WANGANUI COMPETITIONS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19009, 9 May 1924, Page 4

WANGANUI COMPETITIONS

PROGRAMME FOR FESTIVAL. At a meeting of the executive of the Wanganui Competitions Society, it was decided to augment the schedule of last year by adding to the pianoforte sec tion a further duet. The classes will now be for children under 12 years of age; for those over 12 years and under 16; and also for those between 16 years and 20 years of age. An action song for children between 12 and 16 years of rfge was also added to the schedule, whilst a further arrangement has been made in the elocutionary section dealing with reading nt sight, a class now being added for boy or girl under 12 years of age, while the other classes will be for boy or girl over 12 years and not over 16 years of age. This will bridge the gap that existed ihst year. CLOSING OF ENTRIES. It was decided to have tho schedule and book of words distributed as quickly as possible. Entries, which promise to be in excess of last year, are to clone on August 20. VACANCY ON COMMITTEE. The vacancy on the executive caused by the resignation of Mr Paul Latham, was filled by the election of Mr C. Atkinson. THE TEST PIECES. Mr Barry Coney, judge of the musical section, forwarded his selection cf pieces for the tests, and critics will agree that, while the range is a wide one, a very fine choice has been made, a high standard being observed right through. The pianoforte selections are as follow: Under 10.—“ Whispering Pines”— The Magic Circle, Allan’s Imperial edition, 330. Under 12.—“ Forest Fantasias,” Walter Carroll. Under 14—“ Sonatina No. 6.” —First Movement. Clemente-Academic Edition, No. 100. Under 16.—“ Nocturne in B fiat,” J. Field.

Under 18.—“ Romance in D flat,” Libelins. Under 21 - “Allegretto” and “Rondo” from “Sonata in E Major.” Beethoven. Open.—“Hexentang,” E. MacDowell. VOCAL. The vocal selections are as follow: Soprano Test. —“Like to the Damask Rose,” Elgar; or “Nymphs and Fauns.” Bemberg. Mezzo Soprano.—“My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair,” Hayden; or “Hay Fields and Butterflies,” Del Riego. Contralto.—“Ombra Mai Fu, ” with recitative, Handel; or “My Ships,” Barratt. Tenor. —“Serenade, Key D Minor,” Schubert; or “Good-night, Good-night, Beloved,” Balfe. Baritone.—“ Oberon In Fairyland,” Slater; or “In Summer-time on Bredon,” Peel. Bass.—“ Within These Sacred Bowers,” Mozart. Mixed Quartette. —Oivn selection. Male Quartette. —Own selection. Children’s Chorus, under 12.—“ The Pigtail and the Fan,” Farrington. Children’s Chorus, under 15.—“ Hark to the Echoes,” Picunni. Juvenile Choir “The Autumn Wind,” Roeckel. Male Choir* —“Comrades in Arms,” Adams. Grand Choir.—“ Thanks Be to God,” from “Elijah.” SCHOLARSHIP TESTS. Scholarship tests will be a feature of this year’s competitions, and in the vocal sections the selections made by the judge are as follow: Soprano and Mezzo Soprano.—“ Damon” (keys of C. D. E.) Contralto.—-“ When E’er a Snowflake Leaves the Sky” (key B flat). Tenor, Baritone, or Bass.—“ Silent Moon” (keys of D flat, E flat, G). 'ELOCUTION. Mr. Bell, judge of the elocutionary section, has made the following selection. — Recitation, Ladies. “Apple Blossoms” (W. Wesley Martin). Recitation, Gentlemen. “Gallio’s Song.” Recitation for Ladies who have not won a first prize at any competition.— “Youssouff” (J. R. Lowell). Ditto, Gentleman.—“ Carry On” (R. W. Service). Recitation, Girls under 16.—“ The House Beautiful” (R. L. Stevenson). Recitation, Girls under 14.—“ Christmas Bells” (H. W. Longfellow). Girls under 12.—“ Fairies In Winter” (T. H. Bayley). Recitation, Girls under 9.—“ Mother Rose” (Fyjeman). Recitation, Boys under 16.—“01d Grey Squirrel” (Noyes). Recitation, Boys under 14. —“Duck” (N. Gali). Recitation, Boys under 12. “A Tragic Story” (Thackeray). Recitation, Boys under nine.—“My Kingdom” (Stevenson). Shakespearean, Ladies. “King Henry V 1.,” part act 5, scene 4, “Queen Margaret’s Speech.” Ditto, Gentlemen.— “King Henry V.,” act 1, scene 2. Test Recital, Ladies.—(a) “The Spirit of Delight” (Shelley); (b) own selection. -

Ditto, Gentlemen (a) Cargoes (Masefield; (b) own selection. Test Recitation, Boy or Girl, Standard Vl.—•* ‘ln Memory of Field Marshal Earl Roberts” (J. O. Seaman).