MANAWATU DANCING COMPETITIONS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 90, Issue 120, 27 May 1946, Page 2

MANAWATU DANCING COMPETITIONS

GRIFFIN SCHOOL PUITLS’ SUCCESS. At the recent Manavvatu Dancing competitions, pupils of the Griffin School of Dancing were most successful, Miss Billie Gibson, aged 6, winning the Challenge Cup and Medal in the tap class under 8 years. 27 entries. Other successes were: Gael Gibson.— Character dance (10 under 13), first; classical ballet dance, third; tap dance, very highly commended; demi-character, v.h.c ; Greek dance, v.h.c. —Betty Morrison. Greek dance (13 under 16). second; demi-character, v.h.c.; character, v.h.c. Gloria Milliken.— Greek dance (10 under 13); second; character dance, third; classical ballet dance, v.h.e.; Iriaka Pikiinaui.— Very highly commended in each of the following classes:—B and under 10, lap dance; demi-character; classical ballet; sailor’s hornpipe. Billie Gibson. -Tap dance .under 8 years), first: Greek dance, second; classical ballet dance, second. Sheenagh Milliken. Irish jig (under 8 years), third: tap dance, v.h.c.; classical ballet dance, v.h.c.; Greek dance, v.h.c. Coral Gibson was v.h.c. in tap dance (8 under 10). Gael Gib«on and Gloria Milliken were placed second in the ’ap duo under 12 years and were very highly commended in the dance dun. Joy Aspinall, Iraka Pikiinaui, Gloria Millinken and Gael Gibson gained second place in the Irish Reel under 17. P.B.A. PLASTIC OR LEATHER SHOES Even brighter colour schemes for women's shoes and intricate designs of perforations on men’s shoes will be the next development for footwear in New Zealand, according to managing director of a South Island shoe manufacturing firm, who returned recently after a business tour of Great Britain and the United Stales. The big manufacturin ’, firms overseas wore making special efiorts to produce footwear that was more colourful and bright, in direct contrast 1o the austerity types required by war conditions. There was no restriction on design in Britain as in New Zealand, although oversea., ideas would be adopted here as soon as possible. Plastic materials were being developed, he said. The trouble was that plastic (’id not release perspiration from the fool. The\ did not “breathe'' as did leather. His 'mpression was that i laslics would never replace leather, although woven plastics might be used for uppers. Plastic cements were uroving successful as a substitute for cellulose cements.