FUNCTION AT HAIRINI

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1781, 10 July 1926, Page 5

FUNCTION AT HAIRINI

CHILDREN'S FANCY DRESS BALL.

The promoters of the children's fancy dresfe dance at Hairini last evening must have been gratified.with the response of the general public, as before 8 o'clock the hall was packed almost to its utmost, the assembly including several dozen juveniles arrayed in a conglomeration of costumes, many of them exceedingly pretty, while others were novel and quaint. The scene as the young folk glided or romped about the hall in the many waltz or the more inspiriting polka was very pretty indeed. The judges entrusted with the task of awarding prizes had an extremely difficult task, though there were so many prizes that all the best costumes were recognised with awards. Soon after 10 o'clock the children were served with a dainty supper, and the elder dancers made use' of the floor. A very happy time was spent. The following were the prjze winners:—

Campbell Rennie, Ethel Davis, Mary Mandeno, George Glasson, Muriel Chamberlain, Dave Young. Willie Glass, Kathleen Glass, Polity Aldridge, Dorothy Peake, D. McFie, Peggy and Judy Armstrong, Marie McDonald Betty Chamberlain, Ailsa Quin. Chum Spiers, Jim Mandeno, Annette Storey, Gladys Hall. The following is a list of the costumes worn:—

Ethel Davis, 'Blue Bird.; Fiona Thomas, Spanish Lady; Gertrude Wynyard, Black Cat; Mary Mandeno, Page; Margaret Bryant, Pierette; Jean Coulter, Persian Lady; Ponty Aldridge Starch; Bert Aldridge, Crusader; Jean Bryant Dutch Cleaner; Athol Ashmore, Pierrot; Dave Young, Sir Walter Raleigh; George Glasson. Chinaman; Edna Jones, Gipsy; Henry Peake, Cricketer; Jack Bryant, Highlander; Lloyd Chamberlain, Clown; Lynn Ahier, Butterfly; Dorothy Peake, Pierette; Gladys Hall, Starlight; Joyce Reese, Wedding Bouquet; Jean Sutherland Fairy; Ailsa Macpherson, Bath Night;' Mary Rose; Zila Spiers, Frills; Nancy Storey, Poppy; Daphne Harford, Gipsy; Peggy Armstrong, Pierrette; Judy Armstrong, 80-peep; Marjorie McGinty, Irish; Archie Coulter,- Old Nick; Ray Cavanagh, Jester; George Hall, Pierrot; Noel Spiers, Irish Pat; Jim Mandeno, Pierrot; David Macfie, Sundowner; Annette Storey, Little Red Riding Hood; Malcolm Bridge. Peter Pan; Betty Chamberlain, Early Victorian; Muriel Chamberlain, Pierrette; Ruth (Pattie, Alice Blue Gown; Pat Ashmore, Pierrette; Alex and George Mandeno, Bib and Bub; Rex. Harford, Hindu Prince; Richard McFee, Scout; Bernice 'Gavanagh, Spanish Dancer; Patty McCarroll, Window; Ruth Hall, Pierrette; Nellie Reese, Dutch Boy; Joyce Davis. Mystery.