MAY DAY PARTY HELD AT LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19085, 2 June 1930, Page 12

MAY DAY PARTY HELD AT LYTTELTON.

PLUNKET SOCIETY GIVE DANCE FOR CHILDREN.

The committee of the Lyttelton Branch of the Plunket Society will have no reason to regret their work in arranging for this year’s May Day party, which was held on Saturday afternoon in the Excelsior Hall. The function was an unprecedented success. The attendance included over 200 children and about 100 adults. Tho majority of the children were dressed in fancy costumes, which, in many instances, were artistic and original. Others were comical, and created much amusement amongst the .youngsters. The decorations of the hall were in keeping with the pleasing shades of the fancy costumes. The judges selected Josephine Hay as the May Queen. The Queen was attended by five little maids of honour. The crowning ceremony was well staged, especially the dancing portion of the proceedings.

Following the presentation of prises the president (Mrs B. H. Gilmour) thanked the parents of the children for the great interest taken by them in the activities of the society. She also extended thanks to the judges, Mrs C. W. ,I. Maclaverty and Mrs W. Paine, the teachers of tho District High School, , for training the children in folk dances, land the crowning ceremony, and Miss Swaby’a pupils for contributing a number of dances.

Prizes were awarded as follows:— Boys—Under nine: Most original, Jim Stewart (Penguin): best fancy dress, Norman Wales (Chinaman). Over nine: Most original, Fred Sutton (Shell Bowser). Best fancy dress, Ritchie Qllmour (Alpine Guide). Girls—May Queen, Josie Hayes, Under nine: Most original, Cynthia Martin (Sweetest Thing on Earth); best fancy dress, •Frances Gillies (Early Victorian). Over nine: Most original, Beryl Wales (Parcel Post); best fancy dress, Mawa Atkinson (Early Victorian). Specials: Daphne Perkins (Chicken); tiny-tots (pre-school), Alice Hardwick (Velvet Soap). Amongst the children present in fancy dresses were:—Nancy Greenway (Pink Blossom), Ruth Petrie (Early Victorian), Joan Brown (Pierrette), Barry Chrisp (Brownie). Peter Chrisp (Pirate), Albert Souter (Brownie), Freda Benn (Fairy), Phyllis Benn (Honolulu Dancer), Bessie RatclifCe (Rose), Josie Hayes (Doll in a Box), Mary Hays (Hard Up), Beatrice Hays (Flowers), Peggy Graham, Jean Herd (Witch), Berla Morison (Carnival Bells), Alva Beaumont (Canary), Dorothy Shepherd (Rose), Jean Lester vSailor Girl),. Arthur Shepherd (Cowboy), Mary Fox (Sunbeam), Betty Illingworth (Daffodil). Valmal Anderson (Butterfly), Joan Phillips (Butterfly), Camille Donahoe (Winter), Frances Gardiner (Maid of Honour), Jocelyn Gardiner (Maid of Honour), Rosemary Potts (Cupid), Clare M’Lanegan (Spanish), Jean Scott (Butterfly), Ivy Odie (Gipsy Dancer), Norma DufC (Butterfly), Charlie Barnes (Jack Horner), Alison Smith (Fower Girl), Jean Geayley (Chicken), Nola Winstanley (Kinkle Kid), Violet Gardiner (Egyptian), Mawa Atkinson (Mid-Victorian Lady), Iris Quane (Hawaiian), Hetty Forder (Gypsy), Joyce M’Muirtin (Blackbird), Josio O’Connor (Sunbeam), George Hilliard (Parrot), Bob Hilliard (Dutch Boy), Gwen DufC (Irish Colleen), Phyllis Simpson (Ice Cream), Edie Bcyd (Velvet Soap), Lila Woolruan (Crinoline), Jim Stewart (Penguin), Helen Forman (Chinaman), David Stephens (Brownie), lan Wales (Aviator), Norman Wales (Chinaman), Aileen Gilmore (Chinaman), Don Stewart (Hawaiian), Alison Brook (May Queen), Beryl Wales (Parcel Post), Desmond Baker (Goodnight), John Rudd (Spripg Chicken). Nancy Gillies (Ballet Dancer), Frances Gillies (Early Victorian), Jimmy Burgess (Sailer), Jessie Burgess (May Pole Lassie), Nblene Smith (Maid Marten), Diana Duckworth (Hawaiian), Neville Louttit (Spanish Boy), Jocelyn Muir (Old Fashioned Lady), Francis M’Masters (Jack Horner), Betty Reardon (Japanese), John Gilmour Man), Ritchie Gilmour, Peggy Duckworth (Apple Blossom), Pat Mahar (Pansy), • Hilary Mahar (Butterfly), Robin Stanley (Pier>ot), Jack Stanley (Footballer), Barry O’Donahoe (Surf Bather), Jean Morris (Jockey), Dorothy Davis (Poppy), Joyce Muxlow (Pierrette), Joyce Bisman (Japanese), Joan Bartlett, Dorothy Bartlett, Cynthia Martin (Sweetest Thing on Earth), Gladys Anderson ' (Golden Butterfly), Marie M’Donald (Fluffy Ruffles), Daphne Perkins (Chicken), David Perkins (Frog), Betty Goddard (Rose), Alan Coleman, Rose Frewin (Creamoata), May Stern (Tiger Lily), Larry Lewis (Sergeant Major on Parade), Ashly Kerr (Kate Greenaway), Leslie Meriifield (Pirate), Ray Sutton (Shell Red Can), Fred Sutton (Shell Bowser), Douglas Collet (Pierrot). Elliott Collet (Pierrot). Bruce Collet (Dutch Boy), Alan Blackler (Cowboy), Jim Hardwick . (Letter Box), Maurice Thurlcw, Harold Inteman. Helen Wade (Miss Muffett), Tommy Bishop (Oliver Twist), Leslie Bishop (Maud Maitland), Kathleen Woolman, Peggy Brooks (Mary, Mafy, Quite Contrary), Lorna Brooks ((Carnival), Helen Preston (Maid of \ Honour), Alice Hardwick (Orange Fairy).