THE COMPETITIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22353, 29 August 1934, Page 7

THE COMPETITIONS

A BRIGHT PROGRAMME HALF-HOUR ENTERTAINMENTS MEN’S ELOCUTION CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDED One of the brightest programmes of the festival was presented at the Dunedin Competitions last night, an audience which completely filled His Majesty's Theatre showing warm appreciation of a wide variety of items. Besides juvenile ballets, musical and dramatic half-hour entertainments were presented, and vocal and step dancing performances completed the programme. Air J. L. Salmond presided. It was announced last night that the Men's Elocution Championship had -been won by Mr Ernest Moller with 21 points, Mr R. S. M'Kenzie being second with 144 points. As no competitor secured a sufficient number of points to qualify, there will be no awards of ladies’ or boys’ championships. The following are yesterday’s results: — ELOCUTION Judge: Mr J. W. Bailey (Auckland), READING AT SIGHT. 12 and under 16. Miss Lydia Henderson (Mornington), .85 points .. .. .. .. .. • • 1 Miss- Joy Knowles (Dunedin), S 3 . points . 2 Miss Ida Macdonald (Greymouth), 79 points . t Highly commended: Misses Joyce Kidley (Tain'ui), Edith Lunam (Musselburgh),- and Molly M'Leod (St. Hilda). Also competed:. Misses J. L. Kcown (Tomahawk), Alice Clar-ke (Dunedin). Christine Wallace and Masters Mervyn Fay (Dunedin), Fergus Still (Dunedin), Trevor Larsen (Dunedin), and Ivan Templeton (Dunedin). READING AT SIGHT, prose and poetry. Miss Edna Lungley (Roslyn), 87 points .. .. '. . • 1 Mr Ernest Moller (Dunedin), 83

points 2 Miss Nell Warren (Dunedin) and Mr R. S. M'Kenzie (St. Clair), 82 points (equal) . . .. .. 3 Very highly commended: Mies Jean Lister (Musselburgh). Highly commended: Miss Francos Mitchell (Dunedin). Also competed: Misses Joyce Clarke (Dunedin), Mblly Baker (St. Hilda), Joyce Hamer (Dunedin),, Nanna Newer (Ravensbourne), and J. A. Messent (Middlemareh).

RECITATION, girls 10 and under, “Shadows in Fairy Town,” Second Section.

Miss Verna Thompson (Dunedin), 83

(points Miss' Sheila Ferguson (Dunedin), 81

points 2 Miss Reta Wigg (Dunedin), 80 points 3 Highly commended: Misses June Smyth (St. Clair), Sylvie Bean (Dunedin), Jose Johnston (Dunedin), and Thelma Bean (Dunedin). Also competed; Mieses Gloria Cameron (Dunedin), Leslie Fronde (Musselburgh), Patricia Wilson (Balclutha), Zoe Preoble (Tainui), Ola Randall (Dunedin), Joyce Watt (Mornington), Elaine Robinson (Macandrew Bay), Winnie Sanderson (Dunedin), Rona M‘Allan . (Hew), Patricia M'Evoy (Macandrew Bay), Edna Johnson (Dunedin), June Donaldson (Dunedin), Doreen Hannan (Dunedin), Dawn Knowles (Opoho), June Meenan (Dunedin), Shirley Hyslop (Anderson’s Bay), Rita Palmer (Dunedin), Ddreen Smith (Dunedin), Hazel Doull (Dunedin), - ’ Shirley Jones (Mornington), Mavis Hellyer (Anderson’s Bay), Irene D. Milburn (Dunedin), and Joy Curte (Anderson’s Bay). . : The judge stated that he thought the audience wmfild agree that this class had beeb difficult to judge, as so many of the performances had been on a par. About 10 competitors had been only one point behind those highly, commended! RECITATION, 10 and under, own selec;Xi '‘a' ’ , Tion, not humorous. : Third Bection.

