Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, 22 March 1906, Page 20

Wanganui

(From an occasional correspondent.) The annual concert in connection with St. Patrick's Day was held in the Opera House on March 16. There was a very large attendance, and the concert was quite up to the usual standard. Miss Pinches sang ' Sweet Asthore ' with much taste and expression. Another excellent item was Miss Kiely's ' Dear Land,' for which she was recalled Madame Morley sang ' Kathleen Mavourncen ' and had to submit to an encore. Mr. A. C. Lennard contributed ' The dear little shamrock ' m his usually finished style, and in response to a demand for more repeated the last verse. ' Believe me ' was nicely sung by Mr. McGonagle, who as an encore number contributed ' The city of sighs and tears,' and Mr. Harris Trigger sang ' Come back to Erin.' In the instrumental part of the entertainment, a violin solo was given by Father McDonald, whose artistic playing Avas greatly enjoyed. A violin solo, ' Killarney,' was also played by Mr. Gilby, and Mr. R. Baldrcy scored a well merited encore for his banjo solo. St. Mary's choir contributed three choruses. The Irish jig was spiritedly danced by three boys'of the Marist Brothers' School, to the accompaniment of the bagpipes, and the comic element was supplied by Mr. Groombridge, who scored an encore for his contribution ' Trifling occurrences.' Last on the programme, but not least, was Mx. Harris Trigger's performance of feats of strength. Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. O'Hara played the .accompaniments in their usually artistic style, and'a very enjoyable evening's entertainment was brought to a close with ' God Save the King. 1