WEST END SCHOOL BALL

Taranaki Daily News, 18 August 1933, Page 5

WEST END SCHOOL BALL

A FANCY DRESS SPECTACLE. FOUR HUNDRED SMALL DANCERS. The annual ball of the West End School was held in the Agricultural Hall, New Plymouth, last night. Beneath the yellow and black decorations used by the Star Football Club a few days ago about 400 children in fancy dress made a splendid spectacle. Practically every child wore a costume of some kind, many of them of elaborate or ingenious designs, and there was the usual assortment of princes and princesses, cowboys and Indians, pirates, sailors, soldiers, fairies, pierrots and pierrettes. The proceedings commenced with a grand march that was amazing for the way in which its many intricacies were faithfully performed by thv hundreds of children taking part. This was followed by the Lancers and other old-time and folk dances by the senior pupils, and class dances by the juniors, the upper and lower school alternately taking the floor.

The skilful manner in which the children performed was the subject of favourable comment by the large number of parents present and was a tribute to the headmaster (Mr. W. A. Brown), who had general supervision of the gathering, and to Messrs A. Barns (master of ceremonies) and C. N. Nicholls, the Misses Taylor, Hogg and Downs (seniors) and Miss Kirton, Mrs. Ruff and the Misses Mee and Anderson (juniors), all of whom had co-operated in training the young dancers. ■ The general organisation of the ball was in the hands of Mr. C. Berg (chairman), H. J. Abram (secretary) and other members of the school committee. Mrs. Berg (chairwoman) and a committee of ladies supervised the supper, which was served to the children at 9.30. After that an adult dance was commenced, Mr. J. Corkill being master of ceremonies. Boulton’s orchestra played for many of the children’s dances as well as for the adults’ dances.

Among the children who attended the ball were:— Special class: Don Falconer (Father Christmas), Bert Simpson (Chinese), lan Hamilton (Sheriff), Claude Rowland (Jester).

Primers 1 and 2: Ronald Williamson (Rising Sun), Rodney Jones (Mechanic), Ray Foot (Chinese), Victor Hadfield (Will-o’-the-Wisp), Noel Strong (Cowboy), Spenser Carroll (Nigger), Ivan Scott (Cowboy), Lois Hocking (Fairy), Lois Malcolm (Fairy), Gweneth Broad (Old Lady), Nola Blanchett (Ballet Dancer).

Primer 3: Jack Falconer (Mickey Mouse), Don Wey (Dutch ■ Boy); Jack McCullough (Sailor), lan McEachen (Red Derek Hay (Harlequin), Jack Graham (Footballer), Teddy Meuli (Jester), Billy Aitken (Clown), Murray Hooker (Chinese), lan Hoben (Pierrot), Cyril Rielly (Pierrot), Leo Symmons (plain), Myra Lovell (Ballet Girl), Moily Hooker (Dutch Girl), Grace Allen (Ballet Dancer), Avis May (Fairy Queen), Gladys Lambert (Evening Press), Joan Cliff (Fairy), Joan May (Fluffy Ruffles), Leah Hocking (Guard), Marguerite Bell (Japanese Lady), Betty James (The Sun), Marie Maffin (Star Fairy), Joyce Ward (80-Peep), Elva Hill (plain). Standard 1: Dorothy Hughes (Butterfly), Geraldine Walshe (Cherry Ripe), Joyce Low (Japanese Lady), Joan Baldwin (Daisy China), Audrey Parsons (Folly), Elaine Knight (Good Luck), Shirley Hooker (French Guard), Shirley Olsen (Snowflakes), Olive Goile (Green Elf), Peggy Jury (Columbine), Joyce Allen (Carnival), Lois Coldicutt (Old Fashioned Lady), Peter Hooker (Cowboy), Brian Baxter (Jester), Burns Smith (Chinese), Peter Jull (Fireman), Graham Adam (Chinese), Colin Whiting (Red Indian), David Jury (Sailor), Len Oakes (Chinese), John Flood (Pirate), Malcolm Brown (Highlander), Noel Tingey (Chinese), Roy Low (Chinese), Isla Jeffries (Mistletoe), Murray Putt (Cowboy), Standard 2: Phyllis Jeffries (Fairy), Alice Davis (Workbag), Mabel Falconer (Fairy), Eunice Fleming (Fairy), Muriel Foot (Chinese Lady), Joyce Hughes (Japanese Lady), Valmai Hamilton (Irish Jig), Margaret McLean (Gipsy Princess), Nola Nation (Operatic Girl), Alison Quickfall (Pierette), Pearl Rankin (Silver Fern), Royce Cox (Footballer), Albert Davidson (Baker), Bobbie de Jardine (Fing’s Jester), Larry Pruden (Cowboy), Cecil Solomon (Chinese Mandarin), Ken Wilson (Toy Soldier), Ronald Garrity (Indian Pathfinder)

