COMPETITIONS
MANAWATU SOCIETY i SUCCESSFUL ENTRANTS. There was a fair attendance of the public at yesterday’s morning session of the Manawatu Competitions Society’s tenth festival. Good progress has been made with the ditfereut classes. The following arc the results up to mid-day yesterday from mid- i day the previous day:— l.’est Recitation (girls under 16 >. — i Phyllis Taylor (Wanganui) 1, Nolu Hyde (Wellington) 2, Nancy Turnbull (Hawera) 3. Sword Dunce (17 and overt. — Eileen (lurtis t Gisborne I, (jonstai <■ ley (Palmerston N.) 2. Recitation (gentleman)—Gilbert BelHe (Palmerston N.) 2. Only competitor. Humorous Recitation (boys under 16). — Robert Cheyne (Eastbourne) I. Douglas Lynch (Napier) 2. Vocal Holo ("■.•ntlemeuNorman i Shelton (Feilding) 1, D. B. Rowe (Palmerstou N.) 2. \'ioliu Solo.—Morris Daily (Napier) , 1, N. L. Findlay (Palmerston and L. Fox (Hawera) 2 (equal). Shakespearean Recitation. (gentlemen). —Recalls: Walter J. Hall (Wellington), Errol Muir (Lower Hutt). Piano Solo (under 14). —Lola Buick (Palmerston N.) 1, Joan Bolger (Taranaki) and Marion Stenberg (Palmer- , ston N.) 2 (equal). Recitation (boys under 12, restricted to competitors w’ho have never won a r first prize).—Wilson Hulbert (Pate .) 2. No. other awards. Sword Dance (10 and under 13). — I Claude Henderson (Bunnythorpo) 1, Gracie McKay (Wellington) 2, Ethnic Hemingsen (Palmerston N.) 3. Recitation (girls under 12). —Ruby Cheyne (Eastbourne) 1, Pixie Kent (Hawera) 2, Kathleen Stevenson (Lower Hutt) 3. » Vocal Solo (Girls 11 and under 14). — Coloen Kneebonc (Palmerston N.) 1, i Eirene Halbert (Gisborne) 2. ■ Recitation (girls 12 and under 16). — ■ Betty Manley (Eastbourne) 1, Moira ■ McClure (Napier) 2. i Operatic Dance (10 and under 13). — I Shona Bennetts (Wellington) .1, Jean . (Wellington) 2, Valerie Oram (Palmerston N.) 3.
Duet in Character (12 and under 16). —Donald Davies and Rae Sanders (Hastings) 1, Freda and Gladys Whittaker (Wellington) 2. Test Recitation (gentlemen). —Bert Ziegler (Napier) 1, Walter J. Hall (Wellington) 2. Piano Solo (championship).—There
were three competitors in this, but the judge announced that ho could make no awards, as each competitor had suffered from a lapse of memory. Vocal Solo (girls 17 to 21). —Miss Eva Roberts (Pohangina) 1, Miss Melva Day (Palmerston N.) 2. Character Sketch (Ladies). —Miss Meryl Daniels (Wellington) 1, Miss Beryl Tunks (Wellington) 2. Baritone Solo. —R. Tapliu (Palmerston N.) 1. Bert Ziegler (Napier) 2. Vocal Solo (ladies). —Miss Evelyn Sherriff (Marton) 1, Miss D. Ebbett (Pahiatua) 2.
Character Story Dance (over 12).--Marjorie Penman (Wellington) 1, Eileen Curtis (Gisborne) 2; Joan Scott (Palmerston North) 3.
Operatic Dance (13 and under 17). — Marjorie Penman (Wellington) 1, Marjorie Newport (Wellington) 2. Song in Character (la dies).—Miss Marion Hamerton (Patea) 1, Miss D. F. E. Junker (Pahiatua) 2. Action Recitation (under 14). —Jim McCarthy (Napier) 1, Ruby Cheyne (Eastbourne) and Moira McClure (Napier) 2 (equal 5 ). 9 Operatic Solo (ladies). —Miss Jean McGlashan (Hawera) 1, Miss N. Tucker (Palmerston N.) 2. Impromptu Debate. —Walter J. Hall (Wellington) and W. J. Davidson i'Palmerston N.) 1, A. E. Wright and J. R. Barnao (Palmerston N.) 2. Piano Solo (under 16).—Recalls: Lola Buick (Palmerston N.), Audrey McLaren (Hawera). _ ' Piano Solo, under 18 (“Valse,” Chopin)—Recalls: Joan Bolger (Taranaki). Hannah Stratford (Wanganui). Character or Semi-Character Dance (9 and under*. —Recalls: Diana Elliott (Lower Hutt) “P.C. 47.” Constance Chalk (Wellington) “Elf,” Ngairc Keys (Wellington) “Military,” Rao Sandis (Hastings) “Tartar Bayadere,’’ Dawn Larsen (Island Bay) “Russian. Irena Pothan (Hastings), “Hungarian Gipsy, 1 ’ v.h.c. Corinne Young-(Hast-ings) “Washerwoman,’’ h.c. violin Solo, under 18 (own selection).—Recalls: Margaret Fox (Hawera) "Chanson Palonaise,” Louis Fox (Hawera) “Hyre Kati.” J. Franklin (Napier) “Mazur” h.c. Recitation, Musical Accompaniment, under 16 (own selection).—Recalls: Nancy Turnbull “His First Long Trousers,” Pixie Kent “Breff.” Edna Gane (Hawera) “Billie Boy,” Ivena Pothan (Hastings) “Touchin’ Fings,” Diana Elliott (Lower Hutt) “The Man Who Killed the Daisies,” Moira McLuro (Napier), Nathalie Pollock. “Soliloquy,” Rita Cass “Breff.” Audrey Daniels (Wellington) “Breff.” Elaine Weeber (Wellington South 5 ) “The Brook Song,” Melba Niven “Touchin’ Fings.” Rosa Proctor (Palmerston North), “Old Chap,” Robin Halloway
‘‘Some Boys Have Mothers,” June Goodwin (Hawera) “The Brook Song.’’ Rae Sandors (Hastings) (l Playmate.” Robert Cheyne (Eastbourne) “The Girl on the Stairs.” Freda Whittaker “Annabel TjOO.” Peggy Mioir (Wellington) “Supplanted,” Phyllis Taylor (Wanganui) “Let’s Pretend,” Jim McCarthy (Napier) “Girls,” h.c. Shakespearean Recitation. ladies. (“King Henry Vl.”—Act 1, Scene IV.) - Recalls: Mirs Jean Stevenson (Hawera), Miss K. Bartosh (Lower Hutt). Contralto Solo (“A Russian Lament.”) — Recalls: Miss N. Tucker Palmerston North). Miss Jean McClanhan (Hawera'), Miss D. F. E. Junker (Pahiatua), Miss M. Hamerton ('Patea), h.c. Operatic Dance, 9 and under.—Recalls: Dawn Larson (Island Bay>, Con stance Chalk (Wellington). Diana Elliott. (Lower Hutt) v.h.c. Irish Jig, under 12.—Joan Peters (Wanganui) 1: Joan O’Connor (Wei lir.gtpn) 2. Sailor’s Hornpipe. 12 and over.—Re calls: E. Curtis (Gisborne), Joan Scott, Koitha Scales (Pabnorston North '. Sailor’s TTornpipe, under 12. Recalls: Joan Peters (Wanganui). Claude Henderson (Bunnythorpe 1 ). Sean Triubhais, 12 and over.— Recalls: Joan Scott (Palmerston North). E. Curtis (Gisborne).
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 117, 20 May 1932, Page 9
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