KERRYTOWN.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 23 November 1923, Page 9

KERRYTOWN.

IST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL. AN.N UAL ENTE'KTAIEMENT. 1 ,Thc musical and dramatic entertainment given test _ night under the »»‘»* pices «l the St. Joseph's School, Ken \- Loii'ii, was one .which lor variety and ■ uniformly high talent would be cliincult to surpass. -The pupils ot St. Joseph’s can always be relied upon to j «rive a •programme well worth going a ( Jong way to hear and last night’s tunc- , 1 tion was well up to the favourable roi putation built up in the past. One feature of the evening was the man-, ner in which all the youthful per-; forniors acquitted themselves, winch | formed an eloquent; .testimony to the painstaking and diligent efforts ot tuo Sisters in their coaciiing of the children. The'itciml- given ranged from dramatic sketches to songs and I choruses, and there was a ret resiling | vigour and whole-heartoduess thrown into the different numbers which was a ! pleasure to see. The general arrangement and staging ot the various sketches and dialogues was carried out wit-lv artistic effect, and altogether to find any fault wit’ll the programme ; would die to become hypercritical and ! where all performed so meritoriotisly it j would be invidious to particularise. The programmed 1 items were as follows (the ; length'of the entertainment- precluding ' many insistent demands for, encores) : Recitation,' Miss llridgie Foley; pianoforte duet, .Misses C. Cassidy and 0. Fitzgerald;' recitation, Miss Doris Brophy: comedetta, Miss Chrissio Brosnahan and junior pupils; song, Miss .Rosie Fitzgerald; dialogue, Misses Olive Fitzgerald, Fay Brophy, Kathleen Scanned, Lucy O’Driscoll, Eileen Burns; recitation, Master Vernon Day ; pianoforte duet, Misses L. Fitzgerald and C. Brosnahan; recitation, Miss May Scott; song, Masters A. Jones, T; Day, and L. Brophy; recitation, Alasters J . Tuite and J . O’Driscoll; recitation, Miss B. Fleming and Master P. 'Lawlor; : drama, Masters Pat Kelli her, John Day, M. O’Driscoll, Dan Foley, Pat Foley; recitation, Misses B. Fleming,. ,M. Scannell, A. o’Driscoll, B. Foley; foiirlmnd reel, Misses N. O’Driscoll and N. Lawlor, Masters A. Jones and L. Brophy; piano .solo, Miss Clara Brosnahan; dialogue, Missos G. Brosnahan, M, Goughian, Lucy Fitzgerald, and Masters Pat Foley, Alun 'Jo nos, .John' Connell, Edward Burns, Leo Brophy; recitation, Master Dan Foley; dialogue, Masters- P. Brophy,’ P. Foley., J. Tuite, J. O’Driscoll; vocal duet, Misses'R. L. and 0. Fitzgerald ; dialogue, Miss B. Fleming and Master j V. Day; pianoforte march. Master A. Jones; piano trio, Misses F. Brophy, X. Kttughton, -Eileen ' Burps : dialogue, Masters .I,■ o’Driscoll and P. Brophy; drama, Misses Al, Goughian, R. Fitzgerald, Brosnahan. L. Fitzgerald. Besides the items enumerated above an ■opening chorus was sung by the school children, the infants danced a double quadrille, the senior girls gave a-song, the pupils sang .“Land /of Gra Machrce!” the junior girls “Grandmothers Old,” and the boys “Heads and Heel;;,” while the girls gave a hoop dance. j