AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14536, 25 November 1910, Page 7

AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS

1 T> &. ' ' / ' ■ fe®% SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL. , M'W choir CONTEST CLOSED. e-, w * Majesty's Theatre was filled to ■ - r overflowing last evening, for the fourth ■\hiih:' jijjt of the Auckland Competitions SoB Sy» Festival, and a large number of - L, o pi e were turned away. In fact, snc- -- f ces turned to misfortune, for more people ' than the dress circle was licensed for -V were admitted, and the mistake brought " - V '"down upon the management the wrath of "-"the powers that be. ■ v . The whole of the programme last even- ' : ing was devoted to finals, and it was • therefore interesting throughout. The ~ most attractive items were the finals in the church choir competition, and great interest was taken in them. Five choirs • " Lead, Kindly Light," and the ••• • judge? Mr. Paget Gale, made the pleasing ' y " : guiouncement that at the close of the - programme the massed choirs would sing vi the test anthem, "0 Gladsome Light," :. • The performance, which was conducted -"-by Mr. Gale, was very fine, and was ' - greatly enjoyed. ; ' CHURCH CHOIR CONTEST. ; ""GRAFTON WINS THE SHIELD. • , ~ Grand Church Choir Contest (open to >- til church choirs of from 20 to 30 voices), j' unaccompanied. —First prize, £25 and silf; - ;V_ver»mounted challenge shield, presented by £. Eady and Co. second, £10; third, certificate; silver-mounted baton to con-Ci'-'-fvdoctor of first choir. Selections: (a) "0 Gladsome Light" (from Sullivan's "Gold : Legend"), (b) "Lead, Kindly Light" - (Dykes). The anthem was sung By the ■£fS five competing choirs on Tuesday evening, Pi lid the hymn was sung last night. The $ choirs competing were : —Eden Terrace ' $ Primitive Methodist Church (Mr. J. Mol- •: Jaid, conductor, 30 members), Grafton V goad Methodist Church (Mr. E. J. Gat- -■.* land, conductor, 30 members), Trinity Methodist Church (Mr. Thompson, conductor, ' 30 members}, Unitarian Church (Mr. A. / 1 Bartley, conductor, 28 members), and Beresford-street Congregational .Church ' ;> (Mr. H. E. Simmonds, conductor, 25 mem;\l;;bers). The final award was : — ■^■o.'Grafton Road, 193 points (anthem 98, ftt "• hymn 95} 1 Unitarian, 169 points (anthem 82, hymn '/••• 87) ... ... 2 " v Trinity, 162 points (anthem 82, hymn ; •k 80) ... r ... 3 ?'*' Mr. Gale, stated that all the choirs had ipsv performed very well, especially in the H/ bvmn, and the* leading one stood out but 10f ■ little from the others. Eden Terrace secured 156 points (anthem 77, hymn 79), $&■*:. and Beresford-street, 153 points (anthem fe. 76, hymn 77). ib.rVv -■ ■ ■ ■ It THE VOCAL SOLOS. ! f;-~ TENOR AND BASS COMPETITIONS. fe:\ ; Tenor Solo: "Evening Song" (Blumenthai);' first prize £2, second £1, third ;. <• certificate. The competitors selected to qualify for the final were —Mr. Joseph - Phipps. Wellington; Mr. Arthur Wrigley, : -v., Ponsonby • Mr. Arthur Ripley. Ponsonby; Mr. Wm. Aspinall, Epsom. The judge remarked that he had selected four candidates, as he was in doubt as to the third >• -position. The finr.l award was: Arthur Ripley, Ponsonby, 93 points 1 Win. Aspinalf, Jipsom, 92 points. ... 2 - Joseph Phipps, Wellington, 87 points 3 The judge stated that Mr. Wrigley had • secured 85 points. All four singers had y given very artistic performances, and it \ had been very difficult to apportion the points. i:-\ Bass Solo: "The Gladiator" (Adams); „ first prize £2. second £1, third certificate. The three competitors selected to qualify for the final were —Mr. John Wallis, ; Mount Albert; Mr. : Oliver Farrow, Auckland ; Mr. P. Powell, Waihi. After the *' first rendering the judge was in doubt as to his third selection, and recalled Mr. Wallis, also Mr. Stanley Simons (Ponsonby) and Mr. Edward Watson (Thames), J with the. result that- Mr. Wallis was ' chosen. » " The final result was: ; Oliver Farrow, Auckland, 93 points 1 ■ P. Powell, Waihi, 90 points 2 J. Wallis, Mount , Albert, 88 points 3 The judge said he had found that nearly all the competitors were baritones, : and he had selected the three who were most .nearly basses. " - Sacred Solo (soprano) : "0, Divine Re- . :' deemer 1 ' (Gounod); first prize £2, second - £1, third certificate. The final decision . . './- .was :— ■■ '"vjf Miss Liban Bear, Napier, 81 marks ... 1 ■ Miss F. Roberts/ Devonport, 78 marks 2 , Sire. E. Bellini, Hamilton, 77 marks ... 3 &psd Solo (contralto) : "Abide with ||| v M®" (Liddle); first prize £2, second £1, -"<■ c : third 1 "Certificate. The placed competitors f'/ii (final) -srere— * « > - Herbert Cooke. Auckland 89 marks 1 v . Hi 85 Rettie Hunt, Auckland, 81 marks 2 I || * -Miss Gwenyth Evans, Paeroa, 80 marks 3 .^^l r the first rendering Miss Hunt and tp® i van# were eve with 80 marks each. < were recalled, and Miss Hunt scored §fei • an ®stra point, winning second place. |pp ftiiSSf®;PIANO. SOLO. ' v' . ' jS> ±02 SIGHT READING TESTS. if t Solo (under 16 years}: " The • I=VvS-'.' (Mendelssohn); first prize silver ff:<? second bronze medal, third , I''" < The 'placed competitors (final) ?- Alfred Pascoe, Grey Lynn, 88 ; ' 'tjr'marks .... ... ... 1 f: ■ : f ':«% McNeill, Ellerslie, 86 marks 2 3 . ««te:..Miid Upfill, Parne.ll, 85 markjs 3 /' V v*_ i'i&ao Solo _ (eight reading, under 16 Adjudicator's selection; first prize * ,V f r - , '~ffledal, second bronze medal, ■} ' 'ficatc. The placed, competitors Y \ - Miss Enid Plummer, Auckland, 58 i ,marks - ; 1 Pi»|xud, IJpfi ll ,; Parnell, 48 marks 2 r Mabel Scott, Mount Eden, 45 " marks ... ... ... 3 -• | ELOCUTION. t. « • 1X - TH E PREPARED SPEECH. : / "• Speech (lady or gentleman; '• ■ ~ anWioil'T ~^S. minutes; choice of three f J*, i 13 Future of New Zealand," i, >v F>ol f or y Military Training," and ' rf, Place in National Life"; first C r ' 6ecoT, d £1, third cer- " " 'barif °-4i. Mr. , Clark. was unable to sei • i two fading competitors, and bracketed them for first place, I" **ward e aQ d second prizes. The > jr. 4^, e ° e v as ' Ohakune, 141 marks + £ : Miss Pnk nr *? ea^e ' Auckland, 141 marks t 1 _ - .''•s- » y Moore, Auckland, 135 marks 3 an( l • Mr. Neale spoke on 'W. : U New Zealand," and Miss | "life.'' a woman's Place in National on dog uc (dramatic or pathe:>.i: 1 'nt<n-» J'wroorous; lady or gentleman; !? n ) : First prize £2, second : %£n3al(iidaVll r ' f:erLlfica t'- The three selected to qualify for —Mr. Francis Gardner, * , snb Ji« ct —'' H We Only Knew'' ; : V? H .V." ttd - nk , forking, A uckiand, - The

