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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 18, 7 May 1908, Page 13

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*~* (From an occasional correspondent.) April 27. Notwithstanding the number of counter attractions a fairily large audience was present at the Victoria Theatre on Thursday evening last, when Miss Ruby McDonald, of Sydney, gave a violin recital. The audience were most enthusiastic. The people could not have ■enough of her playing, and encores were the order of the evening. Her opening numbers were ' Last movement of concerto ' (Goddard), ' Souvenir de Sonento ' (Papini), which afforded her ample" scope to display her techniiq/ue. This talented young lady makes the violin a thing of life, and has the gift of making her audience feel the various emotions embodied in the piece. This was specially noticed in her very tasteful rendering of ' Adagio ' (Kalliwoda) and ' Yankee Doodle ' (Vieuxtemps), each item calling forth hearty applause from all part's of the house. Miss McDonald's other contributions were ' Reverie, 1 ' Killarney,' ' Patrick's Day,' and as the concluding number of a most enioyable entertainment she gave ' Brindisi vulse ' (Allard) and two Scotch dances. Miss Marceleno Boulais, who has a sweet soprano voice, assisted 1 materially in the success of the evening's entertainment, her contributions being. ' May morning,' ' The cows are in the corn,' •' Drink to me only with thine eyes ' (accompanied by four violins atfdi xpiainioi),, 'Dear li'ttlo aha/rnxook, ' 'Link divinie,' ' Love's old sweet song,' and ' Barney O'Hea.' Miss May Lynch played the accompaniments in. a finished manner.