DANCE AT EL REY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 24

DANCE AT EL REY

PAST PUPILS' GATHERING

THREE PROMINENT SCHOOLS

;' ATTRACTIVE DECORATIONS • Recapturing for a few hours the light-heartedness of their school days the past pupils of three prominent North Island schools gathered in the 'El' Rey Country Club last night for & >dance organised by representatives 'Of the bid -Pupils' Associations of each college; The schools were Nga Tawa, .Woodford House and the Wanganui Collegiate School, a very large number of past 'from each attending the dance; As- well as almost continuous dancing, competitive games ;were - arranged in the rooms adjoining .the ballfoom, the guests dividing their time pleasantly between these two at-" tractions. . - r! ~ Enlarged replicas of the shield' of each school were suspended on the wall facing the entrance to the club, and in. the, ballroom festoons" of balloons added,, to,. the. attractive decorative scheme'. The adjoining rooms; comfortably furnished -aml warmed by radiators wertf arranged with bowls .of eirly spring flowers, Iceland poppies and blue hydrangeas. J : Representative Committee ' r-"X large marqTice had been erected at- the 'back' 6f the club, a buffet sugiper. Being available throughout the evening.* :The_ tables . were decorated yi€h Iceliand poppies. Groups of bamboo foliage flanked the canvas walls and eyerhead .were loops of > brightlycplpured novelty lights. .;The committee consisted *of Mrs. Eo ( vering Russell and Miss Valerie Rowland, representing Woodford' House; jjliss {Barbara Stedman and Mrs. J. !». , Macintosh Horrocks, representing Nga Tawa; and Mr. G. P. Hanna and jjr.' Jv -La Macintosh Horrocks rep.the Wanganui Collegiate School, v _ . ,; r • liXhe guests were received by Mr. 'Austin Carr. president of- the Auckland branch, of the Wanganui Old - BoysV Mrs. Lovering Rus>president of the Woodford House Old 'Girls' - Association, and Miss Barbara Stedman, president of the Nga JtaWa College Old Girls' Association. Mrs. Russell was wearing a, frock of phlox pink crepe suede'with a green Velvet isash,' s and Miss Stedman was .in silver satin with a spray of violets on the corsage. C". - ' Some o! the Guests jjj* Among those present were:—Mrs. r i[ustin Carr, who wore a frock of roidvelvet; Mrs. Eric. Nolan, light"' ; ibTtie? arid ivory floral pat; Mrs/ft. G. G. Byron, silver wnbossed lame; iJlrs. J. L. Macintosh bliie sunray-pleated gfiede-VltK a beltVof cyclamen flowers; oldi'gojd niched Trevor Holmdon, Blne,. l fpirSrose'::M4 cherry floral patThorne George. metalassc, threaded with silver; Mrs. I. G. Wennie, black'pebble crepe with a rniclnight sflsh ; i; R. D. Horton, dark: jblue floral ninon patterned in,cherry and beig<j; Mrs. Douglas Mill, scarlet and white check taffetas; Mrs. - Meirvyn Reed, jcherrv ripple ninon;Mrs, Laurence Ludbrook, ivory self-embossed l&jcade; Mrs. Owen Mead,' black chiffon , d^onally' in, gold;. Mrs. J. tirtenar Biggs '(Waipoua I' otest), fck frilled . taffeta with a crimson shoulder 'i rose;-, Mrs. Scott Wilson, bjack' frock patterned in cherry, and sin Oriental triped silk coat; Dr. Margaret Knight,. geranium. crepc suede; Mrs. : "WI McKail Geddes, cerise shaded chiffon; Mrs. H. W. Wilson, white jfebbl©, crepe; Mrs. Neville ewcoin b? jnn., magnolia satin, the neckline out-; lined- with' diamante; -Mi's; Clifton , Firth, cyclamen chiffon. )■ - , > Lady-Anne W'alpole wore dark blue satin poulain leaf-patterned- in lighter blue and-, cherry; Miss Valerie Bow-* lind, gold, satin superimposed with j black lace; Miss Dina Isaacs, cicl blue j eatin beaute; Miss_ Juliet Ridley, pompadour pink > chiffon velvet; Miss Weir, black quilted taffetas #ith an orchid shoulder spray j; Miss Ethel Mappin, royal blue organdie spotted with black and white; Miss Ailsi Russell, silver brocade; Miss Patience Robertson," black silk crepe embroidered iri gold; - Miss Margaret Ewen, phlox pink craquelle lightly em|)r6idered "with diamante. y" Many Patterned Materials

: Miss Elfie . Reed .(Bav of Islands). Wasin lacquer red chiffon studded .With rhinestones; Miss Mary Wilson, rose-beige Chantilly lace; Miss Effie iStudholme (Paihia), midnight! blue georgette with a green and cherry sgsh; Miss Kathleen Stokes, rose pink shaded' taffetas; Miss Barbara Nolan, pastel pink georgette with a cyclamen BSBh;: Miss- Errol Cropper, leaf, green taffetas; Miss Nancy Coates, • black pairae velvet and gold lame tunic fjrock; 'Miss Noel'Hiorrocks, delphinium blue . quilted organdie;'' "'Miss lsabel darr, powder blue ruched taffetas;.. Miss Beth swanston, black,-gedrgette; "Miss Pauline, Cropper, pastel pink embroidered, lace organdie; Miss Ruth Wilson, -black, taffetas; Miss Marjorie Mappin, waterlily green Chiffon with bronze and white sashes; -Miss Christine Farter ivory pleiW georgette; Vfiss Mary Milsom. white crepe suede threaded with gold and with a sage p*een velvet sash ;Mifc's Diana Hill, (vory" and gold brocaded satin; Miss. Pat Clarke, daffodil .quilted'taffetas; Miss, Cecily. Russell, black, cherry and white floral patterned Ottoman- silk; Miss Zoe Rlimd. blue nlid ivory floral Chiffoni., hioire.'taffetas; jVliss' r Jean Fogerty, Wftto pebble crepe; Miss Dorothy Seaban, Mack and red sprigged . taffetas}; Miss Sheila Baker, lacquer red chiffort; Miss "Patricia Dawson, black cobweb lace; Miss' Nancy Dawson, white georgette spotted .in scarlet; Miss Joyce C'onnert. jnidnight bliie craquelle; Miss EVtuabeth Donald, lime-coloured georgette; Miss Barbara Sleddon. near] grey JCfeorgette with a cyclamen sash.