Miss Ngaire K. Bean (Dunedin), 83

points Master M. Johnston (Dunedin), 83

points .. .. .. .... 2 Miss Irene D. Milburn (Dunedin), 81 points .. .. ’. ~ 3 Very highly commended: Misses Doreen Smith .(Dunedin), Sylvie Bean (Dun-' edin), and Edith Wallace* (Mornington). Highly commended: Misses Ola Randall (Dunedin), Raymond Dunn (Caversham), Arthur Sherriff (Roslyn), and Bernard Larsen (Dunedin). Also competed: Misses June Meenan (Dunedin), Marie Lenihan (Anderson’s Bay), Rita E. Fleury (St. Kilda), Hazel Doull (Dunedin), Thelma Bean (Dunedin), V. Proctor (Anderson’s Bay), Valerie Walker (Anderson’s Bay), Margaret Hitchcock (Anderson’s Pay), Ngaire Doull (South Dunedin), Lois Thomson (Dunedin), Marjorie Jones (Dunedin), Shirley Hyslop (Anderson’s Bay), Rona White (Musselburgh). Evelyn Flaws (Mornington), Pauline Howell (Fairfield), and Master Bobby Whale (Mornington). _ 1 Mr Bailey said that the winner showed originality and was a clever child. The whole section was good, and the pieces were well chosen. VOCAL MUSIC Judge: Mr F. Bullock (Christchurch). VOCAL SOLO, ladies, own. selection. Miss Maud Giles (Dunedin), 89 points ~ 1 Miss Noni Davidson (Dunedin), 88 points 2 Miss R. Price (Dunedin), 86 points 3 Highly commended: Misses Anne White (Mornington) and Margaret 'Murray (Dunedin). Also competed; Misses V. M. Brunton (Tomahawk), Grace Clark (Dunedin), Angela Hendry (Caversham), Margaret Mitchell (Dunedin), Peggy Ramsay (Dunedin), and Margaret Beattie(Patearoa). This selection, said Mr Bullock, was not as good as he had hoped. Some of the most prominent singers failed -to perform as well as usual. Miss Giles very much at night. She chose $ difficult song to sing in public, but sang with fine expression and good control. Miss Davidson sang with the right tone, colour, and good expression, but where she failed was in the climax. Miss Price’s afternoon performance was very fine. VOCAL SOLO, ladies, open to all; (a) operatic air, own selection. The following competed:—Misses Angola Hendry (Caversham), Edith Clare (Musselburgh), Grace Clark (Dunedin), Maud Giles (Dunedin), Anne White (Mornington), Margaret Mitchell (Dunedin), Helen Christie (Dunedin), Margaret Murray (Dunedin), Noni Davidson (Dunedin), Margaret Green (Duucdin), and R. Price (Dunedin). The second section (ballad) will be heard this afternoon and the final tonight. VOCAL SOLO, under 18. / . Second Section, Master Rex Elmes (Dunedin), 89 points 1 Miss Natalie Hall (St. Clair), 88 points • • • • 2 Miss Norma Brown (Dunedin J, 87 points 3 These competitors were necalled on Wednesday last. Mr Bullock stated that one feature of the class which many of the older performers could emulate with profit was the fine enunciation of the singers. This was particularly so in the case of Alias Brown. Mr Elmes gave a remarkable performance for a boy, his singing being restrained and refined. Miss Hall sang a charming song very well, but Miss Brown was not so good as on her first appearance. DANCING Judge: Miss Cecil G. Hall (Auckland). STEP DANCING, suitable for musical comedy, under 12. Miss Joy Gray (Dunedin), 86 points 1 Misses Gwen Cox (Concord) and Joyce Rowley (Woodhaugh), 85 points (equal) 2 Misses Bessie Shirley (Dunedin) and Agnes Stewart (Roslyn), 84 points (equal) .. .... .... 4

