PORT NICHOLSON SILVER BAND.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 58, 6 September 1926, Page 4

PORT NICHOLSON SILVER BAND.

Tho 1926 season of the Port Nicholson . Silver Band is proving one of the most successful on record, consistently large audiences having been present at all recitals. A crowded house at last night's eleventh concert was appreciative of all the good things provided, and gave each and every perfofmor sincere applause. Special interest attached to the appearance of Miss Anita Winkel, Dunedin's talented elocutionist, who won ihe New Zea- • -land test recital at the Wellington Competitions, and annexed many other elocutionary awards. '; Miss Winkel has real ability and personality, a combination happily revealed in her interpretation of It. W. Service's' "Fool"; the audience clamoured for move, and Miss Winkel revealed yet another angle to her talents by reciting "Bobolink," which also deserved the applause (.hat followed. In Mr. .Vie. Frazer is an intertaiiier at the piano, ■ his monologues proving very acceptable. They were "While New York Sleeps," "Mandolin and Antonio," and a quaint little number, "A Little Farm." Mr. Herbert Wood made a very welcome reappearance on the public platform, and delighted with his tenor solos, including such favourite, as "The Carnival"; "Funiculi, Fimieula"; and "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes." With Miss ]_lsie Kells he w.as as- ' .sociated in the "Miserere" duet from "II .rTrovatore," and the number had to be .repeated. Miss Kells used her soprano .^voice to full advantage in "The Reason" :nnd "I Don't Know." Mr. Claude Tuck- ; er's flute solos included "Polonaise" and ■ "Scherzo Cappriccio," and in both he was - successful. The band, under Mr. Drew's 1 conductorship, rendered a well-chosen pro- ;' gramme, not the least popular being the _ hymn, "Peace," the overture "Raymond," : the "Jamie Patron," which was encored, ' the band playing the march, '"'The President" instead; the inarch "Dreadnought," and a real musical treat in "Reminiscencof, of Tschaikowsky," in which one could catch airs from his wonderful "Symphony Pathetique," and his famous "1812" overture. It was an ambitious programme to which band and assisting artists did full justice. Mr. Wilfrid C. Kohn and Mr. Harold Whittle were accompanists.