CONCERT AT KERRYTOWN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5290, 26 August 1905, Page 3

CONCERT AT KERRYTOWN.

A most successful-concert uud grand variety entertainment ' Avas -held in Kerrytown on Thursday eve .ling last in the Catholic schoolroom-''Tii'u concert was got up in aid of funds towards building a new residence for the priest when he has tb ? stay in that locality. There was a very ; exoftllent attendance present, the whole' body of the building being Well "filled" with people from Kerrytown and all the surrounding districts, r The'iirst ik*oj on the programme was s 'ii pianc forte selection, a fantasia on" "-I'io wearing of the Green/' finely placed J hy Professor Kearsley. Daly contributed a pretty littler :s»cng.</-en* titled, " I trust, you still,'*: which wag well received. Then followed A dramatic recitation by Mr Chas. F- Munay (who by the way ,bears a; striking resemblance to a well-known- .'i.enuika re sident) entitled " Shamus; lO'B'ien," and to an undeniable encore he responded with a humourous; pioce entitled "Murphy shall not »>ug tonight. Miss Beri was- enthusiastbally encored for her rendering of " Why did they sell Killarney ?" and respond-; ed with a pretty,*.,i{little Song - called, "Egypt." Then Mr-Lynch, iho wellknown step\dancet*dxlHlightpd the audi-* ence with a - clever —rendering of a sailor's hornpipe,' A adflg followed, by Miss A, Story, entitle ",' Hullo, tral, give me HeaveS."//: which was much appreciated. >'- r Me~]"<Hora.ce Lingard's fine bass vef&eJWas then heard to great advantage *ittq a song called " Asleep in the Dcepl*>TKhc next item was a cornet solo by-Mr Coombes entitled " The Arbugkfpniarr Polka," which was played in a very masterly manner, the perfonuui knowing gioat facility of execution in the running passages in piece 'abounded. A verv comic diidtf'erititledi "Thin Mick and Fat Dan," l/yl iU& Denton Bros., elicited an encore ?#°frhich they responded by another 4if '"a'uet which was also loudlv applauded] L The recitation " The Lifeboat," Mr J. Moriarty, and illustra%d r by magic lantern slides provedfHß' ; frJe a very popular item. There an interval of ten minutes, -duriifg^''-which the prizes for the art union were drawn.

the winning numbers being-: First prize No. .113 ; 2ndy 491'; 3rd 898 ; 4th, 343 ; sth, 445 ;> 6th, 59; 7th, 422; Bth, 7 12; 9th, 1111; 10th,

1042; 11th, 987; 12th, 733. The second part of the'' entertainment was opened by a piarib''solo by Professor Kearsley. Then followed a comic song, by Mr Horace Lingard, "Studying tho Doctor's orders," 'and to an encbro he responded with another comic entitled, "Macormack." which was loudly applauded. The next item was n horn solo by Professor Kearsley, "The Lost Chord," which is the piece that the Professor will'ipiay at the forthcoming Band Contest; Mr Percy Davis sang a coon song '- <v Ma Honey splendidly, and to an enthusiastic encore he responded,with a verse of-an-other coon song, •" Ma Creole Lady," Mr Lynch gave another . good • exposition of step dancihg in an " Irish Jig," which pleased the audience' immensely. After a l -Song' by Mr C. Healy and a recrtStid'n' by Mr J. J. Moriarty, "The 'ißificksniith's Story," the curtain rose''«S}r' < a » farce entitled " The Coachman's' which was well acted and ca'iiscU roars of laughter. The entertainment,''taking ■it all round, was quite ,alsove r tho average in point of merit artel ilie large assembly got sterling valne ~sf o¥i'their entrance [money, the progranvmo being' a very long one. y ' >h ./'".,