SHANNON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 35, 1 September 1904, Page 20

SHANNON

(From a correspondent.)

The annual social which took place on Wednesday, August 24, was one of the most successful ever held heTe. Visitors uere preseni from all parts of the district, many of whom could find standing room only. The lengthy programme was much appreciated, and hearty a*pplajusQ greeted each performer's efforts. Among the visiting perfowners were Miss Tansdey (Dannevirke), who is the possessor of a rich contralto voice ; Miss Daniels (Wellington), another vctealist, 'who has a soprano voice of considerable range ; and Miss Wallace (Otaki), who is a great favorite with the Shannon audiences. The programme was as follows : — Overture, Misis E. Hurley ; song, ' Anchored,' Mr. Stansell ; siong, ' After sundown,' Miss M. Hurley ; recitation, ' An incident of the Boer war,' Mr. Jones ; siong, ' There's no one like mother to me,' Miss Ruby Stansell ; comic song and dance, Mr. and Mrs. May ; song, ' Daddy wouldn't buy me a s'weetiheart,' Miss Thelma Hemmingsen ; sailor's hornpipe (in character), Master Jack Becker ; song ' Kathleen Mavotoneen,' Miss Tansley, her encore number being ' Fiddle and I' ; song,} 'My wife's relations,' Miss Agatha Mannan ; duet, ' How sad it is to say farewell,' Misses E. and M. Hurley ; song, ' Sumshine and rain,' Miss Wallace, encore item, ' When the birds go north again ' ; siong and dance (in character), Mr. Curran ; song, v The beating of my own heart,' Miss Daniels ; euiphonium solo, Mr. Bake>r ; song, ' Whip o'will,' Miss Withers ; Scotch reel (in character), Master Jack Becker ; song, ' Killarney,' Miss Tansley, encore item, 4 Home sweet home ' ; song, ' My treasure,' Miss Daniels, encore item, ' The swallows.' The accompanists were Mesdames Bree and Daltan, Misses Wallace, Stansell, Tansley, E. and M. Hurley. Mr. Stansell, the genial chairman, thanked the performers, also those who had attended. The committee worked hard to make the affair a success, and the net result, which will be a subsitantial slum, will be devoted to enlarging the ch\urch.