THE TE KOAS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14986, 13 August 1919, Page 5

THE TE KOAS.

The Gisborne season of the Te Koas' commences at the* Opera House to-night and a big success is anticipated for "the diggers" Writing of the entertainment an Auckland journal states:— "Mr Owen Pritchard i s to be congratulated on thel achievements of the Te Koas, the soldier concert .party, who have been repeating to large .audiences at the Town Hall for • the past six nights the , entertainment 1 \v h eh was m such popular vogue with their fellow at the front. Apart i from the appeal that the troupe them- 1 selves would; exert through being sold- , lers the show they put on made an em-' Phatic appeal on its, own merits, and from the opening chorus and Maori war cry to the final sketch it went with a swing and vim worthy of any professional attempt. There was a packed and en- * thustastic audience on Wednesday, nljrht I and interest was maintained "at ton ores' ! sure at each performance: Mr-Herb i SE d \i ProVea A t€nor of caltbrc his powerful rendering of "The fnii a & ■ Cairin f ortn recall and he responded with "Keep on Honln- ■» the optimism of which was apUy expressed, '^r Stan. Pritchard, the possessor -of- an uncommonly good baritone S U ?. ea Jt to masterJ y ««*ot m ««ThJ; Aviator^ and being vigorously Encored IWL Pt >Blin(J Plo^hman." With m v ?,SSi S is? wa^ ass °elated m one of the outstanding vocal successes of the evening - Watchman, what of the Night- • * I enthusiastic^ applause b>ing them Sv \\* ■%■♦ T^ • Moon Hatn Raiaaa-- Mr Led. Walton, an elocutionist; of hiffh Vt nlM.ino- S « ? .k H > ou Co » ld Care'- were Pleasing m the "extreme ThA iif* »«^ SS ° f Darty « Owen Pritchard j melody h£ «^«n C^ a,n ' of minh <^ n btn^hi* ?L Ballads m Ragtime." X v fts .««:v. g Mt ; and ne ma de another scorft ,*« Whoops," besides establishing f «adv air of camaraderie withnwwf f~ by his spontaneous work IS the v^f« LSs to att bU^ SQUes aS - S em € b,e a .^l Tr , ■Sd^SSt' « A Vel ««>« sS I S)nm£ft Gor, deluded the enter? ' Mpresentatlye 501di4r s nrovokinir I ,**? merriment with>,the?r ?e?pec\ iv | S S the right moment, "Merry Men- **l « Koas certainly proved to be'" t^k 1 * Plans may be seen at..iSlert CoSr!**