St George's Sunday School.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2174, 22 December 1875, Page 2

St George's Sunday School.

f ;A^ciqracerfc;; was -igiyanf |n?St [Geqrgefs school, Rollestoh street, yesterday evening by members of the Church Choir assisted by some friends, in aid of the funds of the Sand?y4Bjßhool.fPie'atten^ance;;w|g|hot as large as we could Have wished to have seen it, owing in***great measure, no doiib&jto the Junprqpitious state of the weather and the muddy nature of the. roads, whiph^ made,.it a matter of some-; difficulty to reach" 'the 'schoolroom. The concert" commenced with a song " The Dawn of Day" by the choir, after which Mr B. Steward sang a solo " Speak to me, 1' next followed a duett, " Flower Gatherers," by Misses Lush and Day, and a song by Miss Dixon,'?' JTis fc* hi}n,;:hi3 mother's weeping. :Mr Catran "next gave "The Bellringer" very nicely; this song, though we do not wish to be invidious, being to our minds the most enjoyable; of the evening, and was followed by Misses Trewheela and;Jiush,r!with Messrs -Steward and Trewheela in a quartette, " Good night beloved." iMt TreWheela^was encoredih his song "My Old Friend John," and gave as his second the well Known "Friar of Orders Grey." Miss Trewheela sang svery nicely "Ring6iitiWildbells/': and then Mr W. W". Eobinspn whose clear articulation of the words'of his song : might with advantage be copied by some singers, who, when they sing, might just as well.be singing Italian for alltliey~can be undeVstppd,; gave.a •comic, song the " Broken-hearted Bachelor," being loudly encored- he sang another on the same theme ", The Bashful ... Man ", with... the same clearness of enunciation^ vAs^^wo singers were absentonwhom the manage* ment had been relying for songs, Miss Lush was unexpectedly.called upon to fill up the gap with the song "Sing, Nightingale, Sing," which she rendered very nicely. Mr- Whitford's first comic song," -Beauti-ful-Nell," necessitated his re-appearance in response to the encore which ;was given, and he then substituted '! Pull, pull, together, Boys." Next came Mr W^H. Eeed in two motto songs, the. last beiiig sung as an encore. " A Christmas Madrigal" and a verse of " God Save the Queen," by the choir, concluded; the musical part of entertainment; the room was then cleared, and dancing commenced, the music for ywhich; was kindly performed;: byfMessrs. Belli F. Paul, and S. Paul, arid a capital dance programme was got through: in excellent time; " '■'"■•:■--■■■ - ■ -''■".' ■ "■•■■* •