SCHOOL BALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 258, 15 January 1941, Page 5

SCHOOL BALL

GALA AT WAIMANA EXHIBITIONS BY CHILDREN' A! most successful fancy dress school ball was lield in Waimana recently. The proceeds of the function went to school funds. Great credit is due to the teachers, Mr Bell and Miss Wragge, for the way in which the children did the folk dances, sang and for their good behaviour. Mrs King supplied the dance music for the adults, the children dancing to gramophone, selections. The function opened with the Grand March, which was executed without a mistake. The senior girls gave a display of the Maypole Dance, which was very effective. Mr Bell then called 011 young folk from the assembly to repeat the dance. As a result the children and the assembly were in peals of laughter to see the tangle they were in Items given were: Singing by the Juniors and Seniors; Choral Recitation "The Train" and "Thrushes Song"; Recitations were given by Ben Hiko, Heather Bell, Joy Boynton and John Boynton; Folk dane, ing, Juniors; "Pop goes the Weasel," "Brighton Camp/' "Gallopede' Seniors Folk Dancing; "If all the World were Paper," "Gathering Peascods," "Sellengers Round." "Circassion Circle," "Epping Forest" and "Mage on

a Cree."

Those in fancy costume were: Daphne Brown, Girl of the Golden West; Beryl Flint, Red Cross Nurse; Joyce Hodgson, Brittania; AnnLeith Luttrell, Egyptian; Ngaire Mitchell, Militaire; Alice White, Little Miss Muffett; Patsy Boynton, Schoolgirl; Maureen Wardlaw, High land Lassie; Nola Wardlaw, Sailor, Monica Boynton,, Rainbow; Holly Bull, Irish colleen; Betty Wardlaw, Tap dance; Lois Wardlaw, Operatic; dancer; Ellen Boynton, Schoolgirl, Catherine Wardlaw, Ballarina; Lena Boynton, Schoolgirl; Doreen Hughes Night; Nola Rust, Alice blue gown; Heather Bell, Little Red Riding Hood; Beverley Henderson, Rose; Joy Boynton, Schoolgirl;. ..Joycelyn Wylde, Cigarette girl; Cini Boynton, Rainbow; Dora Wardlaw, Leader of the band; Marion Gillanders, Scotch lassie; Loma Boynton, School girl; Colleen Bell, Fairy; Roy Addison, Russian cossock;. Bruce Bell, Nigger; Ramon Bell,, Sailor; Vesey Fleming, Mexican don; Len Brown, School boy; Ron Wardlaw, Rt Hon W. Churchill; John White, Drummer boy; Boy Boynton, Tin soldier: Barry Stevenson,, Cowboy; Fred Hughes, Jockey; Jack Perajack, Cow boy; Alf Boynton, Jockey; Ramon Boynton, Jockey; Douglas Wardlaw, Cowboy; Billy Olson, School boy; Jack Mason, School boy: Nika Rakuraku, School boy; Bertie Wardlaw Pierotte; John Boynton, Sailor; Sehvyn Stubbs, Red Indian; Tuna Heihei, School boy; Ben Hika, School boy; Richard Henderson, Dutch boy,