OVAL PAVILION FUND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17427, 23 September 1918, Page 7

OVAL PAVILION FUND

VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ENTERTAINMENT. The entertainment held in His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday night to supplement the effort to raise money for the erection of a pavilion on the Oval did not attract a great number of patrons; Dut those who did attend were treated to some good singing, playing, and reciting. The entertainment was a success in everything but patron- 1 age. The selections from Gounod's "Fanst," played by the Kaikorai Band, were thoroughly enjoyable, and some good euphonium playing was heard. In an instrumental direction Mr G. W. Clark contributed a couple of violin solos, which were well treated, and Mr Dan Boyd was most successful in his playing of "The Lost Chord" as a trombone solo. The remaining instrumental item was a double piano duet, in which the performers were Misses Varney, Geddes, Hume, and Mr A. Geddes. This was Liszt's No. 2 Hungarian Rhapsodie, the playing being of a luglily commendable character. The vocal soloists were Airs R. A. Power, Mrs Coventry, Miss Florence Pacey, Messrs John M'Grath, Percy James, and Carr. Mrs Power sang "0 Lovely Night" (a 'cello obligato being supplied by Mr Trevor do Olive Lowe) quite up to her usual standard; Mrs Coventry's solo was entirely satisfactory to the audience; and Miss Pacey created a most favourable impression with her singing of "God Bring \'lou Safely to Our Arms Again. ' The gentlemen were no less successful than the ladies, so far as accompaniment conditions permitted. Mr M'Grath sang "The Yeomen of England" capitally, and Mr Carr gave a very satisfactory rendering of "The Devout Lover." He promises to be one of Dunedin's best basses. Mr James is always entertaining in humorous items, but on thepresent occasion his success was not complete, though through no fault of his own. "The Idlers" sang "Oft in the Stilly Night" very pleasingly, and' the Empire Girls danced a ballet, and presented an Eastern scene very effectively. The reciter of the evening was Mr S. H. Osborn, ■who secured a recall for his elocutionary skill; a similar compliment being paid to nearly every performer. The ballets were arranged by Mrs Wyatt, and the accompaniments were played by Misses Margaret M. Gawne, Dorothy Garland, Messrs D. Cook© and Paoey.