COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1930, Page 7

COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

SESSIONS AT HAWERA FIRST DANCING CLASSES JUDGED POPULAR INTEREST MAINTAINED. The Hawera competitions attracted good attendances at yesterday's sessions, popular interest being well maintained. .Judging was continued in the musical and elocutionary sections and a start was made with the dancing classes. One of the most appreciated classes last evening was tfre folk dancing, the graceful rhythmic movements exerting great charm. / ■ Results are:— Piano solo, 10 and under 12 years, ‘‘Wedding Bells.”—Allan Reynolds (Eltham) 1, Sadie’ Bertie (Kaponga) 2. Twenty-two entries. ■ Recitation in character, 12 and und ir 16 years, own selection.—-Joyce Knightbridge (Hawera), “Ariel,” 1; Joyce Goodwin (Hawera), “Peter Pan,” 2; Mary Davidson, “Joan of Arc,” v.h.c; Sixteen entries. ' - Dialogue, two or more competitors, under 16 years, own selection. —Norina Thomas and Junne Goodwin (Hawera), “Peter Pan and Wendy,” 1; Monica Quayle and Norma Nixon (Hawera), “Awakening of the -Sleeping Beauty,” 2; Nancy Thomas and Joan Turnbull (Hawera), v.h.c.; Monica Seaver, J. Myers, D. Brown, G King and V. Eilser -(Hawera), h.c.; Joyce Goodwin and Joyce Knightbridge (Hawera), h.c. Sixteen entries.. i Recitation, girls, 10 and under 12 years, “Berries”.,, (de la Mare).—Joan Myers (Hawera) 1, June Dalgetty (Hawera); 2; Audrey Stewart (Hawera) . also recalled. Highly commended: Daphne Brown, Joan Moore and, Norma Nixon (all of Hawera). Fifteen entries. j. Girls’ song, 14 and under 18 years, own selection. —Olga Hancock- (Hawera), “Love’s Echo,” 1; Eila Gundeeon (Inaha),’ “Thoughts,” 2; Joan Cowie (Hawera), “April’s Lady,” h.c. Six entries. 5 Piano solo, under 10 years, “The Pixies’ Carnival” (Brown).—Bernice Hunger (Stratford) 1, Joan Bolger (Kaponga)* 2, Norma Dowsett (Wanganui) h.c. Six entries. unison singing, under ten years, six tej nine voices, own selection, unaccompanied.—Fraser School “The Lass of Richmond Hill,” 1; Hawera Presbyterian Sunday School Choir, . “Gone is the Winter,” 2; Hawera Convent B, “A Farmyard Song,” also recalled. -Five, entries. .Recitation in character, humorous* own selection.—Miss Gwen Harcourt (Normanby), “My Day Out,” 1; Miss Lucy Knight (Tataraimaka), “Me and Garge,” and J. Edwards (New Plymouth), “Cohen ’Phones His Tailor,” equal 2. Highly commended: Miss Averil Appleyard (Qawera), “I’m a 1 Chars” and Miss Marie Whitelock (Hawera), “An Official Communication.'’ Seven entries. Instrumental, trio, under 16 years,. . own selection. —Doris Gilmore, D. Rawson and R. Downey (Hawera), “Ave Maria,” 1; D. Rawson, C. Carrel, and G. McConnell (Hawera), “Lola,” 2; Louis, Margaret and Olga Fox (Hawera), “Gems From the Masters,” special third prize donated by judge. Five entries. Shakespearean recitation, ladies, own selection.^ —Miss Gwen Harcourt (Normanby),' “Margaret,” and Mrs. W. W. Mundy (Hawera), “Queen Margaret’s Mockery,” equal 1. Highly commended: Miss Winifred Quin (Hawera), “Portion from Julius Caesar,” Miss Marie Whitelock (Hawera), “Katharina.” Nine entries; Operatic solo, ladies, own selection. —• Mrs. J. A. Rankin (Eltham), “O, Love

From Thy Power,” 1; Miss Flora Davis -(Mariaia), “Mieaela’s Aria,” 2. Twelve entries. ? Vocal duet, ladies, own (selection. — Misaea Gertrude and Monica Beechey (Hawera), “Serenade in Summer,” 1; Miss M. Evans and Miss M. Blennerhassett (Eltham), “I Know a Bank,” x 2. Four entries. Character dance, 12 and under 1G years.—Audrey McLaren (Hawera), “Jester," 1. Tivo entries. English folk dancing, not more than 10 in class, primary schools or Girl Guides, amateur instructors. —Hawera Convent School A, “The Royal Arch,” 1; ditto B, “Harvest Time Round,” 2. Four entries. Skipping dance, under 14 years.— Junne Goodwin (Hawera) 1, Joan Thomas (Hawera) and Audrey McLaren (Hawera) equal 2. Vocal solo, own accompaniment,- own selection. —Mrs. J. A. Rankin (Eltham), “The Valley of Laughter,” 1; B. Malone (Hawera), “Passing By,” 2. Clog dance, under 18 years. —Jean McAsey (Nonnanby) 1, Audrey McLaren (Hawera) 2. Commenting on the children’s elocutionary classes held on Tuesday, the judge, Mr. J. W. Bailey, stated the competitors were very natural, and that •was what was wanted most. Once they became precocious they would cease to have their childish charm. He had noted very pleasurably the efforts of the parents in the children’s .costume songs, said Mr. W. H. Dixon. The children had good voices, better voices than he had heard since coming to New Zealand, where he found that they •were not getting the advantages they plight. It was a mistake for some choirs to lose children, for in choir work they would gain a knowledge and a love , of music. None of the children he had ; heard was unsuitable for a choir. Mr. Dixon wondered whether the audience ( had noticed how clear the children were ; with words. One competitor had had only a tiny voice, but practically every ( word could be caught. 1 He could not .help remarking, Mr. j Dixon said, on the high standard of pianoforte playing. One competitor, , ' Miss A. Curtis, had secured 87 marks, ] and the highest he had ever given in t New Zealand was 90. ] In the boys’ class there was consider- f ably better singing than at Wellington { last year, “and I would say the same if I was in Wellington,” added Mr. Dixon. { When he had seen that one boy was ( singing “Waiata Poi” he had not thought r a child could manage it, but the com- c petitor, Gordon Smart, had given a clev- } er interpretation. ‘ ; The judge congratulated Hawera on j four good entries in the choir class. It c was something to be proud of that the class was better than it had been at ■, Wellington.’ j He had set a difficult test for read- j ing at sight (piano), and it was right ] up to the standard of big examinations f in Britain.