DANCE RECITAL

Southland Times, Issue 20014, 30 October 1926, Page 4

DANCE RECITAL

A. BRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT. DISPLAY BY MR. A. SUTHERLAND’S . PUPILS. 1 » Doctor Tayler, the Government Supervisor 1 ] of Music in Schools, stated during the course , j of a lecture in Invercargill that music was . , a universal language, understood the world 1 i over. The same remark applies with I equal, if not greater force to dancing, for in all corners of the globe where people I"congregate dancing is indulged in. Although the character of the dance may be 5 , different in a hundred ways, the same desire t actuates, or should actuate, the dancers — t the voluntary expression of emotion. With- » out this all charm is lost; in fact the dance 1 merely becomes a stereotyped procession of 3 i steps or at the best a display of costume. 1 Mr. A. Sutherland has been associated with 3 dancing tob long not to realise the value of } naturalness and spontaneity and for that 1 reason his dance recital given in the Muni--3 cipal Theatre last evening well merited the 3 applause of a comfortably-filled auditorium. r No fewer than 33 items were given and it r says much for Mr Sutherland’s organising ability that he was able to dispose of the 3 last item shortly after ten o’clock. The programme was of a most comprehensive nature, songs, dances and recitations being 3 mixed -judiciously, the result being that the ’ interest of the audience was maintained 1 from start to finish. 3 Mr. Sutherland was fortunate in securing ' the assistance of Mr. N. F. Sansom, = “Hundred Pipers” was one of the most f popular items of the evening. As an encore he gave “The Laird of Cockpen.” For 5 his second- song he gave what is commonly known as the “Volga Boat Song” and as an 3 encore “Bells of the Sea.” Mr. Sutherland V received valuable support from Mrs. N. J. t i Brokenshire, as accompaniste, Pipe-Major D. Robinson, Ex-Pipe-Major L. Taylor and ’ an orchestra under the direction of Mr = James Harvey. i The programme was contributed to as I follows: Display, “Gillie Callum,” 60 pupils; 3 song, “Magic Month of May,” Miss H. Flaws; ’ dance, “Red Admiral,” Miss A. Playfair; ’ display, Irish Jig, 20 pupils; song, “Tip-Toe,” 3 Miss Cynthie Fletcher; dance-duo, “A Dutch 3 Fishing Episode,” Misses Joan Fisher and 3 . Dorothy Forrester (a delightful item) ; ‘ recitation, “When I Went Out to Tea,” wee 3 Ruth Sherbourne; display, Seann Triubhais, * Misses J. Fenn, M. Myers, A. Playfair, M. 3 Martin and L. McLeay; display, three tiny ! tots; Irish Reel, Miss S. Macpherson, H. Flaus, J. Fraser and A. Ward; song, “Sad - Little Eyes of Grey,” wee Alexander Lind- ' say; sword dance. Master Norman Pay; 1 Russian Cossack dance, Miss Dorothy For- ‘ rester; display, Highland Reel, One set; A 2 | wee dance, wee Ethna Carswell; pierrot 3 dance, Misses Verna Grindlay and Hazel Flaus; song, “Alice Blue Gown,” Miss Mira r Baty; butterfly ballet, nine pupils; clog 3 dance, Misses M. Myers, A. Ward and L. McLeay; clansmen’s sword dance, Misses J. 1 Matheson, D. Forrester, S. and W. Macpherson; display, sailors’ hornpipe, 25 pupils; ’ skipping dance. Miss J. Fraser; highland fling, Master N. Diack; song, “I Wonder 3 if Ever the Rose,” Miss Marjorie McDonald; | Spanish tambourine dance, seven pupils; • : recitation, “A Boy’s Lament,” Master Bruce Carswell; dance duo, “Two chests of China 1 Tea.” Misses W. Macpherson and J. Mathie--1 son, and Reel o’ Tulloch, one set.