NATIONAL DANCING

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 81, Issue 7251, 13 September 1950, Page 6

NATIONAL DANCING

SUCCESSFUL COMPETITIONS FIRST FUNCTION OF TE AWAMUTU ASSOCIATION The first Highland National Dancing competitions held under the auspices of the Te Awamutu Highland Dancing Association took place in the Town Hall on Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance of the public who were treated to an excellent afternoon’s spectacle of dancing by competent and charming young dancers. The judge was Mrs Connell, of Tauwhare and she said the dancing was of a good standard. Mrs Connell made special mention of the excellent manner in which their t teacher, Miss Elaine North, had in- 4, structed the dancers who had received competent tuition. Members of the Te Awamutu and District Highland Pipe Band provided the music and the band played with confidence, which in turn communicated itself to the dancers. The secretary, Mrs R. North, assisted by a very energetic committee, did much to make the competitions a success and they are to be warmly commended for their unselfish and untiring efforts. The ladies who dispensed refreshments during the day also spared no efforts to make for the pleasure of the patrons and they succeeded in a large measure. It is intended to make the competitions an annual event and there i? no doubt but that future fixtures will be looked forward to with pleasurable feelings of anticipation and they will be as successful as last Saturday’s.

Highland Fling, under seven years: Ailsa Cairns 1, Glenis Battson 2, Hilery Duncalfe 3; under nine years, Pauline Chambers 1, Marylyn Shepherd 2, Marylyn Wallace 3; under 11 years, Betty Armstrong 1, Julie Wallace 2, Jillene Franklyn 3; under 13 years, Dorothy McKerrow 1, Patricia Stephens 2, Anne Wallace 3; open, Beverley Greenaugh 1, Beverley Shepherd 2, Pauline Chambers 3. Seantfiiibhas: Under 11 years, Julie Wallace 1, Pauline Chambers 2; under 13 years, Anne Wallace 1, Patricia Stephens 2, Julie Wallace 3. Swords, under 13 years: Gwendoline Nichols 1, Anne Wallace 2, Patricia Stephens 3. Irish Jig, under seven years: Margaret Wallace and Ailsa Cairns 1 equal; under nine years, Marylyn Shepherd 1, Lyn Irving 2, Marylyn Wallace 3; under 11» years, Marylyn Shepherd 1, Pauline Chambers 2, Kay Patterson 3; under 13 years, Patricia Stephens 1, Julie Wallace 2, Maureen McLiesh 3; open, Patricia Stephens 1, Glenis Short 2, Judith Griffiths and Maureen McLie.sh 3 equal. Sailor’s Hornpipe, under nine years: Pauline Chambers 1, Marylyn Shepherd 2, Lvn Irving 3; under 11 years, Julie Wallace 1, Pauline Chambers 2, Jillene Franklyn 3; under 13 years, Anne Wallace 1, Dorothy McKerrow 2, Beverley Shenherd 3; open, Anne Wallace 1, Beverley Shepherd 2, Dorothy McKerrow and Patricia Stephens 3 equal. The Challenge Points Cup donated by Mr. E. Costello for the class under nine years was won by Marylyn Shepherd. The cup will be competed for annually. There were 165 entries in the classes, which is a particularly gratifying number for a premier competition.