Long Trips For Dancing Lessons

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 20

Long Trips For Dancing Lessons

There is no more dedicated dancer at this year’s competitions of the Christchurch Competitions Society than 12-year-old Evonamary Finn. Every second Friday night, she travels 149 miles by rail-car from Runanga to Christchurch to take lessons in ballet and tap dancing. She stays with an aunt and returns to Runanga on the Sunday. In previous competitions she has won more than 20 certificates, about 10 medals, and 14 cups. She said yesterday that she would like to make a career in dancing, but in the meantime was planning to go into an office as a typist when she left school. The judge of the dancing section (Miss D. Thomas) said that some of the ballet she had seen yesterday was quite delightful. “One performance was very beautiful,” she said. “In the character story dance, Beverley Clark's performance as Bambi was delightful. It was an excellent dance. “In the character dances the teachers showed a great deal of imagination. In the eight and under 10 section, Paulette Reid had a lovely balletic style. I enjoyed this section very much.” Tomorrow will be the last day of competition. On Saturday afternoon and evening, winners of the various sec-

tions will provide two shows at the Civic Theatre. Results yesterday were:— SPEECH AND DRAMA Recitation.—Eight and under 10: Donna Bartlett 1, Catherine Owens 2, Virginia Brownlee 3. Dominion test, 16 and over: Joan Ballinger 1, Adriyana Markotich 2. Character Recital.—Humorous, under 12: Adrienne Horndblow 1, Helen Anderson 2, Rosemary Bartlett 3. Scholarship.—Eight and under 10: Virginia Brownlee 1, Rosalie Wilson and Shelley Pannell (equal) 2. Test.—Girls, 12 and under 14: Josephine O'Sullivan 1, Anne Cullen 2, Mary Magan 3. Girls, 14 and under 16: Marie Campbell 1, Brigid Grant 2, Joan Howell 3. Girls, 10 and under 12: Linda Taylor 1, Trudi-Jane Bird 2, Paula Wilkinson 3. Dialogue.—Twelve and under 15: Juiiayana Markotich and Sharon Heaney 1. Prepared Psalm Reading.— Own selection, under 12: Donna Bartlett 1, Rosemary Bartlett 2. Shelley Pannell and Howard Pannell (equal) 3. VOCAL MUSIC Society Scholarship.—Twelve and under 16: Peter Hind 1, Lesley Betts 2. Hilary Geoghegan and Paul Manson (equal) 3. Sacred Song.—S'xteen and under IS: Kerrie Heaysman 1, Sheila Sinclair 2, Denise Bourne and Barbara Keemer (equal) 3. Action Song.—Under 14: Marjory Walker 1, Phillipa Sheehan and lan McKerrow (equal) 2. Own Selection.—Sixteen and under 18: Sheila Sinclair 1, Christopher 2, Barbara Keemer and Dianne Speck (equal) 3. Test.—Soprano: Joan Parker 1, Wendy Mclntosh 2, Rosslyn Riley 3. Mezzo-soprano: Beatrice Jackson 1, Sonya Black 2. Beverley Kench 3. Contralto: June Dodge 1, Kathleen Mange's 2. Song in Character.—Twelve and under 16: Marlene Gargiulo 1. Paul Manson 2, Lesley Betts 3. Caro!.—Sixteen and under 21: Brian Gallas 1, Richard Greager 2, Sonya Black 3. Operatic Aria.—Women: Rosslyn Riley 1. Joan Parker 2. Radio Vocal.—Final, men: i

