AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14854, 4 December 1911, Page 9

AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS

—.— A BUSY SATURDAY, '> FURTHER AWARDS, (\ ' :•.-':' ■ -..' : ' ''" ■'"•' '■' "' .■','.■!■'•.'■ V' : / : i A long programme of competitions in thai second festival of the Auckland Competi- , - tions Society was carried out on Saturday. Work started in His Majesty's Theatre at . nine aai, and in the Federal Hall a little ;:",|< later, and the judges were not clear until ••■'■;; after 11 p.m. The principal event was the " final test in the piano solo contest, which is dealt with in another column. '. , VOCAL MUSIC. J," ' * f.-f ~~t-. ' ,; " $• •'.'.■ ; SCHOOL CHOIRS CONTEST* A contest for school ~ choirs of 60 voices ' drew entries from the Grey Lynn, Newtonj I West, Devonport, Mount Eden, Onehunga- ,/\ j D.H., Ponsonby, and 'Marist' Brothers' schools. The test piece was Rnbenstein'a, " Wanderers' Night Song," and the choirs] j all acquitted themselves well. The Newton West and : Devonport choirs . were , selected to sing again in, a final test this j evening. ■■\':-> : ~.w.i.:: .., ''<-■}>, ,•'■■ h- : :\.■■ ' '■'■■ ''-V QUARTETTE, GENTLEMEN tfOPEN)< h'«- Only two"? quartettes % appeared -in this (contest, to . Bing Storch's "Reveries.'' They were : the Harmonic Quartette ; (Messrs. A. ■ Fogerty,, A. ■. Walker, iR. H.. , | Dellow, and A. McDonald) and the Lyric | Four (Messrs. Aspinall, Blakeley, Ryan, • | and McEhvain). In the first quartette thai j voices did not blend; at all 'well, and the singing was not properly, controlled. In the other four, the voices blended very well. The balance was excellent,; and all. the voices were good. Th«». award ':—'- The Lyric Four, 92 points .-, ... .j; ... 1 n Harmonic Quartette, 86 points ... ... 2 TENOR SACRED SOLO. j The final of the sacired tenor solo was contested by Messrs; W. Firth (Auckland), 3. L. Exton (Auckland), and W. Walter I (Auckland), r The song was Mendelssohn's "Be Thou Faithful." Professor.;";.> Ives said that the principal thing the competition had shown was the need for voice cultivation. 1 The award was Mr. W. Walter, 82 points' • -..., . ... 1 Mr. S. L. Exton, 79 points ... <... 2 Mr. W. Firth, 77 points > ... ...3 BASS SOLO' (RESTRICTED). '• • This final Kin the ; bass : solo, restricted class, was also taken, 'Messrs; S. Pritchard (Auckland) and A. Pacey (Dunedin) singing." 'The solo l was Wallace's * " Son of Mine." The award was: ' Mr. S. Pritchard, 89 points. t . ...• * ... I Mr. A. Pacey, 86 points ... ~.• ... 2'. CONTRALTO SOLO (RESTRICTED). ■ The final of the'contralto solo, restricted class ("I'll Rock You :to Rest"), resulted (X !in the award: — ' ' »_ , Miss E. Fletcher (Rewhiti), 87 points... 1 ; Miss J. Harvey (Haweia).' 86 points ... 2 Mrs. A. Jenkins (Hamilton),' 85 points 3 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. —___ | , CLARIONET SOLO. - i ■■ ■•" - • ■ '■'-' •'■:■'■•■■;' ..'vVN' ■ ■■<:■■■ i, '.■(■". .*t' !ii ■'•>."' ':.' I .The clarionet solo, ,',' Benegiji' T0 Window " (lie Thiera), was played*by Messrs. G. Eady (Mount Eden)"; W. Impey r. (Auckland), M..Brunette (Warkworth), E. Eady | ■ (Mount Roskill), H. Lester (Mount Eden), * H. Warder (Devonport), .R. • -Laurie (Auckland). Messrs. • Brunette and 'Eady were selected Hfco^ay^^^, find,, which] - will: be held on Wednesday evening'./ SCOUTS AND CADETS. ,' FIRST-AID WORK. A competition for scouts in first-aid work resulted vin ■; some performances ?of :' .unusual $5 merit. The winning ' team, Northcoto Troop, No. 1 team, 7 did all its .'work in as- • tonishingly i good ; style, and were highly complimented by* tho judges. The entries - were from the ParheU, JDevoripbrfc '" No. 1 and No. 2 Troops, and Northcote No. S 1 t 'and; No. ; 2 Troops. :, The boys were set first to; set a- ; broken thigh-bone; next to. stop a'hemorrhage, from the artery'at the ". back of the knee and finally to restore life .to one apparently drowned. The marks awarded were First test: Northcbte ■ No.. :'>;'. 1 team, 98 points; :; Parnell, "94 >i points. Second test: Northcote No. 1 team, 96 points; Parnell, 93. Third test: rNorthcoto No. 1 team, 99 points; Parnell, 98. •: Total: Northcote No. 1 team, 293 points; Parnell,';••■ 285 points.

, '■■■ :■:.-. ;'',■ ,v : -; ; .;:-.'.;. ■'. .',■■•■ :,:</:# ■ PHYSICAL DRILL. In a physical drill competition for junior cadets the award was:— : ■ s - ■ < Mount Eden No. 2 Company, 86 points I. Newton West, 1 85 points ... 3 ELOCUTIONARY EVENTS. ' CHARACTER DIALOGUE. v The final in the character dialogue k was '; held in the evening. Miss Hartley and Mr. H. Borradale repeated an attractive scene from " The Hunchback," and Miss Knight (Wellington) and Mr. T. Harris (Auckland) a scene between Richard TH. and Anne.' After remarking that in future competitions of the kind the players should bo given the advantage of appropriate scenery, he ; congratulated both couples . upon their work, with suitable criticisms for their future guidance.- The award -■ was:— Miss Hartley and Mr. Borradale,' ,82 ,: ; points •■: ... :: ••- -. I Miss Knight and Mr. Harris, H BO points 3V,V" Miss Arnold (Wellington) and Mr. ' Lorking, 75 points ... ~, **•*%. ' " A COMEDrETTA. .. . ; The evening concluded with the perform-* ance of a comedietta, rather thin in plot, entitled, "Cynthia's Dilemma," ;by i Mrs* - Turner, Miss Arnold/ and Miss F. Bartley - TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME. JUVENILE EVENTS. This is to be largely a day of children** v* competitions. The • programme > includes >■„ the piano solo (under 16), violin solo A ; (under 16), piano solo (under 10), and- ;.? piano solo (under 12), and for these there v' are ; altogether :78 entries. ;U These events will take place at the- theatre - during the , ' v i day. In the Y.M.C.A. Hall this afternoon boys in and below standard IV. will - recite "At the Seaside," and for this there are 27 entries. Thei'* Shakesperean dialogue will also be heard in the hall. The ' test piece is tho casket scene from the "Merchant of Venice." . .„ This evening the ■ school . choirs contest ' will be concluded. Tho other finals will be the Shalcesperean dialogue, piano, solo (under 16), and : tenor y solo (restricted class). There;: will be two now classes— ;:;;; the quartette ; (open), for mixed voices, "O .■ Hush Thee, My • Baby" (Sullivan) and a Dickens centenary character sketch (own selection), in costume and make up.