TE KOAS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17655, 3 September 1919, Page 8

TE KOAS.

A BRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT.

Te Koas. a band of entertainers just back from the front, opened at the Opera House for a four nights' season last night. The programme was bright and sp-rkling, being very much on the lines of that presented by costume comedy companies, and the soldier performers prove themselves quite at home in this class of work, pleasing the audience greatly in song and story and merry concerted sketches. There is a professional ease and sureness of touch about the whole performance, fror.a the gay opening chorus, which includes a rousing Maori war Cry, to the final military sketch, "Where Did That One Go?" In Mr Stan. Pritchard Te Koas have a singer with a splendid baritone voice, and his songs are perhaps the most en!joyable items on the programme. Mr Les. Walton proves himself a talented monologist, and pleased the audience immensely with the dramaI tic tale of the French Revolution, "The Aristrocat." He is equally successful in the selection "The Play," from Dennis' popular verses "The Sentimental B^oke.' Mr Owen Pritchard is a clever comedian, and keeps the audience amused with his fun making. His ragging of old melodies is enjoyable, and he is also very entertaining in his duets, "Lady A. and Mrs B." and "Shopping," with Mr W. Edwards. Mr C. King sinns a rag and gives a clever step dance, and Miss Tui Hillyer (soprano), 1 Messrs Wally Edwards (female impersonator), and Victor Elliott (tenor), also contributed much-appre-ciated items to,the programme, while Mr Billy Mardle did yeoman service at the piano. The concerted items 'Round the World" and "The Coster's Outing," and the concluding sketch "Where Did That One Go?" | are very amiising, some clever work ! being put in by the performers. The i programme given by Te Koas proves to the folks at home that our boys were well entertained behind the lines.