Richard Greager 1, Brian Gallas 2. Final, women: Beverley Kench 1, Rosslyn Riley 2. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Piano Own Selection.—Fourteen and under 16: Barbara Caygill 1, Beverley Ward 2, Martin Lamb 3. Twelve and under 14: Kay Wilson 1, Sandra Neale 2, Rosemary O'Meegan 3. Society Scholarship.—Under 12: Paul Goodson 1, Rosemary Bretherton 2, Mark Seeker and Stephen Holder (equal) 3. Test.—Sixteen and under 18: Anna Moyle 1, Colleen Walls 2, Helen McKay 3. 12 and under 14: Helen Lawrence 1, Richard Mapp 2, Pauline Tilley 3. Christchurch Civic Music Council Scholarship. Sixteen and under 18: Fiona Knight 1, Haydn Rawstron 2. Duet.—Eleven and under 13: Mary Caygill and Rosemary O'Meegan 1, Kay Wilson and Wendy Clark 2, lan Brown and David McKee 3. Song with Accompaniment other than Piano.—Under 16: Wayne Densem 1. DANCING Classical Ballet.—Ten and under 12: Beverley Clark 1, Aprile Palmer 2, Mary Owens 3. Pas de deux, under 12: Paulette Reid and Penelope Thomson 1, Gayle Palmer and Allison Edwards 2, Impromptu, 12 and over: Jacqueline Edmonds 1, Evonamary Pinn 2, Christine Noble 3. En pointe, 12 and under 14: Glenda Fairweather 1. National Dance. —Fourteen and under 16: Christine Noble 1, Yvette Palmer 2, Anne Harding 3. Ten and under 12: Aprile Palmer 1, Beverley Clark 2, Diane Linton 3. Tap Dance.—Eight and under 10: Voyna Stanley 1, Julie Hood 2, Raymond Smith and Penelope Thomson 3. Twelve and under 14: Barbara Reid 1, Peter Murray 2. Sixteen and over (open): Warren Matthews 1, Leon Smith 2, Jeannette Luke 3. Song and Tap Dance.—Ten and under 12: Judith Kiesanowski 1. Gregory Tucker 2. Patrick Lagrosse 3. Song and Dance Duo, —Twelve and over: Maureen Foley and Leon Smith 1, Suzanne Day and Warren Matthews 2. Character Story Dance.—Ten and under 12: Beverley Clark 1, Aprile Palmer 2, Raylene Nuttall 3.

Character Duo.—l2 and over: Sally-Ann Logan and Karen Harley 1. Comedy Dance Duo.—Any age: Suzanne Day and Christine Noble and Cheryl Dyer and Diane Dyer (equal) 1. Ten Minutes’ Entertainment.— Open; Santa Rosa Ladies’ Club 1, Hillsborough-Heathcote C.W.I.

Ten Minutes’ Instrumental StuX~ oPen: E ’ aine Moody

NATIONAL DANCING Highland Fling.—Under eight: Susan Lethaby 1, Mark Armstrong 2, Heather Forbes and Susan Rhtnd (equal) 3. Eight and under 10: North Canterbury Championship: Mark Armstrong 1, Paulette Reid 2, Penelope Thomson 3.

Sword Dance.—Under 16: Judith Marks 1, Denise Howard 2, Rosemary Armstrong 3. Under 18: Barbara Woodhead 1, Cushla-Mary Mechen 2, Pamela Henderson 3.

Sailors' Hornpipe.—lo and under 12: Diane Miles 1, Fay Russell 2, Robyn Powell and Lynette McDonald (equal) 3. Open: « X SOI I Paton 1, Heather Dawson 2, Barbara Woodhead 3. Clog Dance.—Under 12: Diane Miles 1, Penelope Thomson 2, Paulette Reid and Karen Renwick (equal) 3. 12 and over: Lynne Esplin 1, Judith Marks 2, Heather Carter 3. . Irish Jig.—Under 16: Rosemary Armstrong 1, Judith Marks 2. Jenefer Thomson 3. Eight and under 10: Penelope ThomV Pa , ule , t „ te Reid 2 - Cheryl tha J>y 3. 12 and under 14: Kim Whitta 1, Lynley Brown 2, Nola Loach 3. Seann Triubhais.—Eight and under 10: Paulette Reid 1, Mark Armstrong 2, Penelope Thomson 2 -Open, South Island championship: Heather Dawson 1, Judith Marks 2, Lynne Esplin 3. , Re ®lo Tulloch.— 12 and under 14: Nola Loach 1, Kim Whitta 2. Christine Payne 3. Open: Heather Dawson 1, Judith Marks 2, Lynne Esplin 3. Irish Reel.—Under 16: New Zealand championship: Rosemary Armstrong 1, Jenefer Thomson 2, Judith Marks 3. 12 and under 14: Nola Loach 1. Judith Burrows 2, Lynley Brown 3. Highland Reel: 12 and under 18: Rosemary Armstrong 1, Joy McKay 2. Kim Whitta and Barbara Woodhead (equal) 3.