COUNTRY SCHOOLS’ CONCERT

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1934, Page 13

COUNTRY SCHOOLS’ CONCERT

SUCCESSFUL KAIMATA EVENT. INGLEWOOD GROUP COMMITTEE. The second annual combined concert of the Inglewood country schools was held in the Kaimata hall on Friday evening, when there was a large attendance, many having to stand. The hall was decorated for the occasion with fems and flowers, and presented a pretty setting. A bright and varied programme was enjoyed. . The schools taking part m the performance were Egmont Village, Kaimata, Tariki, Norfolk Road, Ratapiko and Lincoln Road. The programme was: Humorous dialogue (in costume, “Spliced,” Dawn Reeve and Joan Fischer (Norfolk); recitation, “The Serenader,” Sylvia Manning (Tariki); “Nursery Rhymes Tea Party,” (Egmont Village junior), Esther Adamson, Loma Adamson, Cletis Chard, Shirley Marsh, Mavis Dryden, Maisie Oakley, Joan Salisbury, Valerie Marsh, N. Hurltsone, and C. Marsh; recitation, “My Shadow,” lan Adamson (Egmont Village); duet, “Little Cock Sparrow,” Elsie and Alfred Tebbut (Egmont Village); humorous dialogue, Audrey Raynor and Charlie Raynor (Lincoln Road); duet, “Cuckoo Time.” Dora Wood and Sylvia Jones; recitations, “Vitai Lampada” and “Drake’s Drum,” Ron Shepherd (Ratapiko); physical exercises, Kaimata pupils, Sylvia Knofflock, Sylvia Bracegirdle, Doris Chapman, June Parker, Dora Wood, Peggy Paul, Margaret Herlihy, N. Instone, R. Blackbourn, D. Blackbourn, E. Peters, M. Harnett and T. Herlihy; songs, nigger troupe, Dawn Reeve, Joan Fischer, Valerie Voitrekovsky, Shirley and Truidie Brown, J., B. and’H. Brown, and B. Whitaker, “Ellie Rhee,” “Golden Slippers” and O Susannah”; Lullabies" (in costume), Audrey Raynor, Alma Winter, Olive Mehrtrens, and Betty Frederickson (Lincoln Road); humorous dialogue (in costume), “Polly Parrot Sees the Queen,” Dorothy Blah- and Kathie Jemison (Tariki); Irish jig, Margaret Shepherd (Ratapiko): part song, “Autumn Wind” (Egmont Village seniors); vocal trio, “Songs My Mother sang,” Lily O’Byrne, B. Q’Byme and D. Marsh (Egmont Village); “Get Out and Get Under the Moon” and “O Susanna” (Egmont Village senior jazz band) “Genevieve and Sweet Chariot,” Audrey Raynor, Alma Winter, Betty Frederickson and Olive Mehrtrens (Lincoln Road); humorous dialogue (in costume), “The Pedlar,” Nita McElroy, Marjory Hucker, Sylvia Manning and. Nancy Knowles (Tariki); folk dances, “Double Curtsy” and “Dutch Dance,” Doris Chapman, Dora Wood, Peggy Paul, Margaret Herlihy, Miriam Thorby, June Parker, Sylvia Knofflock and Sylvia Bracegirdle (Kaimata); action song (in costume), “Maori Canoe,” Sylvia Knofflock (soloist), Sylvia Bracegirdle, Doris Chapman, June Parker, Dora Wood, Peggy Paul, Margaret Herlihy, N. Instone, R. Blackbourn, D. Blackboum, E. Peters, M. Harnett and T. Herlihy. (Kaimata). The accompanists were Mesdames James (Ratapiko), Mrs. G. Barnes (Egmont Village), Mrs. M- Whitaker (Norfolk Road) and Mrs. L. Brown (Norfolk Road) and Mr. H. Dobson (Kaimata).

Mr. J. Klenner, chairman of the Inglewood Country Schools’ Sports Assoc-

iation, thanked the audience for attending in such numbers, and the teachers for their work in preparing the children for the concert, which did them great credit. This was the second concert staged by the association, and its success augured well for the future. The Egmont Village basketball team and the Kaimata school football team, 1934 championship winners at football and basketball, were presented with the shields they had won. Mr. Klenner said the idea of the competition was to encourage true sportsmanship, and to build healthy minds in healthy bodies, by encouraging the children to participate in these fine outdoor sports in their leisure time. It was important that children should learn to become good fosers as well as good winners. The teams which contested the final of the championships, Tariki, basketball and Egmont Village, football, were also to be congratulated on their fine performances. At the commencement of the Inglewood country schools’ competitions there were no shields to be presented, but these had been procured late in 1933, and to him fell the pleasure of making the first public presentation of the shields. In presenting the shields to the Egmont Village and Kaimata captains, he said that both schools had won the championship twice. The hall was cleared for dancing. Music was played by Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Laurence. Extras were played by Mrs. Marsh (Egmont Village). Officers for the. evening were: Masters of ceremonies, Messrs. L. Dobson and V. Birt; stage, Mr. I. Buchanan; doorkeeper, Mr. H. K. Riley.