EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4312, 22 March 1901, Page 7

EVEN ING EN TERTAINMENTS

FITZGERALD’S CIRCUS. “ Messrs -Fitzgerald/Bros.* .-circus anil menagerie will open ia fix .nights’ season on Monday, ,and matinee performances will be given. on,-Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. .;,i-.pqt-h; ; tlre,,menagerie' aid the circus company have’ been, greatly I added to «i.nc£..tl.ift..Jf&fthinat ion was last bore, sensations and novelties of all kinds having • been secured; by : Mr Tom Fitzgerald during a seven inojlihs’ tour of the .world. The combination; includes a. number of pcrforinefs. whp pVe„making tlieir-ifirst appearance here.’ Among- the horses’is the famous Newliavett, who beat the champion jumping horse of-Australia by clearing Oft 4in. Newhaven will jump bit,(it every performance. The animal acts are under tho trahiorship of Herr Zapf. f Dix’s Gaiety-Company attracted another bumper hpjuge to the Theatre Royal last night, when the bill for the week Was repeated. - -‘ L i ' ThO CtioraTTlill’was again largely patronised last night,, when Fuller's Empire Vaudeville.rConipany : appeared.,..with sneTf« 9 ’h 1 seam ! The first ot the monthly concerts to be given by the pupils of Mr Robert Parker took place at. the Dresden Rooms last night. These concerts, been instituted by Mr Parker on .the lines of thofje conducted hy.the Royal Academy. are designed to, accustom pupils to appear injpublic without nervousness." THe programjne was an excellent'one; the pianoforte music be-ing-representative of varied schools, and the performers, as .well as their .abler teaejief. are’to’be congratulated on their success. | ; The Orchestral" Society’s special [chorus held a very successful rehearsal ;of Mr Maughan Barnett's Jubilee Ode last night in St. John’s Schoolroom. The voices present numbered 250, which is almost the total strength of the chorus.