NIGHTCAPS NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 22766, 17 December 1935, Page 11

NIGHTCAPS NOTES

SCHOOL CONCERT. (From Our Correspondent.) On Friday night the annual concert of the Nightcaps Public School was held in the Coronation Hall. The hail was packed to the doors and the function was the culmination of many weeks of patient tuition by the teachers and practice by the pupils. Prioi to the concert the Nightcaps Band made one of its all too few public appearances. Flowers from the school gardens, which are a picture at the present time, were tastefully arranged in a background of greenery on the stage. The concert programme was preceded by some remarks by Mr W. Excell, chairman of the School Committee. Mr Excell said that the concert that evening rnaYked the approach to the conclusion of another school year, and he was pleased to say that insofar as the Nightcaps School was concerned it had been a very successful school year. Parents, said Mr Excell, must be pleased with the successful scholastic results achieved by Mr Berry, headmaster, and the staff, Misses V. McKenzie, M. Kelly and E. Thomas. In Standard VI. fifteen had sat for their proficiency examination and thirteen had obtained proficiency certificates. The committee, Mr Excell said, had functioned very well. Its task in endeavouring to raise funds for necessary improvements, was no light one. The principal expenditure during the year had been for dental clinic purposes and Mr Excell urged parents to take full advantage of the free services rendered by the dental clinics. Treatment in the dental clinics, Mr Excell said, was for children from three years of age, and treatment which children received in the earlier years was to their advantage in later years. The committee was hopeful of being able to provide funds to secure a wireless set with loud-speaker for school use. Many schools were now using radio with favourable results. The school library was also in need of additional literature. The chairman concluded his remarks with thanks to parents and school staff for their co-opera-tion during the year.

The programme was as follows:— Opening chorus, “The Gay Highway,” Standards 1 to 6; piccaninny song, Phyllis Callan, Jack Johnston and inj fant chorus; action song, “The Egg,” George Griffiths, Weston Grant, Tom Robertson and George Dickinson; recitation, “Painting,” Anna Goudie; Dutch song and dance, “By the side of the Zuyder Zee,” Joan Nutter, Avis Bennett, Valerie Berry, Valmai Lowe and Standards 3 and 4 girls; pianoforte duet, Norma McKenzie and Jack Johnston; song and dance, “Oh, what a difference the Navy’s made to me,” Thelma Tinker and Standards 4, 5 and 6 girls (ballet); fairy dance, infant girls; action song, “House Hunting,” Thelma Tinker, George Griffiths and chorus; dialogue, “The Deaf Grandmother,” Rae Duncan, Eileen Foster, Wilma Rushton and Jack Johnston; pianoforte duet, Abbey Fordyce and Martin Currie; tap dance, Doreen Tinker; Japanese song, “Won’t you come and be my butterfly,” infants; song and dance, “Where are you going to my pretty maid?” Standards 1 and 2 pupils; humorous song, “Why am I always the bridesmaid?” Tom Robertson; recitation, “Fairies,” Joyce Dfxon; drill, forms 1 and 2 (boys); chorus, “The song of the highway,” the school; operetta, “The Coastguard’s Bride,” Gladys Irwin, Thelma Tinker, Mavis Brown, Vera Brown, George Griffiths, Weston Grant, Andrew Rollands, Jim Robertson and Herbert Morris with chorus from Standards 3,4, 5 and 6.