i Game of Life"; Mr. A. J. Black, Auck--1 land, " 'J-Tie House by the Side of the Road." The final result was*» A. J. Black, Ponsonby, 175 points ... 1 . F. Gardner, Auckland, 146 points ... 2 F. Lorking, Auckland, 141 points ... 3 Dramatic Recital (ladies): First prize, £2; second prize, £1; third prize, 10s. Test piece, " Paul Revere's Ride" (Longfellow). Final:— Mrs. Jowitt, Auckland, 173 points ... 1 Miss E. Purdon, Auckland, 139 points 2 Miss M. Kelly, Devonport, 124 points 3 This test opened on Wednesday morning, and the three placed ladies competed again last night. The judge, Mr. J. M. Clark, said he had selected the three ladies in question on their recitation of pieces selected by themselves. It was a very different thing to recite a masterpiece like " Paul Revere's Ride" and to recite " any old thing" they liked to bring along. But in Mrs. Jowitt he had found an • artist, not only in technicalities, but in expression as well. Shakesperian Recital, gentlemen (open) : First prize, £2; second prize, £1; third prize, certificate. Test piece, " Othello's Defence":— Thomas Harris, Auckland, 144 points 1 A. J. Black, Ponsonby, 129 points ... 2 Gifford Remington, Napier, 122 points 3 Recitation for scholars of secondary schools and colleges: Test piece, " A Sea Boat " (Ruskin): First prize silver medal, second bronze medal, third certificate. Final result (the only competitors)— Sir. Wm. Stevens, Auckland, 148 marks 1 Miss Dorothy Montague, Auckland, 140 marks 2 Sight Reading for scholars of secondary schools and colleges; test piece, To 'a Skylark" (Wordsworth): First prize silver medal, second bronze medal, third certificate. Final results: — Mr. Wm. Stevens, Auckland, 120 marks 1 Miss Muriel Macredie, Auckland, 119 marks •• 2 FIRST ROUND OF DEBATE. "NATIONAL PROHIBITION." Debate (open to all bona-fide literary societies, three speakers on each side, seven minutes each speaker); subject, " National Prohibition in New Zealand: Would It Be a National Benefit?" First prize, £3 and silver-mounted challenge shield presented by Dr. W. C. W. McDowell (shield to be held for one year, or permanently if won three times); second, £1; third, certificate. Adjudicators: Dr. H. D. Bamford, LL.D., and Mr. R. McYeagh. Referee: Mi. C. J. Parr. The first round of the debate took place in the Y.M.C.A. Hall last evening, when three teams of three speakers each debated the subject from each point of view. The affirmative teams were the Ponsonby Literary and Debating Society, Y.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Club, and the University College "B." The negative teams were the University College "A," the Sacred Heart College Debating Society, and the Marist Bros.' Old Boys' and Catholic Young Men's Club. Dr. McDowell presided over a fair attendance. At the conclusion of the debate the referee, Mr. Parr, announced that the judges had deckled that the negative side of the argument had been most ably sustained by the Marist Bros.' Old Boys' and Catholic Men's Club, and that the affirmative side's best team was University College "B." At the same time the judges considered that the University "A" team was a stronger team than University " B," and they therefore regretted that it would be unable to take part in the debate the following evening. The judges did not offer any comment on the matter, manner and method of the debate. The teams which will compete to.-night will be as follows: —Affirmative (Uniersitv " B"): Messrs. R. H. Melville, H. Powell, and J. Mackenzie. Negative (Marist Bros.' and Catholic Club): Messrs. T. Nevin, R. Casey, and W E. Hackett.