FANCY DRESS BALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 28, 23 September 1946, Page 5

FANCY DRESS BALL

ANNUAL SCHOOL FUNCTION

.HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EVENT

One of the highlights of the school year took place last Thursday, when the annual fancy dress ball was held in the Winter Show Buildings. The afternoon was devoted to the Infants, and the evening to the higher standards, and altogether a total of some five hundred kiddies had a thoroughly enjoyable time.

Evidence of the hours of preparation and hard work which the teachers had put into making the function a success, was apparent from the manner in which the attractive programme of folk-dancing was run off without a single hitch. The parents also, judging by the dresses, many of them elaborate, had co-operated whole heartedly in making the evening one the kiddies would remember for a long time. In the afternoon, proceedings commenced at 1.30,. and for two hours the youngsters, ranging in age from those not yet attending school to those in Standard 2, numbering in all some 200, gave an excellent performance of singing games and infant dances, all of which were thoroughly enjoyed by the large audience of adults. The programme commenced with the Grand March and continued with'various items as follows: “Hickory Dickory Dock” (Primers 1 and 2); Clap Dance (Primers 3 and 4); “Captain Jinks” (Primers 3 and 4); “Ribbon Dance” (Ohope children); “Durham Reel” (Primers 3 and 4 and Ohope); “Skipping Dance” (Primers 1 and 2); “Shoemaker” (all classes). A tasty afternoon tea concluded proceedings. In the evening, the programme was of a similar style, and the several hundred adults, mainly parents who attended were treated to splendid entertainment supplied by the children in the higher standards. Some 300 of these latter, the majority in fancy dress, took part and performed with an ease and naturalness of manner which was a delight to watch. As Master of Ceremonies, Mr Mcßae handled the programme in a manner such that no delay whatsoever occurred between items. The folk dances demonstrated after the Grand March were “Indian Queen” (Standards 5 .and 6; “We Won’t Go Home Till Morning” (Stds.' 1 2, 3 and 4); “Gay Gordons” (High School); “Gallopede” (Stds. 1 and 2); “Lady Spellor” (Standards 3 and 2); “Polka” (all classes); “Rufty Tufty” (Stds. 1 and 2); “Jenny Pluck Pears” (Stds. 3,4, 5 and 6); “Maxina” (High School); “Ace of Diamonds” (Stds. 1,2, 3 and 4); “Christchurch Bells” (Stds. 1,2, 3 and 4); “Polka” (all classes). At the conclusion of the children’s section a dance was held, the Premiere Band supplying its usual high standard of music. A list of the children present and the fancy dresses worn will appear in a later issue.