DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1926, Page 16

DISTRICT NEWS.

T ARIEL (From Our Own Correspondent.) The concert, were you at it? This is a question that has been put to me on numerous occasions. Though I was not at it, I have so much enjoyed hearing about it that in my mind’s eye I seem to see it all, though I fear my poor descriptive abilities must need's fail to do it the justice it dessrves. However, with the aid of the programme which I have before me, I will do my little best, especially to assure the performers in each and every item that their numbers were very much appreciated by the whole of the large audience present. ' The performers were all residents of the district, and the excellence of the concert throughout goes to show how much natural talent, there may be within easy reach, if only one or two with riper experiences will ■help in the developing of it. Now just a word for those ladies who knew how to do it and did'it. Among them special mention must be made of Mrs. 11. Kerr, Mrs. F. Stephens, Mrs. Jemison, and Mrs. Hinana Butler, who must have given much of their time and knowledge to the training, not only of the children, but also of their older brothers and sisters. A good deal of time and care must also have been given to the decoration of the hall and stage, the scheme of which was in red and white, the colours of the Tariki Bowling Club, and on whose behalf this fine effort was made. The programme submitted was as follows:—Song and chorus by the Pierrots, some fourteen or sixteen in number, their costumes being red and white: recitation, Miss D. Mather; sing. Miss Rum-ball; dialogue, Misses D. and A. Butler and 1). Mather; comic song, by the local Harry Lauder, sometimes known as Syd. Summers, who appears to have been the surprise of the evening; song, the Boys; song, Mr. E. R. Newell; recitation. Master C. Ford; “We Want a Girl,” the" Pierrots; dialogue by five little girls; “Waiata Poi,” which was a particularly good item, Mrs. F. J. Stephens singing the solos very sweetly; comic, song, S. Summers; song, “Moonlight and Roses,” the Pierrots, Mrs. Rumball soloist; song, Mr. Newell; “The Ukelele Lady,” the Pierrots; song, Mr. Loveridge; grand chorus and finale, “Leave Me With a Smile.”