TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 14 December 1927, Page 4

TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

ENJOYABLE CONCERT. There was a large attendance at the Opera House last night when a most enjoyable concert was given by the pupils of the Technical School. The performers showed that they had been skilfully trained. The first part was a medley of all sorts of things. “Uncle Sam” and his wife (parts very well taken by R. Leighton and Edna Bur- ' ridge), paying a visit to the Technical School, were met by two girls, Naomi Jones and Gladys Bolton, who told them in a sprightly jingle of all the things that the school and its pupils could do. Then the body of pupils came trooping in at a call, and group after group proceeded to demonstrate what they could do. The turns that followed were many and varied, ranged from the a Shakespearian scene to the swift construction out a couple of benzine tins of a “motor car” in which Uncle Sam and his lady were wheeled off stage. The scheme of the entertainment made rather exacting calls on stage management. The entertainment is ono on 'which the of the Technical School, their Principal (Mr F. W. Martin) and his- staff are to be congratulated. During the first half of the programme, the youthful entertainers took their own way of thanking those who had helped to stage a successful show. A mock wireless installation, which previously had been turned to good burlesque account, was later used in an altogether serious way to broadcast thanks. The announcer tendered the thanks of the school to Mrs Goldsman for training some of the dancers, to Miss Hogg, the accompanist© of the evening, to Messrs. Harry Hall, L. Nicol and W. Campbell, and to all who had helped in the preparation and staging of the entertainment. Emli announcement was cheered by : nnHbody of pupils. The programme included a number of choruses excellently sung, and other noteworthy items-were a Morris dance, gymnasium chorus, poi dam re, lavender dance, and gipsy chorus and dance. The dancing of the gipsy ballet, led and trained by Daisy Ward, was particularly graceful and effective. In the Shakespearian scenes, witch were excellent in every respect, showing clever and intelligent interpretation, the part of Portia was taken by Miss Irene Hooper, and that of Bassanio by Miss C. Cairns, A.T.C.L. Miss Jean Stalker was Rosalind, and Miss Gladys Bolton, Orlando. In “Brimstone and Treacle,” W. Blunt as Squeers, and 11. Stevens as Smikc, assisted by a band of pupils, did very well indeed in a lively sketch adapted from a chapter of by.” AM Blunt was a splendjJphowman, and J. Bullen was a clown with a gift for making good music on the mouth organ. Those who took part