GRAMMAR SCHOOL CONCERT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21916, 27 September 1934, Page 14

GRAMMAR SCHOOL CONCERT

Tho high standard set in previous years by the concerts of the Mount Albert Grammar School >vas fully upheld last night, when a very varied programme was presented at the Town Hall. By far the most outstanding item was the singing of a number of old sea chanties, with an explanatory foreword by "Lee Fore Brace," a well-known speaker on the subject. Under the baton of Mr. A. R. Gatland the choir of 500 voices gave an excellent rendering of some of the best-known songs of tho sen Othcy choruses by the whole school were "Tho Leader of the Town Brass Band" (Longstaffc), "Mother Machree" (Olcott and Ball), and "Tho Changing of the Guard." Novelty was provided by the whistling of two numbers, with an organ accompaniment, while a tap dance by W. O. Broad and H. C. R. Wicks met with prolonged applause. Two dramatic selections, "Tho House of Dreams" and "The Bathroom Door," were presented by members of the school dramatic club, while members of the School House were seen in a farcical sketch. An organ solo by A. H. James was the most prominent of a number of solo numbers, among which were a soprano solo, "Break of Day," by G. F, Cornwall, a 'cello number, "Berceuse de Jocelyn," by L. F. Johns, and a violin solo by J. P. Stewart. Tho proceeds were in aid of school funds.