The Cadzow Family.

Opunake Times, Volume V, Issue 197, 24 July 1896, Page 2

The Cadzow Family.

The talented Oadzow Family intend paying Opunake a visit, and will appear here on next Wednesday evening in the Town Hall, Different companies with high-sounding titles have visited the place previously/ but as their performance was not up to the playbills people have got chary of patronising them. People living so far off the general route as Opunake is do not get the opportunity very often of hearing and seeing first-class artists, although when they are satisfied that a company is really good they give their patronage generously. The entertainment provided by the Oadzow Family is really a very refined one, and of a, very high-class order, and all lovers of good music, as well as those who enjoy a hearty two hours’ laugh, should not miss the opportunity of seeing them on next Wednesday evening. They have had a very successful season right along the coast, and of their appearance in Hawera the Star says:—

“ The programme submitted by the above company at the Opera House on Friday evening was a musical treat of uncommon order. That it was much appreciated was amply evidenced by the fact that almost every item was encored, Mr Lyster having to appear three times on one occasion, which in itself speaks volumes. Mr Oadzow possesses a rich tenor voice of extraordinary flexibility, and it was a treat to hear him in the solo “ On Deck ” (Jude), and in a new setting of “ Maid of Athens,” with violin obligato. Both items were enthusiastically received, and deservedly so. His singing of “ Bonnie Nellie Brown ” was also very good. Besides being a vocalist of no mean order, Mr Oadzow can tell a good story, and knows how to keep an audience in a pleasant humor. The Fisk jubilee hymns and plantation songs were appreciated by many more than any other part, and it must be said they were gems of harmony. Mr Oadzow is ably assisted by Mr Lyster, who takes the humorous part of the programme. His comic songs were much appreciated. “ I’ll place it in the hands of my solicitor ” fairly brought down the house, as also did his coster songs. In his particular line Mr Lyster would be hard to excel. Not an unimportant feature of the concert was the violin solos of little Jack Garry, a child not much bigger than the violin itself, but who brought music out of it that was most surprising. His first solo was “ Alice ” and for an encore he gave “ In Old Madrid,” and the second “Home Sweet Home” (Farmer’s setting), to which item he had also to respond. Madame Oadzow was precluded from . displaying her abilities fully owing to some of the piano keys being stiff through exposure to damp; but her delicate touch and masterful execution was evident all the same in “ The Brook,” and was a sure indication that something brilliant may be expected under better circumstances. Takiugthe programme altogether it was' worthy of a packed house.”