DISTRICT NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1929, Page 14

DISTRICT NEWS

UPPER MANGOREI.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

The Mangorei hall drew parents and visitors to the annual concert on December 19. For weeks the children had been'rehearsing for the concert. Perhaps they hardly realised how ambitious was the main feature of the programme, but to the adult mind the standard attained was exceptionally high and the manner in which the children carried through their parts was a splendid tribute to their own abilities and the system of teaching in vogue at the school.

The following programme w'as submitted: Opening song, “Old Folks at Home,” school; recitation, “The Teddy Bear,” Eunice Ricketts; • recitation, ‘Tolly Plum,” Heather Johnston;, recitation, “The Leap of Roushan Beg,” Pearl Wells; song, “Shenandoah,” Elvie Rogers and Doreen Reich; recitation, “Fishing,” Bert Spencer; recitation, “Wishes,” Sandy Johnston; song, “The Sandman,” juniors; dialogue, “Counting the Chickens,” John Pearce, Rex Spencer, Charlie Jackson; recitation, “The Powder Puli',” Betty Pearce; song, “Shopping,” girls; recitation, “The Party,” Charlie Jackson; recitation, “The Dolly Show,” Pearl Spencer, Betty Pearce, Jean Wood, Jessie Reid, Vince Jamieson, Ruby Ricketts, Cathie Jamieson; pianoforte solo, Miss Gladys Pearce; recitation, ‘The Sponge,” Doreen Reid; recitation, “The Absent-Minded Boy,” John Pearce; song, “The Mandarin’s Daughter,” school; play, “Christmas Eve” —Bobby, W. Balsom; Betty, P. Wells; fairy godmother, Doreen Reid; Mary, Jean Wood; Jack and Jill, Sandy Johnston and Betty Pearce; Miss Muffit, Phyllis Ricketts; Jack Horner, Jessie Reid; queen of hearts, Cathie Jamieson; knave of hearts, Rex Spencer; Cinderella, Margery Hawke; the prince, Eva Jamieson; Little Boy Blue, Bertie Spencer; Old Mother Hubbard, Elvie Rogers; Jack of the Beanstalk, Charlie Jackson; 80-Peep, Vina Jamieson; King Cole, John Pearce; Fiddlers, L. Balsom, S. Balsom, W. Hawke; Santa Claus, Joyce Balsom; Red Riding Hood, Pearl Spencer.

The parents must be commended for the manner in which they attended to the costumes.

At the conclusion of the entertainment Mr. Pearce and Miss Jones presented each scholar with a book. As a mark of appreciation of the able and kindly manner in which their teacher (Miss Jones) had taught them during the year she was given a handsome present on behalf of the children.

Supper was subsequently served, and dancing and games finished the evenins.