POPULAR COMPETITIONS.
.... .'■-" .■»■■■;.". . A novel entertainment will bo provided at the Town; Hall on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights of next week, when . the Australasian Popular Competitions Enterprises will introduce for the first time 'in /New Zealand their series of popular competitions. Owing to the large number of entries which have been received, . the management have found it necessary to extend the season to include, .Monday' evening, August 3 ' These competitions . will be inaugurated, for .the, purpose of bringing out latent talent in all classes of stage work. There.will be tango dancing, chorus singing (unaccompanied), always provocative of much fun,, solos for'ladies, dramatic imper-, souations, jigs, comic songs, pilloivfights on a revolving pole,_aud a-mouth-organ test for boys. Variety is charming, and there is certainly enough of it here. Entries are flowing' in freely and competition promises to be very keen. A full orchestra, under the conductorship of Mr.'J. F. AVoodward, has been specially engaged, and Mr. Alfred Bootbman,' the well-known Australian actor-elocutionist will have charge of the stage management. The prices are popular, and the box plan is open at the Dresden, whe'ro seats may be booked.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 8
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187POPULAR COMPETITIONS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2212, 27 July 1914, Page 8
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