THE COMPETITIONS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13172, 4 September 1913, Page 4

THE COMPETITIONS.

COAIMENOING ON MONDAY NEXT

The Opea'a ' House.' will 4 be a scene of great activity and excitement next week, when the first competitions held m this district will be decided. The number of entries are quite up to the reocrds of the larger centres, and most of the events will be iceenly fought out. The preliminary heats will be held during the day, and two or three will be recalled to . fight out the finals duringr the evening session. . Those theatre-goers and concert patrons who have never attended competitions will find a peculiar fascination m trying to "spot the winners" and! anticipate the judge's verdict, and the competition habit is one wliich grows on .the, spectator. . , The competitions will open on Monday morning at .9.ls 'o'clock, whon 18 boys under the- ;age of IJ.. will recite "My Shadow," -At 10.3 ft a.m. the piano solo, "Petite , Valse," for competitors under 12, will be deoided,- aiid with 13 entrants a gobd competition sliould result. At 11.15 a.m. the ladies' open recitation will he held, and with; ten nominations this event should excite keen interest, most of the best-known lady elocutionists m the- district being competitors. The test piece, "The Old Stage Queen," by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, affords a. splendid range for judging the respective competitors' merits.

At 12 noon anoi-hea* veiy populaa* event will conimeijce, -^he open;, baritone solo. For iliis item there are 13 competitors, includingr , such well-known local singers aa Messi-s F. Teat, A. y. Staaijp, H- G. McClympnt, J. M. Alexap'fier, C. V. Harre, 3. C. E- Kissling, 3l"sL. Jones, D. M. .Parkea*, and 1 others, a_id the song, Hatton's "Tp .Aiithea*," should prove a good test of their merits. The afternoon session . opens at- 2 o'clock with the open '; piano solo, "Automne" (Ghaminade), wlien eight competitors are vlue to face the judge, two of tliem being from Napier. At 2.4 C p.m.. the wniralCo solo aviU Jbe commenced, and of the six entrants, only one (Mi's G. G. Shiei'law) i is from Gisborne. At 3.10* the recitation for boys under 18, Maeaulay's well-knownv/'Hora-tius at the Bridge," will be started with five competitorsv -At 3^30 the preliminary congest for childa'en's choruses will be decided, ' there beii\^ entries from tlie jGisborne^ TNtangapapa, aiid r^aiti schools, sand ar elioruis r'l-i'alned. hy >|r WHood, and the afternoon session ,\vill close .with the open hP.moro\is.sopg coiir test, for which eight gehiienien and five ladles ai-e due to appear and sringf their own, selection, and m tips evept there are twp competitors fronji \VelJiiigtpn, three from.' Ha-st-ii}gs," and Pile fvom Napiei*, ' • - :.', \ 1 ;'.'':'. . The evening session opens at 7.30, arwrl m addition to" the final events for the competitions held during the day, the bugle call, violin «nlo, gentlemen's duet, and . comedietta will be competed for, and with contests m three recitations, five • vocal contests, three instrumental tests, and the corhedietta, . a really enjoyable entertainment is assured. The boy plan is now «»pen..at Lucas' shop,: and a membership tickel at one guhicf. entitles Ithe subscriber tc> twp seas ;u I tickets for the '.y|p|e' flf ' Ift? M A V>= ti« " ' ■"'■'-•■ : "• -■'•*: ,'"-"'