AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14325, 15 October 1910, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

HIM.G SCHOOL AILMENT. A OliU. entilUbtaaWC iI.UUj.CUCb was pi'toeuo 111 tne v» eoiey ±liiU iaot> evening, wneii an. eic<;pL..<Jjualiy Uuvi concert, was given, by papas ol uie liuiaru. Buys' jiigu tjcncol, uasisttd uy sumo menus, in aid 01 tne iimguznu;. ills programme wua a lengmy one, every ill-iu being conspicuous lor its intrinsic- inei\u, ;:ud each periornier had a. nattering reception. Iliu concert opened wmi an overture by a mandoline band, consisting 01 ALessis Collins, Crawioni, and -ileiSride, wiiicli vsas loudly encored. Air . Mcbrido gave a good, rendering of "Go to iaea. and in response to an. emphatic encore, sang ••_uy Old Shako. ' Mr 10. (Jrawioru, was loudly recalled tor his amusing contribution of •'Harngan," and replied with, "The Carpet on the stairs. 1 ' Ike. High School Girls' Glee Party, under Miss Reid, were responsible for two very pleasing items. •'Come O'er the Moonlit faea," and

"Home to Our Mountains." Owing to an indisposition Mr \Y. Jordan was unable to appear, and liis place on the programme was tilled by Mr 10. Budd, who gave a capital rendering of "'The Old Bargee" and as an encore •"Mary." Miss B. La wry was also indisposed, and Master Gordon Gabites contributed a pleasing violin solo, as a substitute. A clever . gymnastic display by pupils of the school under the leadership of Mr A. G. Johnson, and two very amusing recitations by Miss Gibbs, brought the first half of the entertainment to a close. The second part of the concert was occupied by '-Scenes from Twelfth Night," in which the various characters were ably sustained by J. M. Gillies, as Malvolio, H. F. 'Cotter as Sir Toby Belch, R. A. Cuthbert as Sir Andrew Aguvneeiieek, AY. '\Y. Simmers as Duke Orino, M. O'Donoghue as Fabian, F. G. Dunn as Feste, D. S. Shaw as the Countess Olivia, and J. R. Cuthbert as Maria. Miss Ueid and Mr C. F. Collins ably accompanied the singers. BAND ROTUNDA. An excellent programme was submitted by the South Canterbury Battalion Band in the Caroline Bay rotunda last evening, and two or three hundreds of people on the beach and promenades enjoyed the fine melodies rendered. A collection in aid of the expenses of competing members of the Band at the Dunedin Contest was liberally responded to. HAY"\YARD'S PICTURES. Sustained applause greeted many of the films submitted last evening in" the Theatre Royal, and the latest Pathe budget provided a high-class form of entertainment for a fairlv numerous audience. A picture that is of general interest at the present time described the visit of ex-President Roosevelt to France, where he inspected the troops To-day there will be an aftemo. n and