THE COMPETITIONS

Evening Star, Issue 24284, 27 August 1942, Page 4

THE COMPETITIONS

SECDHD DAY S RESULTS Tin? forty-first annual festival of the Dunedin Competitions Society was continued tin’s morning, classes being heard in the Concert Chamber, Burns Hall, His Majesty’s Theatre, and Victoria Hall. Fpur classes were finally judged, recalls being announced in the others. Four competitors ■were beard in the sight-reading test of the chief piano solo contest, the prize in which is the Moller Trophy, which is held by the winner for one year. The following aro to-day’s results :

ELOCUTION. Judge: Mr Errol Muir. Recitation, girls, 12 and under 16, ‘ The Heart of England.’—Mary Hopewell (Christchurch), 82 points, 1; Peggy Johnson, 78, 2; Winnie Sanderson, 77, 5. Highly commended; Nola Sutherland, Alma McAllan, Christina Peacock, Yvonno Hill, Twenty competitors. The winner gave an excellent uiterpretalion of tho poem, said the judge. Pier pausation was good, and it was an intelligent rendering. Tho lines were delivered with a real patriotic fervour. Recitation, under 10; open; own selection. —Bruce Evans, 76 points, 1; Iris Elder, 74, 2; Marjorie Smith and Graham McLeod (Christchurch) 73, 5 (equal). Highly commended: Colleen Brungezu and Valerie Sage. Nineteen competitors. Tho winner gave a very good interpretation of her selection, which was not an easy one for such a tiny tot, said tho judge. The character of an old man was really good for one so young. The judge also commented on the difficulty experienced in judging a class in which there was a marked disparity in ages. In this class, which was for children under 10, some of the competitors seemed to be only four. Apart from the differences in ages there was a big difference in the pieces selected, which helped to increase judging difficulties. , . thmb rfg kll 40 9AR FGK X...£j;5 : hrr Recitation, boys, 12 and under 16; own selection.—Grattan O’Sullivan, 85 points. 1; Jack Cain, 80, 2; Melvin Taylor, 78, 3. Eight competitors. Mr Muir remarked that Shakespearean work was very difficult for boys who entered in this class, and he did not altogether recommend it. However, the winner, who selected a scene from ‘ Macbeth,’ gave a remarkable performance, and ho congratulated both the winner and his teacher mi the standard of that performance. INSTRUMENTAL. Judge: Dr T. Vernon Griffiths. Piano Solo, 11 and under 12; ‘Finale.’ — John Mathieson, 87 points, 1; Robin Bartlett, 85, 2; Hazel Forsyth, 84, 3. Very highly commended: Colleen Daly, Russell Austin. Highly commended: Cnlder Prescott, Sybil Westland. Commended: Gordon Turner. Fifteen competitors. Piano Solo, open; own selection, —Two recalls were announced, these being Misses Marie Hunt and Nola Borrow (Mosgiol). VOCAL. Mr Temple White had two classes in the vocal section. In tho soprano so!o, ‘ There’s a .Song in Ihe Woods,’ he recalled Misses Marion Gubb and Doreen Scott, and in tho mezzo-soprano solo, ‘ The Holy Boy,’ he recalled Misses Elsie Kirkham and Catherine Stewart (Gore). DANCING. Miss Kathleen Mathews, who had a large class of tap dancers, under 10, recalled Marion Cain and Eunice Beli. To-night and To-morrow. A bright programme will be presented at His Majesty’s Theatre to-night, and will include exhibition*ballets by pupils of Miss Ngila Slowley and Miss Ethel Todd, aiid a 15-minute non-competitive entertainment by Miss Mavis Macdonald’s Castalian Singers. The finalists in Iho Melba competition will bo heard, and other items will embrace soprano and mezzo-soprano solos, Shakespearean and Wltor Scott recitations, and character and ballet dances. To-morrow’s presentations will bo of a diversified nature, and patrons will be able to enjoy national songs, bass solos, tap dancing,' piano and vocal solos, recitations, cic.