ENJOYABLE CONCERT

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 80, 1 October 1931, Page 5

ENJOYABLE CONCERT

A thoroughly enjoyable programme .was presented by the pupils' o£ St. Mary s College in the Concert Chamber last night in.aid of the Marisfc Brothers' new house in Hawkestorie street. The college was assisted by Mr. Terence O'Brien, the Irish tenor, whose singing of "Ireland, Mother Ireland," was very ■ popular. Recalled again and again, he'generously responded with such favourites.as "Rose of Tralee and "Little Town in-Old County Down. "Rose in the Bud" and ."Barcarolle were artistically sung by the Misses Hatchings, M'Davitt, Burns, and Burge. lor both items they were enthusiastically recalled. Mins Winifrede Blake, a promising young soprano, was heard to great advantage in "The Little Damosel," and as an encore number "Spring.". Miss Pamela_ Beauchamp bade a farewell to her childhood in "Jeanette." and Miss Ismay M Elroy, in modest Quaker garb, sang "The Little Grey Bonnet." A pianoforte duet, \Dance of the Winds," was spiritedly played by Misses Aeila Patterson and -P. .Thomas; as was also the, "Valse sin A Flat by Misses Jones and. Frost. Jifot the least enjoyable item of the evening was Soldiers," a song and drill by a regiment of small boys led by an irresistible little j drummer. In the pageant of empires jnore than ordinary, talent was displayed by many of the young performers, who interpreted their parts in a capable manner. All the -old" empires, 'from -the*muc,hrbejewelledrdaughter of Babylon to the simple Roman maiden of early Christian times, were represented, each proclaiming the •rival merits and glory of her land. A regal Britannia entering.into the spirit of the role proclaimed her Empire'•; the greatest of all. Smairt -little/ geishas,; Spanish and Korris.dancersi- lively Dutch?girls," stately Greeks and 'Egyptians, pretty -' dancing fairies ' in sparkling: frocks,: a : realistic Chinese mandarin, Maoris rowing their canoe, rhythmically .twirling their,'pois to _ the strains .of. *'Hoeaßa?:(sung .in Maori by their;companions) ', "all lent,colour -to the varying scene; 'Two: choruses," "Christmas Bells" and "God defend'"New Zealand, were sweetly and artistically sung by the schoolgirls. ".; ;....- •■;.;: ~ v ■.