AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14855, 5 December 1911, Page 9

AUCKLAND COMPETITIONS

THE CHILDREN'S CHOIRS. T DICKENS' AND SHAKESI3ERE. A The Auckland Competitions Society's j festival was continued yesterday. j c It was a busy day, as the programme ( d included several items for young perform- j t j ers, and the entries were very numerous. : — jli VOCAL MUSIC. j a * ..... ; \S PRIMARY .. SCHOOL CHOIRS. w Tho final in the primary school choirs £ contest was held last night. As thorn are three prizes .and only two choirs were called for the final test, and as one of | them made a. much poorer performance than in the preliminaries, the result of the final test produced an apparent Tiara- a dox, as the choir placcd second gained e fewer points than the one which took t: third prize. The award was; l n Dovonpoit School, 86 marks ... ••• 1tNewton West, 78 marks ... ... u Marist Brothers, 83 marks ... ....'3 » QUARTETTE (MIXED • VOICES). b Four quartettes of mixed voices sang Sullivan's "Hush Thee, My Baby." Tho h award was :— , li ll Grafton Quartette (blisses Gill and £ Short, Messrs. Blakeley and Burton) 86 points - ••• : ••• 1 1 Training College Quartette (Misses j. WyUie and Astley, Messrs. Hutton f and Seeley), 82 points ... ••• " 1 Grafton Quartette (Misses Laver and ( Johnston, Messrs. Ripley and Gat- 7 land), 76 points ... ••• ••• 6 1 TENOR SOLO (RESTRICTED). J The final in the tenor solo, restricted t class, for which the test was Schubert's { " Serenade," was taken last night. Tho < judge expressed disappointment with the class as a whole, stating that the production of tenor voices appeared not to have been properly studied. The award was : Mr. E. MacCormick (Auckland), 77 ] points ... ••• ••• ••• ( . Mr. S. Exton (Auckland), 75 points... 2 , INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. . . ' ~ j ] PIANO SOLO (UNDER 16). A very largo class was the piano solo, under 16. The test was Gade's '* Barcarolle in F." Twenty children entered for the contest, which was held yesterday morning, threo of the players being selected to play again in the evening. The results were : Clarico Wood, 86 points ... < *" 1 Mary Harvey, 85 points ... ••• Marjorie Earle, 78 points ... ••• « PIANO SOLO (UNDER 12). In the piano solo class, under 12, there were 25 entries. Tho competitors, all of whom wore girls, played Gurlitt's " Allegretto Graziosa in A." The award was made after the test, but the winner will play on Saturday afternoon. , Tho award was : Madge Griffiths (Auckland) ... ... 1 Grace Fletcher (Auckland) and Mavis Ax ford, equal ..." ••• ••• ••• 2 Hilary Baker (Auckland) ••• ••• 3 ■ PIANO SOLO (UNDER 10). In this class.there were 14 entries. 'Hie j test was Beethoven's " Minuetto Sonatina ' in G." Tho winner will perform on Saturday afternoon. Tho award was Edna Craig (Epsom), 84 points , ... 1 Dorothy Hardy (Mount Roskill), 82 points ••• _ •••,. 2 Vera Hardy (Mount Roskill), 74 points 3 ELOCUTIONARY EVENTS. SHAKESPEAREAN DIALOGUE. There were eight entries in tins Shakesperoan dialogue competition, in which the test selection was the well-known '.' casket scene," between Portia and Bassanio, from "The Merchant of Venice." The competition was held in the afternoon, two sets i competing* again in the evening for firet and > second place. Both these couples gave > good performances, nicely relieved by a ; judicious amount of action. The award , was: — [ Miss Knight and Mr. T. Harris, 79 points - 11 i, Miss Bartley and Mr. H. Borradale, 75 . I . points ... ... ... ; ... ... 2 > Miss Arnold (Wellington) and Mr. Z. i • Wood, 72 points ... ... ... 3 ' DICKENS CHARACTER SKETCH. A very interesting competition was that for a character itch taken from the •works of Dickens, but only three competi- " tor?, out of six who entered, appeared. Mr T. Harris and Mr. H. Borradalo gavo striking representations of Mr. Fagin in the scene illustrating his last night alive, anjd Miss B. Purdom a pathetic and convincing study of Joe, the crossing-sweeper, in " Bleak House." Tho award was:— T Mr. T. Harris (Auckland), 80 points ... 1 ■ Mr. H. Borradale ( Auckland), 77 points V Miss B. Purdom (Parnell), 74 points 3 5 9 ' COMEDIETTAS. There were only two entries, in the comedietta class, and their efforts were , made daring last week. The award was : i, Misses Bartley and Farrell and Mr. . Borradale (" A Busy Day"), 78 points • .... 1..' 1 • Mrs. Turner, Misses Arnold, and Miss i- F. Bartley, 65 points ... ... 2 l} RECITATION (BOYS). There were 27 entries in the comi, petition for boys in Standard IV. "ot primary schools, the test being At the >, Seaside" (Lindon Meadows). Tho three who .qualified for the final, and who >- will repeat the recitation on Saturday afternoon, were Joseph Moodabe, John '» Shirley, and Norman M'Nair. ■ '