KAIMATA GLEE CLUB

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1933, Page 4

KAIMATA GLEE CLUB

SUCCESSFUL CONCERT STAGED. FINE TALENT DISPLAYEDIn spite of a wet and stormy night there was a very large attendance at the Kaimata Glee Club concert on Friday night, the whole of the seating accommodation being taken up by an audience of .200. Members of the. club were busy during the afternoon decorating the stage and the body of the hall with greenery, which produced a very pleasing effect. The concert was pronounced as the best the club has produced. A large proportion of the audience was composed of- visitors from Inglewood and the surrounding districts, besides some from as far afield as- Wellington, New Plymouth and Gladstone. After • the singing of the National Anthem the club rendered two. very pleasing glees, “Four Jolly Smiths” and “A Catastrophe,”. the latter being a humorous glee. Both of these were well received. Mr. D. Bungay’s solo, “Down the Vale,” brought forth well-merited applause, and for art encore he sang “To a Miniature.” A musical sketch, entitled “The Queen of Spades” proved very entertaining and amusing. In the’ title role Mrs. Buchanan displayed to advantage her acting capabilities, coupled with original humour which appealed greatly to the audience. Mr. J. Voltz as the King of Diamonds and Mr. D. Dobson as . the King of Clubs, the unsuccessful suitors for the hand of the Queen of Spades, and Mr. I. Buchanan, the successful suitor, all made the most of their -respective parts. A recitation “The Killing of Dan McGrue,” called forth loud applause, Mr. Voltz’s encore number “The Two-up School” drawing a further round of applause. ... Another musical sketch, “Harmonious House-Hunting,” lived up fully to its title. Mr. M. Burgess as the house agent played his part with refreshing originality and humour; Mr. H. Dobson and Miss K. Hewes as Burlington Bertie and wife made a very • convincing pair of vagrants, and their attire caused much merriment.* In the role of a fierce househunting Bolshevik Mr. E. Dey was a great success. His blood-thirsty threats and gestures, added to his fierce appearance, caused uproarous laugher. and made his rival house-hunters’ tremble in their shoes. Miss R. Dobson as a lady flat hunter and • Mr. H. Burwell as the owner of a cottage handled their parts very capably. The sketch proved highly entertaining. After the interval the glee club rendered “Derry Vale” and “Oh Who Will O’er the Downs With Me,” which were their two best concerted, items. They were sung with a nice expression and a wellbalanced tone. A pianoforte duet, “Marche Militaire,” played by Mrs. I. V. Buchanan and Miss K. Hewes proved very popular. “A Russian Fete Dance," their encore number, was equally as acceptable. A hunting melody, “The- Quid Plaid Shawl,” and the popular old song “All of Us Pals Together” were pleasingly sung by Mr. H. Burwell. A musical burlesque, “The Harbour Light,”; was t another very popular sketch. Mr. J. Voltz and Mr. I. V. Buchanan as the harbourmaster and Sailor Bill 'respectively played their parts very realistically, and caused considerable merriment by the introduction of many local “hits.” Mr. E. Dey’s characterisation of a dude was very successful, and the swapping of “fish” stories and ‘ big game hunting” between him and the harbourmaster provoked much laughter. Miss K. Hewes and Mr. H. Dobson took their parts as inquisitive tourists very ably. Two humorous recitations, “The Ghost” and “Knitting Jumpers,” given by Mrs. Buchanan, appealed to the audience. The last item was a bright scena entitled “Colour Impressions,” depicting the colours yellow, blue and red, and played by the ' whole company. The first impression depicted three Chinese busy at their task of washing and hanging out clothes, whilst Miss R. Dobson as a “pore ’ard workin’ widder” declaimed in song against the advent of the “Yellow Peril.” The second impression was car--ried out by a group of housemaids and policemen, who sang and acted their parts very well. In the third impression a group of Red Indians after singing an Indian chant and dancing wildly around, captured a white girl, Miss B. Burkhart, and tied her to a tree. Her screams were heard by a neighbouring cowboy, who rescued her at the cost of her wig. The part of the Indian chief was taken by Mr. J. Voltz and that of the cowboy by Mr. M. Burgess. Before each colour impression a ■ short humorous introduction was given by Mr. C. Evans. The accompaniments were played by Mrs. I. V. Buchanan and Miss K. Hewes. Mr. Voltz on behalf of the company thanked Mrs. Buchanan for training the glee club for the concert, the success of which was due to her untiring patience and work. The audience joined with the company in according Mrs. Buchanan hearty cheers. . > In reply Mrs. Buchanan thanked the members-of the club who had attended the practices regularly, and especially those who had had to come several miles to do so. The floor was then cleared for dancing, the music for which was supplied by Harris Bros.’ orchestra. A Monte Carlo dance was won by Miss L. Collingwood and Mr. W. Veale. The master of ceremonies were Messrs. H. Burwell and J. Voltz. The supper arrangements were m the hands of members of the Kaimata Women’s Institute.