CHAMBERLAIN SCHOOL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19683, 28 December 1933, Page 12

CHAMBERLAIN SCHOOL

CONCERT AND PRIZE-GIVING. The annual prize-giving ceremony was held in the schoolroom. The concert programme presented by the pupils was as follows:—Opening choruses; “Spring Song” and “Hoe Ra”; folk dance. ‘ Ruftv Tufty.” senior girls; “Flag Song,” infants; recitation. “Pining Peter.” by Jack Adam and Nita Sargent; "Lullaby” and “The Fairy Artist,” senior girls; Sea Shanties, “Billy Boy” and “The Drunken Sailor,” senior boys; recitation, “The Scarecrow,” Peter Perry and Gilbert Sargent; “Hot Cross Buns,” “Cock-a-docdle-doo,” “Dame Get Up,” “Sing a Song of Sixpence,” infants; recitation-, Doris Irving and Annie Barrett; Highland Fling. Moreen Adam; play, “Merry and Bright,” Mary Stevenson, Cora Sargent, Jean Irving,' Janet Barrett, Donald Heddell, Philip Sargent and Richard Perry; “Ribbon Dance,” junior girls; recitation, Ngaire Adam and Cara Hamilton; “Aiken Drum,” infants; folk dance “Sellenger's Round” senior pupils; recitation. Nita Sargent and Moreen Adam; closing choruses, “John Brown’s Body." “Some Folks Do,” “Keep on Hoping,” “God Save the King.” The chairman, Mr H. Adam, then called upon Mrs Barrett, senior, to present the prizes as follows: — Primer 1: Jack Adam. Primer 2; Elizabeth Smillie. Primer 4: Eileen Hamilton, James Barrett. Std. I —Nita Sargent, Ngaire Adam, Cara Hamilton, Moreen Adam. Std. ll—Doris Irving, Annie Barrett. Std. Ill —Gilbert Sargent. Std. IV —Peter Perry. Form I—Jean Irving, Janet Barrett, Philip Sargent. Form II —Cora Sargent, Richard Perry. Form lll—Mary Stevenson. Donald Heddell. Special prizes for attendance; Janet Barrett, Peter Perry. Teachers’ spelling prizes: Mary Stevenson, Jean Irving, Annie Barrett, Nita Sargent. The surprise of the evening was the Christmas tree, laden with sweets, gifts, and balloons, which was pulled in after supper. Dancing concluded a most enjoyable party for both young and old.