Very highly commended: Misses Winnie Todd (Dunedin) and Joyce Smith (NorthEast Valley). Highly commended: Misses Rowena Jackson (Musselburgh), Audrey M'Nish (Christchurch), and Lorraine Hill ('Dunedin). Also competed: Misses Noeliue Reeve (Mornington). June M'Kenzie (St. Clair), and-Masters Trevor Phillips (Dunedin), Billy Hewitt (Dunedin), andiLeon Riley (Dunedin). This was a very wide section, said Miss Hall, and the younger competitors hardly stood a fair chance. There was, however, not a poor dancer in the class. The prizewinners were exceptionally good. STEP DANCING, suitable for musical comedy, 12 and under 10. Miss Joyce CoWier (Mornington), 91 . points I Miss Daphne Finnerty (Caversham), SO points 2 Miss Ngila Slowly (St. Clair), So points .. 2 Very highly commended: Misses Wilmur Thomson (St. Hilda) and Lila Murdoch (St. Hilda). Highly commended: Misses Joan Anderson (Dunedin), Gwypneth Watson (Dunedin), Nol a Lawrence (Christchurch), June Lawrence (Christchurch), and Ngairc Wix (N.E. Valley). Also competed: Misses 1 ranees Bryan (Dunedin), Una Craig (St. Kildtf), Margaret Ufton (Roslyn), Daphne Irwin (Dunedin), Norma Gore (St. Clair), Mavis Rowe (Dunedin), and Joan Bryan (Dunedin). Miss Hall slated that the placed competitors in this section did some of the finest work of its type that she had seen. BALLET 0R GROUP DANCING, under 13, not more than 12 or less than six performers. Miss Lily Stevens’s School of Dancing, “ Scotland’s Own,” 91 points .. 1 Miss Lilv Stevens’s School of Dancing, "A Wedding Eve Phantasy,” 79 points " Miss Hall said that both ballets showed excellent training. In the first the children danced well in unison and thentime was good. Tile ballet placed second was charming. It was cleverly arranged and had a professional finish. HALF-HOUR ENTERTAINMENTS MUSICAL SECTION. Miss Anita Winkel’s party, “ The i Naughty Nineties,” 86 points .. I Miss Florence Pacey’s party, The Merry Medley,” 83 points .. .. • ■ 2 These were the only competitors. In announcing the awards of the three judges, Mr Bullock said that the winners performance had continuity? It was excellent fooling, and as an entertainment was the better performance of the two. Some excellent singing was heard from Miss Pacey’s party, and the ballet work was also very good. Though it was musically the better entertainment, it lacked continuity. DRAMATIC SECTION. One of the 10 entrants in the dramatic section of the half-hour entertainments appeared last night, the W.E.A. arts class presenting “Tne Man Called Jones." Four performances in this section will be given to-night and five to-morrow night. TO-DAY’S PROGRAMME An interesting programme will be presented at His Majesty’s Theatre this evening, commencing with the church choir contest between the St. Clair t Presbyterian Church Choir and the United Congregational Church Choir. The programme also includes three half-hour entertainments, dramatic section, W.E.A. arts class (“Allison’s Lad”), W.E.A. drama class (“The Man Who Would -Not Go To Heaven”), and the Good Companions (“The Man in the Bowler Hat ), and the final of the vocal solo ladies’ operatic air and ballad will also be heard at this evening’s session. By special request Mr J. W. Bailey, the elocution judge, will give impersonations of “ People I Have Met.” This should prove an interesting and instructive' item, as Mr Bailey is a ■well-known entertainer throughout New Zealand. At the Concert Chamber this morning recitation, girls 10 and under, and character recitals will be submitted, and at the afternoon session recitation for girls 11 to 14. At His Majesty s Theatre this morning vocal solo (ladies). and national, Scotch, or Irish songs will he heard, and this afternoon the vocal solo (ladies, b), ballad, and ballet dance. To-morrow there will be a special matinee consisting of some of the choicest children’s items that have been heard during the festival. Demonstration concerts will be held on Friday and Saturday, evenings, and matinees on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday afternoons. The box plan for these concerts is now open at Chas. Begg and Co.’s. ....