AFTERNOON PARTY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 804, 3 July 1933, Page 9

AFTERNOON PARTY.

Gathering at Riccarton House. GOOD MUSICAL PROGRAMME. Members of the Christchurch branch of the Victoria League were entertained by their president, Mrs J. Deans, at a musical afternoon party held at her home, Riccarton House, on Saturday. Each guest brought a donation for the funds of the Businessmen’s Committee for the relief of distress in the city. The three reception rooms were gay with flowers, and big log fires added to the cheeriness of the gathering. The interesting musical programme arranged by Miss Rose Tabart was as follows: Piano solos. Barcarolle ” (Tschaikowskv) and “Fairy Frolic” 1 Roger Quilter), Mrs Wilding; songs, “Flower in the Valley” (Godard). “ Eighteenth Century Pastoral Ditty ” (anonymous), “For Ever and a Day” (Albert Mack), and two songs, the words of which were written by Christine Rossetti, Mrs Stephen Parr; songs, ' I Would I Were a King ” (Sir Arthur Sullivan). “Listening” .(Haydn Wood), ‘‘A Boat Song” (Harriet Webb), "Thinking of Mary” (Sterndale Bennett), Mr A. G. Thompson; instrumental trio, Mrs J. E. Russell (piano), Mrs A. H. Bills (violin), Miss Nancy Estall (’cello); songs, from "A Lover in Damascus ” (Amy WoodfordeFinden), “Songs My Mother Sang” (Grimshaw). Miss Nellie Lowe. Mrs J. E. Russell and Mrs A. G. Thompson acted as accompanists. Mrs Deans thanked the performers for providing the excellent programme, and said she was pleased so many of her friends had attended the gathering to help those less fortunately placed than themselves. Others* present were:—Mr and Mrs K. G. Hogg. Mesdames .T. Cracrott Wilson, C. M. Ollivier, Charles Reid, Heathcote Gray. J. H. Hall, M. H. Godbv, C. Chilton, John Guthrie, Alister Deans, F. L. Scott, W. H. Symes, R. G. Retre, E. J. Cordner. Misses Rose Tabart, R. Humphreys. Cora Wilding, Heave (2), R. Cracroft Wilson, C. Gosset, K. Batchelor (Dunedin), G. Thomson, Lois Ollivier. R. Guard, Abbott, Marjorie Wells, Peggy Holmes and Barbara Scudamore.