DANCE RECITAL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 302, 21 December 1931, Page 9

DANCE RECITAL.

Excellent Performance by Students. MISS V. LARGE’S PUPILS. An entertaining variety, of items including songs, solo dances, duos and ballets was given by the pupils of Miss Violet Large at the Radiant Hall on Saturday evening. There was a large gathering of-parents and friends to witness the performance. The effective staging and colourftil froeking combined to make the evening a delightful-one for the audJerjce. The greater part of the programme was taken up by the tiny tots, who performed with ease their dainty nurpbers and showed no ■ trace of self-consciousness. .. The . , froeking, . especially of • ■ the-

“babies” was very charming and lent itself in pleasing harmony with the colourful garden scene on the stage or against the dull gold of the curtain. The most- outstanding items' of the evening besides the solos and ballets, were the songs by Mr David M’Gill, assisted by ballets, and the duos given by Misses June and Nola Lawrence.. Mr M’Gill sang in his usual easy manner and his numbers went with a swing. June and Nola Lawrence, as well as dancing, intricate tapping steps, delighted the audience with their harmonious singing. The best of their numbers were, “The Happiness Boys” and “Sweet Jennie Lee.”

The most pleasing of the ballets were the “Toy' Ballet” and ‘.‘A Scene from Fairyland” by the tiny .tots, and .the “Gypsy Love Song.” The ballets were' colourful and well arranged and with the soloists combined to make the numbers full of interest. Intricate steps

were danced gracefully aiid with finish showing that under Miss Large’s able tuition the children had progressed favourably.

The following is the programme:— Song, “ Aloha-Oe,” Mr David M’Gill and ballet; ‘.’Pipes of Pan,’’ Helen M’Kenzie;

••Ruffles,” Brenda Meagher; duo, Pulcie Geary and Jean Sorrell; operatic, Patricia Sorrell; cymbal, Kdna Bull; song, June and Nola Lawrence; Chinese duo, Paula and Ngaire Geary; Italian flowerseller, .Till Geary; jazz ballet, junior

students; toy ballet—Fairy, Shirley Bryant; Soldier, Eunice Taylor; Doll, Brenda Meagher; Rabljit, Ruth Clark; Top, Heather M’Nish; Golliwog, Beryl Stacey; song, Patricia Sorrell; song, Joan Sorrell; “Gipsy Dove Song,’’ Mr

David M’Gill and ballet; Russian duo, Patricia Regnault and Nola Lawrence;

Dutch, Myrtle Carter: acrobatic duo, Beryl Stacey and Phil Burns; toe dance, Edna Bull; eccentric duo, June and Nola Dawrence; operatic, Dorna Richards; butterfly ballet, song, ••Butterfly Wings,” Patricia Sorrell; (a) dance, Eastern, Jean Sorrell, (b) song, Mr David "M’Gill; ballet, classical; “The Fairy Pipers,” Joan Sorrell and ballet; step dance, Ruth Clark; doll, Patricia Sorrell; tap, Mr David M’Gill and ballet; “A Scene from Fairyland,” tiny tots; winter ballet, junior students; classical duo, Helen

M’Kenzie and Pat Regnault; Jockey, Dorothy Hemingway; song, “Dancing with Tears in my Eyes,” Mr David M’Gill and ballet; song and dance, June and Nola Dawrence; “ Folly,” Nora Olliver; scarf dance, junior students; song,

" Donesome Dittle Doll,” Patricia Sorrell and ballet; butterfly duo, Ngaire King and Dorna Richards; “Woodland Elf,” Elsie Sheppard; song, June and Nola Dawrence; tap, Dbrna Richards; song, Mr D. M’Gill; Chinese, Peggy Gee;

dance, Audrey Dittle; “Rose Petals,” Shirley M’Fadden and Nola Olliver; grand finale, “ In an Old World Garden, entire, company. The orchestra was under the direction of Mrs W. O. S.