Lawrence

New Zealand Tablet, 22 December 1910, Page 2117

Lawrence

The annual concert in aid of St. Patrick’s School, Lawrence, by the pupils of the Dominican Nuns took place on December 9. _ There was a very large attendance, all parts 7Wnffiv° U^ lng \ dlS An Ct fi beng well represented (says the luapeha limes). All the items of the programme were contributed by children ranging from about six years to fifteen yeais, and, taking this circumstance into consideration, it must be said that all present had every reason to be well satisfied with the entertainment provided, while the teachers must be complimented upon the perfect manner in which their little pupils acquitted themselves. In the {list part tne most picturesque item was undoubtedly the kindergarten performance, in which about a dozen very wee tots took part. They were beautifully dressed and went through a series of intricate movements in a most graceful manner The dumb-bell exercises by a class of boys was also a fine item, the boys in the movements all keeping excellent time to the music. In the second part of the programme the cantata, ‘Judgment of the Flowers,’ gave the older th? n an i opp ? l tu ” 1 { ; y of displaying their elocutionary abilities and incidentally of acting a part, while the younger girls again appeared as flower fairies and delighted the audience with the graceful manner in which they performed their respective parts. Miss P. Higgins must-be complimented upon her recitation, ‘ The bivouac fire ’ ll also must be the children who took part in the various instrumental items. A farce in which the older boys took fnl lt r, Cl f ated roars , of laughter and shelved that the youthful performers had a keen appreciation of the humorous situations which they sought to portray. The following was the programme : —Chorus, ‘The cuckoo’- niauofnV trio, Misses Laffey, L. Roche, and M. Sandys;’ kindergarten performance; pianoforte duet, ‘Dancing fairy’ Master C Hart and Miss F Hart; dumb-bell exercises; pianoforte diiet ‘lrish airs,’ Misses K. and S. Franklin; boys’chorus Soldier song’; pianoforte duet, Misses L. Dick and t’ Leslie; cantata, | Judgment of the Flowers’; pianoforte fir!?’’ Rap ? n- S ’ . Mlss . M *, Paget; recitation, P ‘ Bivouac fire, Miss P. Higgins; pianoforte trio, ‘Homeward,’ Misses M. Paget and T. and N. Nieper; farce, ‘ The Privat? Lunatic Asylum’; chorus, ‘ The shamrock.’ 1 Vate m B n?T e the concluding chorus was sung the Very Rev Mgi. O Leary thanked the audience for its presence and patronage. . The children had, he said, all acSS selves admnably and reflected great credit on their teachers, who must have devoted a great deal of time and patience in order to secure such excellent results. On the other hand the parents should be very thankful that thev had the opportunity of having their children instructed by such competent teachers. Every item on the ructed which they had presented to them that evening SinX direction of artistic culture, and they bv the rest and pleasure with which the children entered Sdo ! that it could not but have a beneficial effect on their future