TAIERI COMPETITIONS

Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 10

TAIERI COMPETITIONS

DEMONSTRATION CONCERT The demonstration concert of the Taicn competitions festival was held in the Coronation Hall, Mosgiel, last evening, in the presence of a capacity house, over which the mayor (Mr \V. I*. 'Jlartstonge) presided and presented the prizes and trophies won at the competitions. At the dose of the concert, the president (the Rev. W. 'Edgar) thanked all who had helped in any way to make the competitions so successful. The Srogramnie was as follows: —Operatic dance, lists Joy Scott; song, ‘ A Little Birdie,’ Miss

Sylvia Bcgg; recitation, ‘Forgiven,’ Mis: Dorothy Jones; piano solo, ‘ Rigadoon,’ MisNancy O’Fee; tap dance, Miss Eileen Healy action song, ‘ Alice Blue Gown,’ Miss Joai MTnncs; piayette, ‘The Whisker,’ Mrs E Lobb’s pupils; Highland fling, Miss Jun< Outsell; action duet, ‘Court of Gay Ver sailles,’ Misses June Applegate and Thohn; Jefcoate; piano solo, ‘Goblins’ Frolic,’ Mis: Kathleen Harris; sword dance, Miss Shirlei Joyce; humorous recitation, ‘The Ange Child,’ Miss Velma Lubb: vocal duet, ‘ Roll mg J)owu to Rio,’ Masters Arthur Born and Blair Thomson; character sketch, ‘ Tin Fairy Announcer,’ Miss June Trogilgus violin solo, ‘ Rondo,' Miss Blanche Marlin tap dance, Miss Audrey Kdmoml; piam solo, ‘Minuet,’ Miss Betty Stewart; sailor': hornpipe, Miss Wavcney Musson; oporatii

dance, Miss Shirley Stewart; vocal duet, ‘ Spring-time,’ Misses Rae Geddes and Dolis Hill; playette, ‘ Merry and Bright,’ Miss Swallow’s juveniles; piano duet, ‘A Sailor’s Dance,’ Misses Averley Choyne and Merle Gibson; dance duo, ‘ True Love Never Runs Smooth,’ Misses Helen Fraser and Ngaire Holland; song, ‘ Who is Sylvia?’ Miss Margaret Stewart; piano solo, ‘Scherzo in B Flat,’ Miss Joan Gibson, sean triubhais, Miss Rae Garland; character sketch, ‘ Singin’ Lizzie,’ Mrs D. Wornall-Smith; song, ‘ Song of the Nightingale,’ Miss Dorothy Mutch; character dance, Miss Beverley Wix; piano duet. ‘Pastorale Dance,’ Misses Rae Geddes and Dorothy Smellie; recitation, ‘ The South Country,’ Mr D. Mitchell; vocal solo, ‘ Ring, Bells, Ring,’ Miss Marion Duncan; humorous recitation, ‘ A Tragedy of the Fifth,’ Miss Mollie Crossan; vocal quartet ‘ Lullaby,’ Mrs J. Williamson, Misses W. Gibson, N. Brown, and A. Gibson; Shakespearean recitation, ‘Juliet and tho Nurse,’ Miss Nessie Holland; sacred solo, 'When 1 Survey,’ Miss Jessie Thomson; piano duet, ‘ Frohliche Stuche,’ Misses Joy D. Wylie and Lorna V. Oliver; vocal solo, ‘ Brian of Glenaar,’ Mr Wallace Cate; oneact play, ’ Suppressed Desires,’ the Mosgiel Players (producer, Mr B. Wornall-Smith), A special prize—a medal for the local competitor with the most points in the juvenile elocution section —was awarded to Miss Juno Trcgilgus.