HUTT VALLEY NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 137, 7 December 1938, Page 18

HUTT VALLEY NEWS

Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, returning to New Zealand via Canada. Mrs. Doctor and Lady Buckleton will be the representatives of Wellington Victoria League at the annual meeting to be held in London next year.

Lady Buckleton (past president), on behalf of the committees, presented Mrs. Doctor with an artistic work case. Lady Buckleton said that Mrs. Doctor would be greatly missed. She referred to the great progress made by the league under Mrs. Doctor's presidency, specially in the gathering together of the young people. Lady Buckleton said she felt that Empire work, such as was done by the league, as well as the work at home, was useful training for the younger people. She stressed the value of a united Empire, and said that anything any member of the league could do to help bind the Empire together should be done and with good will.

Lady Buckleton also presented Mrs. L. A. Williams with a token of remembrance and friendship, and assured her that all had appreciated her good work while honorary secretary of the league. The good wishes of all, she said, would follow Mrs. Williams to her new home in Melbourne.

Mrs. Doctor returned thanks for the delightful function given her and for the gift. She mentioned that Mrs. L. O. H. Tripp would act as president during her absence, and would be assisted by Miss Kane if necessary.

Mrs. Williams also thanked the league for the presentation, and said how much pleasure the work had given her. A pleasant party concluded with cordial farewells and good wishes to Dr. and Mrs. Doctor for a happy tour.

Among those present were Mesdames Corrigan, Larhach, Rodic, Maurice, Anderson, L. A. Williams, NormanJones, Hannah, Cramond, Hassell, Gillespie, Brandon, Smythe, Robertson, Powell, McKinley, Misses McLean, Gledhill, Clay, M. Butler, Penney, Forsythe, and Norman-Jones.

DANCE RECITAL

(From "The Post's" Representative.)

The many items on the programme of the dance recital presented by Miss Vivienne Platt, M.R.A.D., and her pupils at King George Theatre, Lower Hutt, last night, gave the large audience an excellent impression of the wide range of classical and modern dancing. This was demonstrated by juvenile performers of all ages and stages of training, from very small people to young ballerinas whose technique and interpretation showed considerable promise

The programme included ballets and solos of national, period, nursery rhyme, operatic, and imaginative character, and the costuming and lighting throughout was admirable, both in the general planning and in the attention given to detail. All the items were very well received.

Miss Platt's two appearances were a solo number, demonstrating the modern German style, which she danced barefoot, clad in a simple but effective costume of maroon and gold, and an original solo, "Dance of the