AMUSEMENTS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 13904, 4 November 1919, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS.

SYDNEY STATE ORCHESTRA.

It is now definitely decided that the Sydney State Orchestra will visit Oaiuaru —if the guarantee of £3OO ! possibly less") is arranged. * aud if certain other conditions can be- complied with—for both afternoon and evening performances on Thursday. February f>th. It should be explained that, even though the local performances pay to more than the extent of I.b« guarantee, the guarantors will still be' liable for their proportion of the loss of the Dominion tour, if any. Alreadv .iMOOO in guarantees has been secured for the Soutli Island, and £SOOO is in sight. In view of thi.s fact it may be possible to reduce the local .guarantee to £'2so. Tf ihe orchestra visits Oaiuaru as. above stated, il will be necessary for it to be accommodated in Oaiuaru for the nighr. and as the performers number 80. if the accommodation is to be paid for. it will seriously reduce the proiiU. It is hoped that the musical people of Oaiuaru will billet the members free, as was done in the case of the Sheffield Choir, and offers of such accommodation will be gratefully received at the meeting*!)! the Council Chambers to-raorrow night elsewhere advertised. The afternoon and evening performances are contingent, in fact, upon support of this nature. The tour is not a moneymaking one. but an educational one, but. though it must pay its way, there is every possibility of a substantial prolif. Fifty per cent, of tho profits goes to a fund for tlie encouragement of music in New Zealand, the exact nature of which rests with the trustees, but which will verv likely go to the foundation of a cotiservatorium of music, ft is definitelv stattd that 50 per cent, of tho profits will be spent in the promotion of music in the Dominion. With these facts to ponder over, there should lie an enthusiastic meeting to-morrow nlght.

LYRIC CONCERT PARTY. Tlie Lyric Concert Party, which will appear at the Opera House on Thursday and Friday next in halftime co-operation with Hayward'sFuller's Pictures, is a. combination of thorough artists, generously iuclined to a responsive audience, capable of thoroughly delighting the most critical. .Mr Walter Whyte, the well-known Australian tenor, who has previously appeared in Oamaru. will sing from grmid and comic opera, and his interpretation of ballads i* said to be most effective. Miss

Belle Pollard. ;i. Vktorian soprano, who has just completed ;i tour of * South Afrka and the "United States, will jrire from a full repertoire of solos and opera and with Mr Whrle will ainjx duets whieh have eharuied all their audiences. With them, * a host- in ht-rself is Miss Hat hie Howie Stuart, who as Mrs Croftou Umbers. ho deliprlit«'fJ Uauiaru uuJieuees on her Visit here. As a aud impersonator she- is the essence of

effective vivacity. Her dialects are most realistic, and Iw.r acting- is l.heir f.qual in excellence. She is a comedienne who may be relied upou for a delicious half hour.