COMPETITIONS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12458, 28 May 1926, Page 5

COMPETITIONS

f *. EVENTS AT MASTERTON WELLINGTON CONTESTANTS PB MINENT. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Times.") MASTERTCJN, May 27. The Masterton competitions were continued to-day and this evening, before crowded sessions. Competition was keen and the standard of work very high, especially of the Wellington competitors, who are winning numerous events. The function is excellently managed. Results : Violin Solo (12 and under 16 years)— Master Graeme Mason (Wellington) 1, Master Gordon Mackinley (Clareville) 2. Piano Solo (16 and under 18 years)—Recalls, Miss Myrtle Lenz (Masterton), Miss Catherine Smith (Martinborough), Mi ss Kay Rosewarne (Masterton). Soprano Solo (own selection)—-Recall*, Miss Rita Masson (Carterton), Mra L. Rosenthal (Wellington), Miss Dorothy Dudson (Carterton). Mezzo-soprano Solo (own selection)—Recalls, Miss Ethel Cooke (Napier), Mrs L. Rosenthal (Wellington), Miss Edith Ralph (Wellington). Recitation (girls 10 and under 13 years) —Miss Queenie McLean (Wellington) 1, : Miss Evelyn Adams (Wellington) 2, Mi6S Sybil Wright (Frankton Junction) h.c. Recitation (boys 10 and under 13 years) —Master lan Watts (Wellington) 1, Master Kenneth Grant (Masterton) 2. Recitation (ladies’, test) —Recalls, Miss Mary Hart (Masterton), Miss Lena Jupp (Wellington), Miss Josephine Woolf (Masterton). Recitation (girls 13 and under 16 years) —Miss Mavis Windsor (Wellington) 1, Miss Gracie Kerr (Wellington) 2, Miss Jean Drew* (Masterton) and Miss Dulcie Ornie (Rona Boy) equal 3. Soprano Solo (final) —Miss Masson (Carterton) 1, Miss Dudson 2. English Song (ladies, final) —Miss Masson 1. Miss Gooding 2. Action Recitation (under 16 vears; final'—Miss Mellroy (Pctonc) 1, Miss Adams (Wellington) 2. Shakespearean Recitation (ladies, final)—Miss Woolf (Masterton) 1, Miss Hart 2. Character Sketch (under 16 years, final)—Laurence Searie (Wellington) 1, Evelyn Adams (Wellington) 2. Juvenile Choirs (under 16 years, final) —Wairarapa High School 1, Solway School 2. Juvenile Choir (under 14 years, final)— Solway School 1. Character Dance (under 12 years, final) —Marjorie Newport (Wellington) 1, Peggy Welch (Wellington) 2. Skipping Dance (12 to 18 years, final)— Marjorie Boon (Wellington) 1, Gladys Smyth 2. The judge stated that the performance of the second performer was excellent, and but for a slip she would have won. Operatic Solo (men, final) —E. W. Robbins (Wellington) 1, B. Venner (Masterton) 2. Contralto Solo (own selection, final)-;-Miss E. Jones (Masterton) 1, Miss K. Gooding (Carterton) 2. Story Without Words (final)—Miss A. Ramsay and party, Masterton.