Rotorua

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1909, Page 1615

Rotorua

(From our own correspondent?)

The annual concert of the children attending our convent school took place on September 28, and was a great success. The Assembly Hall was packed to the doors, the gross proceeds amounting to over £35. Nearly every item was encored, and the large audience was unanimous in praise of the excellence and originality of the programme. An important feature of the concert was the, 'number of Maori children who took part. Their contributions -bore testimony to the good work of the Sisters among the Maoris. Addressing the audience, the Very Rev. • Dean Lightheart impressed upon his hearers that what .they had' witnessed that evening was the result of much arduous training during the children's leisure moments. -The school hours had not been encroached on. Practice -was held chiefly on" Saturday afternoons and after school had dispersed in the afternoons. He considered the Sisters and children deserved very great credit for the fine programme submitted, and he hoped all present were as satisfied- with*^, the performance as he was. The convent school was only . in its infancy, this concert being their second attempt;, and he was confident that as time went on their entertainments would improve. The Dean's remarks were greeted with loud applause.