. S. i Bach), Misses M. Prussing, and t Claughton, and Mrs M. A. Nightingale; instrumental trio, “La Tosca” (Puccini), Vitetta Bros; vocal solo, “The Smiles of Spring” (Gounod), Miss M. Gubb; part song, “The Piper’s 4 Song” (Broughton), junior members; t recitation, “Who Won?” Mrs Moyni- I han; piano and violin suite, “Opus 61” r (Schutt), Miss Wilding and Mr Lem- \ mer; vocal duet, “Parted” (Tosti) Mr a and Mrs Dickinson; piano duet, 1 “Rhapsody No. 14” (Lizt) Mrs P. Vin- p ing and Miss Hodgson; vocal ensemble £ “Evening Rhapsody” (Keighley). a The accompanists for the evening t were Misses Hodgson and Wilding. ii At the conclusion of the pro- t gramme thanks were extended to the 1 ladies’ committee —Mesdames Rose- s Innes, Noble, Davis, Gustavel, Watson, I Lemmer, Farmer, and Vaughan—to c the honorary secretary, Mrs H. S. I Claughton, also to the ladies’ choir b and to the accompanist, Miss G. Hodg- ti son, and Mr H. S. Claughton, who had a prepared the part songs sung at each 0 session. ; e

' The function concluded with a dainty supper enjoyed by the large number of guests and members present. The hall was beautifully decorated with flowers and presented a gay scene.