GERALDINE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20250, 28 October 1935, Page 3

GERALDINE

COUNTRY DANCE FESTIVAL FEDERATION CUP WON BY TEMUKA Owing to the inclement weather on Saturday the South Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes was obliged to conduct the sixth annual country dance festival in the Geraldine Town Hall, instead of in the Domain as originally intended. The function was quite successful, no fewer than 22 teams taking part. A pleasing feature was the fact that the judges commented on the great improvement in the general standard of the dancing, compared with the performances at the first festival a few years ago. The Temuka Women’s Institute won the Federation Cup awarded for Section A, with Pareora East Women’s Institute as runners-up. Pareora East were the winners of the F. Curtis cup. awarded to Section B for married women. Waitohi won the open section, the Geraldine Folk Dancers team, which included three male competitors, being the runners’up. Pareora East A. and B. carried off the honours in the juvenile section, and the Arowhenua Native School A team won the Herbert Smith Trust Cup in the primary school section, the School’s B team securing second place. Under the president of the Federation (Mrs L. E. Williams) a capable body of officials were in charge of the arrangements as follow: Judges, Misses Munro and Saunders (Christchurch); marshal, Mr W. E. Cook; accompanist. Mrs J. C. Brown; country dance record steward, Mr T. Ragg. During the afternoon enjoyable demonstrations were given as follow: Federation Cup Section. “Chelsea Reach”; Juvenile Section, “Putney Ferry”; and Primary School Section, four teams, “Ten Pound Lass,” three teams “Maiden Lane.” The massed teams performed “Ribbon Dance” and “If All the World were Paper.” The President’s Thanks At the conclusion of the programme the president (Mrs L. E. Williams) expressed the Federation’s thanks to the judges, to Mr W. E. Cook who had acted as marshal, the accompanist (Mrs J. C. Brown), and to the members of Geraldine Group Toe H. who had not only prepared the Domain for the festival, but had worked hard that morning preparing the Town Hall when it had been found that it would be impossible to hold the festival out of doors. In commenting on the performances the judges said that there had been a great improvement since the initial festival held at the late Mr G. A. M. Macdonald’s residence, Orari, a few years ago. However, some of the dancers took their dacing too seriously; they did not even smile, and after all, dancing was not physical drill. Some were too stiff, and they should look as if they were enjoying themselves. The demonstration dancers had been quite different; they had looked, perhaps because they had thought that the judges’ eyes were not on them so critically, as if they were enjoying themselves, which w'as as it should be. In the competition dances a few of the competitors had hardly been dancing as they had held themselves far too stiffly. An Amende Honorable After expressing appreciation at the invitation to present the prizes, the Mayor (Mr B. Rf. Macdonald) remarked that he was extremely pleased to welcome the folk dancers back to Geraldine. In referring to the last folk-dancing festival held at Geraldine in 1932 Mr Macdonald said that some unfortunate remarks in regard to the untidy state of the Domain had been made at the December meeting of the Borough Council, and, also more unfortunately, they had been published. The people who had made those remarks had done so wrongly. There was no blame attachable to members of the Women’s Institutes; it had simply been because it had become a nasty drizzling evening just as the festival concluded. However, by the following Monday evening everything had been cleaned up satisfactorily. Mr Macdonald continued that he must congratulate the Federation on coming back to Geraldine in spite of any hurt they may have felt as a result of the previous incident. He thought that Geraldine was a better centre than any other in South Canterbury as it was more central for the purposes of the festival. Mr Macdonald concluded by condoling with them on their bad luck in the weather, but everything had seemed to go fairly well. However, there was no doubt that the dancing out of doors would have made a prettier picture. The teams from Hinds and Pareora East were to be complimented on their pluck in coming so far under such wretched weather conditions. He congratulated the winners on their success and hoped that the losers would be spurred on with greater luck next time. (Applause.) The results were:—

SECTION A Federation Cup (Six Entries) Temuka Women’s Institute (Mesdames Tully, Laurenson, Mclnnes, Misses King, Joynt, Austin, Pugh and I. Joynt). “Chelsea Reach” and “Merry Merry Milkmaids,” 81 points 1. Pareora East Women’s Institute (Mesdames A. Wallace, R. Whitticase. A. Hoskin, C. R. Patterson, Misses M. Coote, M. Longman, J. Munro, and G. Barr) “Chelsea Reach” and “Newcastle,” 74 points, 2. SECTION B F. Curtis Cup Open to Married Women Only (Two Entries) Pareora East Women’s Institute (Mesdames A. Wallace, R. Whitticase, A. Hoskin, and C. R. Patterson), “Lady in the Dark” and “Rufty Tufty,” 67 points, 1. OPEN SECTION (Five Entries) Waitohi (Misses D. Lyon, R. Moore, J. Moore, N. Nolan, F. Parish, and K. Lyon) “Old Mole” and “Picking Up Sticks,” 83 points, 1. Geraldine Folk Dancers (Mrs Payne, Misses Worner, M. Ragg, and Messrs W. E. Cook, T. Ragg, and F. Shearer), “Scotch Cap” and “Put on Thy Smock on Monday,” 76 points, 2. JUVENILE SECTION Open to teams under 18 years of age (Two Entries) Pareora East A (Misses T. Skudder. J. Munro, N. Allen, M. Longman, R. Baker, and N. Thompson), “Putney Ferry” and “Old Mole,” 69 points, 1. Pareora East B (Misses N. Weenick. B. Pratt, G. Whitticase, P. Topp, and O. Hampton), “Black Nag” and “Putney Ferry,” 67 points, 2. PRIMARY SECTION Herbert Smith Trust Cup Open to Primary School Children Entries) Arowhenua Native School “A” (P. Wixon, R. Rehu, M. Wesley, T. Wixon,

E. Rehu, ,T. Honkinson. P. Waters. N. Wixon), “Ten Pound Lass,” “Maiden Lane” and “Merry, Merry Milkmaids,” 84 points, 1. Arowhenua Native School “B” (E. Rehu, R. Solomon, P. Hopkinson, J. Solomon, R. Rehu, A. Painter, P. Wixon, and H. Wixon), “Ten Pound Lass,” “Maiden Lane” and “Merry. Merry Milkmaids,” 80 points, 2. “THE TRIUMPH OF SHERLOCK HOLMES” “The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes,” reconstructs one of the most popular of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories, “The Valley of Fear.” The film, which will be screened at the Municipal Theatre to-night, also brings again to the screen in the role of the sleuth. Arthur Wontner, whose screen presentations of Holmes have been so popular. This is screen detective drama with an absorbing interest, thrills, action and suspense. Variety supports will be shown. Mr E. Cholerton, Optical Specialist, proprietor of Procter’s, the Premier Opticians, Christchurch, will be visiting Geraldine personally, and may be consulted on all defects of eyesight at the Crown Hotel, on Wednesday. 6th November, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Appointments can now be made by ringing Mr Morris Williams, chemist. ’Phone 61