HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15222, 21 May 1920, Page 5

HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT.

' ■ -•■•-; _. — _. A very pleasing entertainment was given last evening by. the pupils of .the High School, on tho. occasion of . the tefm-end concert. The Assembly , Hall Was well filled with pupils and friends, wbd showed keen appreciation of the long And varied programme. '.. .....-■ ..... •.-..-", . , Tlie main part of the entertainment was supplied by • the school .orchestra, (^rhich iibwrl numbers-, some ; twenty instruments), under, ihe .'. leadership, .of , George . Chrisf*. There were also the following itemgV Recitatiqh, Elsie Gleave ; pianoforte duet, V~ and E. Matthews*, dialogue, E'.'Mcoper aiid Z. Lunn;- violin sploy Mavis Holm<*sj Vocal'.dueti N. Coreon,, aridi G. Packe; son-Tv Itees Allan; cornet solo, L. Sutcliffe; yocal duet, L. .Wheeler and P. v-.i-eoh; piano ' solo, .W. Kohn*: Song,. A. Dickson; whistling solo, H. Witters. Dur--11115 the evening Mr Yernon, a member of the staff, created much' merriment bj' his clover rendering of the hiu_*orous song "The Drum Major.", In response to a vociferous encore the singer- gave a witty accounts of his first impression of Gisborne, and afterwards, m association with Mr Ashton, .gave an exhibition, of .• tflepathy. and thought-reading which fairly ■ "brought down the house." Throughout j tho evening W. Kohn made an excellent accompanist. I In thnnkinjj the performers, the rector ■ especially mentioned the time and atten- ; tion given to the orchestra by G., Chrisp, j who was responsible . for its efficiency. ' Three cheers were given for the performersi; and . the gathering concluded with tho National -"Anthem. Mr Sholto Block made a capable chair man. He was pleased to be able to announce that the concert had brought m the substantial : sum of £24) which a further • donation from a gentleman m the audience had made up to £25. This sum is tp bo devoted to assisting the old students m the erection of a memorial gate at the entrance of the school grounds' m .memory of old boys who fell m . the,, war. ' |