ORANGE CONCERT

Southland Times, Issue 19294, 12 July 1924, Page 5

ORANGE CONCERT

A SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION. A large and enthusiastic audience filled the Municipal Theatre last evening, when the Loyal Orange Lodge Institution held ita annual 12th of July Concert. The best of local talent, assisted by visiting singers from Dunedin, furnished a programme of an unusually high standard of excellence, and each performer was recalled two or three times. In an opening address, Pastor G. T. Fitzgerald, of the Church of Christ, outlined the history of the Orange Lodge, and said that the ideals of liberty had been, and still were, behind the Lodge movement. “Religious liberty,” he said, “is one of the most precious privileges we enjoy to-day, and we should not forget that it has been gained for us tn the past by great sacrifices.” The Loyal Orange Lodge did not believe in religious bitterness, but it stood four-square behind the doctrines of the open Bible and religious liberty. Of the programme items, songs were contributed by Mtes Daisy Hall (Dunedin', who possesses a strong and pleasing soprano voice, Mr Frank Hall (Dunedin), and the well-known local artist, Mr Rewi Kingsland. Miss S. Aitken was heard to advantage in several recitations, and Mr B. C. Galloway contributed mandolin solos, while Mr George Clapham kept the audience in high good humour with a series of songs and sketches. Incidental music was supplied by Humphrey’s orchestra, and Mrs N. J. Brokenshire ably performed the duties of accompaniste.