AFTERNOON MUSICALE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20331, 14 June 1934, Page 6

AFTERNOON MUSICALE.

First Party of Series is Greatly Enjoyed. CANTERBURY WOMEN'S CLUB. It has become an established custom at the Canterbury Women’s Club that musicales should be arranged every fortnight, during the spell of short winter afternoons, and to these parties members and their friends are invited. The continued popularity of these gatherings was demonstrated yesterday, when Mrs Henry Wyatt was hostess for the first afternoon musicale held this winter. Flowers may seem to be a thing of the past season or of florists’ windows only, but they flourish all the year round in the reception room of the Women’s Club and there was- a profusion of lovely blooms and foliage yesterday. Tall jugs and big bowls .placed on the stage and at other points of vantage held chrysanthemums, hydrangeas and all sorts of berries. Little vases of marigolds and Iceland poppies were arranged on the small tables where afternoon tea was served. Fragrant little sprays of winter sweet were placed on the tables as favours for the guests, and there were posies of violets for the performers. Mrs Wyatt, who was responsible for the organisation of the party, wore a spinney green cloth coat over a matching crepe frock with trimmings of prebble satin. Her felt hat in the same shade of green was circled with feather tips. The Programme. The programme was greatly appreciated by the audience. Miss Bessie Pollard played Beethoven’s Andante in Fas a pianoforte solo. Miss Betty Simpson sang two old favourites, ‘ The Blue Danube” (Strauss) and “Little Old Garden” (Hewitt). Other vocalists were Mrs Tristram Willcox, who song “ The Legend,” by Tschaikowsky, and “Te Deum,” by Reginald Redman. An old folk song, “ The Spinning Wheel,” was sung by Miss Betty Hilliard, whose second choice was a Maori slumber song by Princess Te Rangi Pai. Miss Pollard played all the accompaniments and also took part in trios with Miss Marjorie Chapman as 'cellist and Miss Dora Deal as violinist. They played the final movement of Beethoven’s “ Prestissimo ” and “To a*Miniature,” by May Brahe. Joyce Jennings concluded the programme with two excellent recitations. Afternoon tea was then served, after which some of the performers entertained those present with further items.