RECORD ENTRIES

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23283, 20 August 1945, Page 3

RECORD ENTRIES

Timaru Competitions Fifteenth Festival Commences With record einnes and large attendances ac the opening sessions on sauuraay, the iiueeuih annual icsdval 01 the 1 .maru Competitions promises to be an outstanding success, conducted under me auspices 01 the South canterbury Centre m the Piping ana Dancing Association of New Zealand, this year’s lesuval, without including me post entries lor the piping ano Highland dress competitions, has attracted 2050 entries, compared wim 1800 last year. Under me presided, tivir R. W. Munro), with Mr J. Glass as secretary, capable arrangements nave been made by the Executive Committee for me control of the festival, which is being held in the Garonne Bay Hail, Bay Tearooms, and the Little Playhouse. •The judges are: National dancing ana Highland dress. Mrs B. Scott (Timaru); fancy dancing, Miss Lily Stevens, M.R.A.D. (Dunedin); vocal and instrumental, Mi' Prank Calloway (Dunedin); elocution, Mrs J. Protheroe, A.T.C.L. (Ashburton); human pyramids, Mr K. Muff (Christchurch). The official accompanists are Mesdames P. McGavin, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., and F. Stowell, A.T.C.L., L.T.C.L., and the official pipers are Messrs J. Logan and D. Cormack. The Mayor 01 Timaru (Mr A E. S Hanan) Will perform the official opening at this evening’s session in the Bay Hall. The results on Saturday were as follows, the competitors being from Timaru unless otherwise stated :- Highland Fling, beginners, local (22 entries).—Fav Osborne, 69 points, 1; John Bruce, 68 points, 2; Ada Small. 66 points, 3; Mavis Fort (Taiko) and Angela Kaveney. v.h.c. Skipping Dance, under 12 (24). Judith Bryant, 71 points. 1; Barbara Johnston, 70 points, 2; Ruth Hanson (Ashburton), 69 points, 3; Laurel Watts (Christchurch) and Gwenda Whitehouse, v.h.c; Delphine Kavanagh (Christchurch), Joy McCarthy. Fay Christiansen and Maureen Holmes (Kingsdown), h.c. Recitation, own selection, under 14 ill!.—Nola Tindall, Christchurch ("Sunpose”), 75 points, 1; Kathleen Eunsbn, Invercargill ("The Cripple Boy’’). 72 points. 2; Mary Fox ("Captain Oates 1, 71 points, 3; Jocelyn Hobbs, June McLaren, and Maureen Mather, v.h.c. Irish Jig,' girls and boys under 10. local (25).—Clare Parker, 67 points. 1; Pamela Eastwood, 66 points, 2; Patricia Lane. 65 points, 3; Donald Bruce, Joyce Charters and Norma Lightfoot. V Operatic Dance, under eight local (17). —Rose MacNamara (Washdyke). 70 points. 1; Jennifer Stowell, 69 points. 2; Gaynor Mann, 68 points. 3: Olive Keiller, Janet Preston, Nola Tate, Janet Thompson and Bernadette Cox, v.h.c.; Joyce Charteris, Diana Barbour. Marie Fitzgerald and Beverley Tate, h.c. Highland Fling, boys under 12 1 10) —David Edwards (Oamaru). 73 points, 1; Donald Bruce. 71 points. 2; Roger Sim (Oamaru), 70 points, 3. i Recitation in Character, under 18 (7). —Laura Marshall ("Miss Moucher”). 96 points, 1; Maureen Liddell: Invercargill ("Queen Margaret’s Triumph Over Duke of York"), 95 points. 2; Noia Tindall (Christchurch). ("Cooking Lecture") and June Paterson (“Titania"). 94 points. 3. I Clog Dance, any age (B).—Norman I Stewart (Dunedin), 79 points, 1: Helen Dalgety (Oamaru). 76 points, 2; Daphne Baxter (Dunedin). 75 points. 3. Barefoot Dance, under 18 (9). ’ Janice Button ("A Little Brown Leaf”), 80 points, 1; Fay Christiansen I ("Spirit of the Rose"), 76 points. 2; Merrill Welford (“Statuette”), 73 points. 3; Beverley Hewitt, v.h.c., 1 Diana Cook. Fay Downey (ChristI church), and Mary Fitzsimmons, h.c 1 Dramatic Recitation, under 18 (5).- | Nola Tindall, Christchurch ("The Ballad of John Nicholson"), 76 points. 1; Maureen Liddell, Invercargill. "Blue ‘ Wednesday”) and Laura Marshall ■"Little Scottish Martyrs”), 75 points ; (equal), 2; Billie Armstrong iChrist- ! church), v.h.c. i Reel o’ Tulloch. under 16 (18). (Daphne Baxter (Dunedin). 83 points, ll; Norma Bi'.’d (Christchurch). 81 (points, 2; Rita Stanley (ChristI church). 80 points. 3: Kathleen Eun- | son (Invercargill!, v.h.c