Standard 3: Rosemary Brunton (Irish Colleen), Stella Coombes (Good Luck), Maureen Duffin (Powder Puff), Jean Falconer (Lavender), Beryl Hoben (Quaker Lady), Gwynneth Jury (Cherry Blossom), Flora Hamilton (Princess Marrigold), Valda Lovell (Players’ Bachelors), Marie Martini (Shepherdess), Christine Nation (Court Boy), Doris Rowlinson (Peasant Girl), Myra Sorenson (Aviatrix), Esme Wards (Autumn), Norma Wood (Queen of Hearts), Roma Watson (Gipsy Peasant), John Bailey (Cricketer), Jack Bedingfield (Cricketer), Cyril Bell (Indian), David Burgess (Pierrot), Allan Cliff (Pierrot), Douglas James (Cowboy), Ken Lovell (Pierrot), Brian ' Quickfall (Clown), Douglas Thomson (Clown), Ron Tingey (Chinese), Bennie Richmond (Golliwog), Richard Shaw (Sailor). Standard 4 Girls: Thea McCullough (Cherry Blossom Girl), Vera Parsons (Jazz Girl), Betty Jury (Red Cross Nurse), Joyce Hodder (Cherry Blossom), Dora Putt (Purse), Eileen Olsen (Moon and Stars), Jean Brine (Pierrette), Kathleen Bailey (Chrysanthemum), Joyce May (Early Victorian), Vivien Veale (Polly Peacham), Moira Hoben (Pierrot), Nola Beere (Balloon Girl), Nancy Lobb (Queen of Hearts), Joyce Walsh (Grasshopper), Ivy George (Guard), Doreen Julian (Sunflower), Phyllis Maclean (Old English Lady). Standard 4 Boys: Francis Low (Dream Man), Rex Walls (Pierrot), Rex Baxter (Bell Boy), John Wilson (Prince Charming), Ken Bullin (Spanish Lad), Noel Parker .(Nigger), Pierce Solomon (Pierrot), Wilfred Stokell (Cowboy), Roy Rosser (Cowboy), Bob Shewry (Pirate), Jim Graham (Cowboy), Bill Royse (Cricketer), Owen Adam (Pirate). Standard 5: Dave Baldwin (Pirate), Alan Baxter (Pierott), Arthur Barlow (Pierrott), Robert Falconer (Indian), Keith Hoben (Pirate), Richard Humphrey (Painter), lan Kerr (Indian), lan Maindonald (Uncle Sam), Richard Oliver, John Shaw (England the Land of the Free), Robert Main (Cricketer), Elsie Bennett (Eastern Lady), Muriel Cox (Chinese Girl), Mary Davis (Summer), Margaret de Jardine (Victorian Maid), Winnie Duffin (Shepherdess), Tiri Dunn (Spanish Girl), Vera Goile (Old Fashioned Lady), Sylvia Goile (Dutch Peasant), Pat Holmes (Sun Bonnett), Jean Holm (Juliet), Betty Jull (Sailor’s Hornpipe), Beverly Julian (Angler), Verna Looney, Margaret Malcolm (Harlequin), Connie Maindonald (Eastern Princess), Edna Mant (Queen of Hearts), Vera Mankin (Spanish Girl), Alison McCullough (Evening), Ngaia Nicholls (Night), Theo. Nuttall (Pierrette), Joyce Pepperill (French Doll), Alona Thompson (Gipsy Princess). Doris Walker 1 (Gipsy Girl), Peggy Whitehead, Fay Wolfe (Chinky), Norman Parsons (Cricketer).

Standard 6: Clara Bailey (Spring), Nola Blair (Courtier), Dorothy Blanchett (Window), Elva des Forges (Sailor Girl), Margaret Fleming (Bride), Joyce Hedley (Riding Ballet Dancer), Phyllis Hedley Twilight Dance), Elsie Hamilton (Chinese Girl), Joyce Mclntyre (Sailor Girl), Joy Magrath (Juliette), Sonia Oldridge (Foreign Legion Soldier), Margaret Spedding (Sailor Girl), Vola Watson (Sailor Girl), Ila Woods (Arabian Nights), Maurice Berg (Tennis Player), Noel Bullin (Jes-

ter), George Burgess (Cook), Colin Cliff (Cricketer), Fred Duncan (Robin Hood), Elton Everiss (Naval Officer), Douglas Gayton (Tennis Player), Victor Jury (Cricketer), Louis Scott (Indian), Don Logan (Dutch Boy), Keith Malcolm (Pierrot), Gavin Struthers (Tennis Player), Gordon Walsh (All Black Footballer), Leslie Whiting (Pierrot).