RECORD CROWD AT MANAWAHE SCHOOL BALL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 29, 24 August 1949, Page 4

RECORD CROWD AT MANAWAHE SCHOOL BALL

Before a record attendance of relatives and visitors, the children of the Manawahe School held their Annual Fancy Dress Ball and entertainment in the Manawahe Hall last Thursday evening. The great variety of excellent fancy dresses in which the children were arrayed added colour and gaiety to a scene of animation and excitement. For almost two hours, with hardly a break, the children took part in fifteen different folk dances and a series of 1 maypole dances. Between dances they entertained the audience with unison and part songs and verse speaking items. Colleen Purvis of Standard I presented a much appreciated tap dance.

As a result of their efforts during the evening, the children were on excellent form for the final item on their programme, supper, which was served by the wives of School Committee members. At the conclusion of supper, Mr Jones, Chairman of the School Committee, thanked Mr and Mrs Reid for their work in training the children for the evening and thanked the parents for their co-operation in providing their children with such excellent fancy dresses. On behalf of the committee, to mark their appreciation of the children's efforts, he then presented each child with a cake of chocolate. The remainder of the evening was devoted to a dance for the adults present. Children in fancy dress were:— Margairet Crawford, Gipsy; Joan Bowden, Balloon Girl; Judith Jones, Lady’s Maid; Cathrine Lambert, Highland Lassie; Tom Purvis, Sailor; Jocelyn Reid, Shepherdess; Maurice Anderson, Romany; Kelvin Rimmer, Dick Whittington with his Cat; Ngaio Bayliss,' Quiz Time; Judith Hopkins, Gipsy; Diane Goldsmith, Bride; Beverley Sweetman, Cigarette Girl; Neil Hopkins, Prince Charming;Pat O’Connor, Chinaman; Mike O’Connor, Cossack Soldier; Ron Purvis, 18th Century Gentleman; Jill Jones, Red Riding Hood; Winnie Lambert, Little Old Lady; Colleen Purvis, Victorian Ballet Dancer; Ray Lambert, Ready for Bed; Ivor Jones, Red Indian; Peter Drabble, Peter the Pilot; Merline West, Violet Girl; Gilbert Morice, Old Time Ballet Dancer; Georgina West, Hawaiian Girl; Marilyn Reid, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary; Owen Drabble, White Rabbit; Terry Logan, Sailor; Win Appleby, Gipsy; Lynnette Purvis, Miss Mfcffett; Bruce Crawford, Mexican Boy; Melvyn Jones, Chinaman; Pauline West, White Rabbit; Helen Gold-* Little Red Rifding Hood; Priscilla Morice, Ballet Dancer.