Waihi

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 21, 28 May 1908, Page 30

Waihi

(From our own correspondent.)

May 16. The Academy of Music was crowded last night with an audience delighted with the choice programme submitted by the Convent School pupils. Each part of the programme was opened by pianoforte duets played with good expression and taste by Misses Garvey and McAnulty, while Misses Anderson and Olsen, junior pupils, gave the items ' Pax in terra ' and ' Gathering llowcrs.' The girls sang the very tuneful chorus songs, ' Come o'er the moonlit sea ' and ' Mill May ' with great correctness and sweetness of tone, and in the action songs, .' The orange-grove ' and 'Japanese tea house,' the graceful movements and pretty costumes had a very picturesque effect. In the dances the "girls were very successful. The boys contributed a chorus song with vigor and earnestness, while in the dumbbell exercises the boys went through the various movements with unity and precision. The programme concluded with the cantata ' The White Garland,' a very appropriate and instructive work. The melodies of the cantata were very tuneful and were well sung by about 40 children taking part. The concert was in every measure a great success, and the children arc to be complimented on their performance, while the Sisters have reason to be pleased v with such an exhibition as the result of their careful preparation and training. At the conclusion the Very Rev. Father Brodie thanked the children and Sisters for their efforts to assist the work of St. Joseph's Church and school, and also thanked the audience for the generous patronage they had extended, and announced that the financial results of the concert were estimated to surpass all previous records.