WAITOTARA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 199, 24 August 1931, Page 3

WAITOTARA

SCHOOL CONCERT. The Waitotara Hall bore a gay appearance, having been tastefully decorated for the occasion of the annual school concert by the pupils of the Waitotara School on Thursday. There was a capacity house and the alrge audience showed their appreciation in no uncertain manner, of the efforts of th< children, who revealed a high standard of training. Encores were the order of the evening. Great praise is due to Mr and Mrs Fitzgerald and Miss Johansen, assisted by Miss G. Fitzgerald and Mr W. Simpson, on the result of their efforts. Mrs Sutton. Mrs Fitzgerald and Nancy Lee filled admirably the onerous duties of accompanists, and members of the White Star Orchestra lent their assistance. The lighting effects were ably controlled by Mr A. Hurley. At the close of the concert Mr H. J. Wilson (chairman'}. on behalf of the committee and audience, expressed thanks to the teacher and all those who assisted in making the concert a success. Supper for the .Jl'iri-H was piovided by the committee, and danJing until midnight terminated one of the most successful school functions ever held in Waitotara. The programme was as follows: Maori haka; Stein song, scholars, folk dance cobbler, infants; song. “Come to My House,** infants; folk dance, ••Please be my Partner.” infants; Maori song; recitation. 4 ‘Binkey and Me.” Esme Rich, cradle song, infants; folk dance. “Pass the Business On.” infants; Maori song; song, “We’ll All Clap Hands Together.” infants; ribbon dance, Stds. ILL and IV.; part-song, “Fairy Glade,” scholars; recitation. “Little Orphan Annie,” Dorothy Blackie; song, “Hucklebury Finn,” Rex Williams; playette, “Pink Pierrots,” senior girls; song. “One, Two, Three Four,” Grace Lee; recitation, “Fairies in the Chimney,** Esme Rich; duet. “Love’s Rhaysody,” Tessa Fitness and Delia Leahy selections by School Band; Irish jig. Nancv and Grace Lee. Jean and Ngaere Fitz-

gerald; action song. “Ship Ahoy,” Nancy Lee and scholars; hornpipe. Betty Watson; recitation. “Twenty one.” Noel Tindall; Morris stick dance, scholars; Dutch song and dance. “Mis-

ter Baggy Breeches,” Marjory Edwards and Norma Blackie; * song, “Look for the Silver Lining,” scholars; folk dance, “Mountain March,” scholars; duet. “Last Rose of Summer,” Nancy and Grace Lee; playette. “The Ghost that Gibbered.’ * senior boys.