ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL, KERRYTOWN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 38, 9 January 1885, Page 7

ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT SCHOOL, KERRY TOWN.

(From the Temuka Leader.')

On last Monday evening the children attending St. Joseph's School at Kerrytown gave an entertainment equal, in many resptcts, to the one given a few days previously in the Volunteer Hall, Temuka. Mr. M. Driscoll occupied the chair, and briefly introduced the entertainment, which was witnessed by a crowded audience collected there from all parts of the district. Owing to not having published this paper on Christmas Day, and the holidays making unusual demands on our space, we are unable to particularise every item on the programme, which was faithfully gone through. It wa9 as follows :— Full chorus, •' Welcome as the Flowers in May," all the children • recitation, " Prologue," Miss Kinnahan ; song, " Put Me in My Little B*d." Misses Coughlan, Driscoll, Hoare, and O'Keefe ; dialogue " Idle Willy," Master Kean and Miss Moore ; solo, " The Swiss Toy Girl," Miss Hoare ; drama, "Scene from King Alfred," Masters Couniban. Scannell, Driscoll, and Miss M. Fleming ; song of the trades, " We, Little Children. Bright and Uay," the infant children : recitation, " Imelda Lambertini," Miss Coughlan : full chorus, " Give My Love to All at Home," all the children ; recitation, "I am a Little Girl," Miss Juiia Scannell ; duet. "My Holy Angel," Miss»s Hoare and Coughlan ; dialogue, " The Miser and Servant," Masters Coughlan and O'Keefe ; full chorus, "Up with the Liark in the Morning," all the children; drama, "The Tongue Bridle," Misses Driscoll, A. Driscoll, Hoare, M. Hoare, Power, Moore, Brosnahan, Sullivan , Kinnahan, and Day ; soDg and chorus, " Watchino- for Pa," the infant children ; recitation, " People will Talk," Miss Hoare ; son?, "Come and Let us Live Happy Together," Misses Brosnahan' Sullivan, Kinnahan, Day, Power, Moore, Driscoll and Hoare ; dialogue' " Bad Grammar," Master and Miss Sarah Driscoll ; solo, " Rose of the Garden," Miss Hoare ; full chorus, " Birdies' Ball," all the children. In the singing the children's voices blended well, and gave evidence of training. In the dramatic pieces, the dialogue, and recitations they spoke their parts admirably. ' Their articulatious were clear and distinct, their pronounciation good, aud in many instances they acquitted themselves in a manner that would do credit to adults. On the whole the entertainment was a capital one and the audience manifested the pleasure they experienced by frequently applauding the performers, while some of them were encored. The training which the children have received speak? volumes for the care, the attention, and the industry which the Sisters of St. Joseph have bestowed on their teaching. The school has not been opened more than six months, and the children have ronde wonderful progress during that time. Under the care of the good Sisters, the people of Kerrytown may rely on their children being properly trained, and, no doubt, on a future occasion they will give a good account of themselves. We congratulate them on the success of their concert.