ALBANY STREET SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11917, 15 December 1900, Page 12

ALBANY STREET SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.

i It is a pity that a. larger hall was not available last "night when the Albany street School I pupils and some of their .friends gave an enter- ' I tainment in aid of the prize fund and of the Swimming Club. The Choral Hall, in which the entertainment was held, was simply packed, and the restlessness of the children in the . ! audience, and the limited staff accommodation, ' ; did not give the performers so good a chance i as they should have got. A programme of three parts was presented. The first consisted of a I May festival and a Maypole dance. In the fes--1 tival Ceorgma Meredith was May Queen, Ivy 1 Hood, May Korden, and Emily "Donald were | ' maids of honour; Percy Turner, Cecil Bennett, \ ! and Harold Hunter were pages; Bella Peterson i and May Bowden were soloists; and Harold ' [ Bowden was captain of the. Queen's Guard. ' There were also a number of children dressed as flower girls, butterflies, etc.. and along i with tile principals they received cordial apphiuse as they came up one after another hi ; answer to the queen's call. The Maypole 1 dance, under the direction of Miss Haig, was also a, very pretty item. The second and third : parts consisted of songs, recitations, tableaux, etc. Recitations were given by Dora Msitheson { and Huby Ben-ley, the one by the latter being I a patriotic one, entitled "The Boy's Return.' I Alices Baker. Alfred Knewstiibb, pupils of the I school, sang songs, and sola? were also given ] by Miss M'Dor.ald (" Whisper and I shall Shear"), Miss Dunsmuir (" Killarney"), and i Mr C. Morton (" The old flag"). Needless to i sr.y each pevformni got hearty applause. The ; school cadets and the girls of the upper classes i gave exhibitions of physical drill; an exhibition i of club-swinging to given by Master Alex- | antler Itanr.a. who, with his brother Fred, also ; gave an exhibition of boxing. Had there been j more stage room the tableaux, successful as ■ they were on f.lio whole, would certainly have ] been very effective. Four were given ali together—" Bubbles," with David Wrioht as soloist; «obin Hood, with Harold Bowden as poloist: "The British Lion," and a grand patriotic, one, " The British Emm're," with D. Teller .is soloist. Coloured illuminations were usotl with these tableaux, but as the wings of the stage had been extended into the hall itself, while they helped the effect but created a vile atmosphere, which even before had been in a stilt* commonly known as " thick." Even some of the small boys, who will stand a, lot to sco such things, felt bound to protest " that they didn't want any more of that there stuff." The accompanists during the evening were Miss Platt? and Mr M'Lareri. ! About £20 will nrobably be realised by last j - ,1,1 i I , i| •,! - " , -I ;j] jL'tlu S COnCCrt, nllt til 6 COD!TiI itl6o 111X011 Cl, '. owing to the grpat, crowd which attended last . night, to repeat the entertainment, slightly altered, this evening, when the charge will ba 6d only. I ' ' _ . I " "" "