AMUSEMENTS: MEETINGS, ETC.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11421, 1 December 1904, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS: MEETINGS, ETC.

DIX'S JRIJFINKD ENTERTAINERS

The above excellent combination gave their refined entertainment at the Opera I House last OY^nesd.yj evening, and in ir endeavours were received with laptnioiis approval by those present. J'he popular basso, mv lico.go Warsaw was iv great iorm and his leadition of Jude'b -'lhe mighty licep,' and one or two other songs of the briny, was capital. The Cathedral choristers i\cre a fe'ioat success, "I Heard a Voice m the Tianqml Night being artistically sung, as also were their other items. Mr Les. Walton m his "'patte." and the son«r, "Any Rags,' was immediately in unibon with the taste of the audience, and all Ins contributions were clamourously applauded. Lyla Thompson was an exceedingly iascinating comedienne, and Spontaneous expressions of approval greeted this clever performer. Mr Geo. Dickie and his eight 'or ten dolls were quite at home, and his clever -"gag" and tlie automatic woiking of his subordinates' provided one of the finest oxpositions of the- ventriloquist's art we nave yet seen. His tunnyisms were amusing to a The Wheelers, trick cyclists, are very^clever on the "wheel, ' tiicir gyrations and miraculous trick riding astounding the audience. Last, b\it not least, we think it is only right to note the brilliant solo playing and sympathetic accompanying of the many items by Miss Ivy Akerstem, the pianiste. It is seldom we ar£ afforded such a musical treat.. Taken altogether, Mr Dix is to be congratulated on the selection of such a clever combination. f

Shareholders are reminded of the general meeting of the. Eastown Co-opera-tive Society £his evening at 8 o'clock.

The annual meeting of the New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association takes place to-night in Chris,tchurch\ \yhen the application of the Wanganui . Amateur fewimming Club for the N.Z. Championships is to be considered. The Committee of the Wauganui Club most to-morrow night, by which time the Association's decision will 'be known, to draw up programmes for the Christmas Carnival meetings on the 2.Bth and 31st December. .

-. The last concert of the Liedertafel's sixth season takes. place on Wednesday next, 7th inst. a$ tho Opera House, when the. So- , ciety assisted by a full orchestra will produce David's great symphonic ode "Tho Desert.". Mr R. Hooton. of Auckland, has beenj engaged to sing the tenor solos,- and Mr J. G. Swan will speak the monologues. The honorary members -tickets are all out, and complaints as to non-receipt of same should be made to tho hon. secretary Mr J. D. W. .Mcßeth, or any member- of the committee. Extra tickets ,may now be obtained at is and 2s 6d., and the 1 pit will be open on the night of the concert at Is. ...

The members of the- Orchestral Club are to bo complimented on the programme J;o ■be presented at their concert in St. Paul's Hall to-morrow evening. The items are high-class ' and exceedingly taking pieces, consisting as they do, of, "Stradclla Overture" (Flowtow); Schubert's Symphony in B Minor ■ (unfinished) ; "Three Dances" ; ."Nell Gwynne" (German) ; "Mill in the Forest" (Eilenberg),; "Melodic" ("Tiru dv Chants dv Voyagcur") by Padreweski. In addition . to > these orchestral items, a duet is to be .given by the Misses Price, and a "violoncello , solo by Mr Herbert Collier (lion,, .conductor). The sieging is to be entrusted tpvMiss Delves (contralto), Mr Clark, Johnson, of Wellington .; (who is on a visit jbo Wanganui), and Mr ' Hardwicke. „- l. » , t r i>,.-' '