The Payne Family

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 46, 5 October 1889, Page 3

The Payne Family

The Payne Family \ gave another pi their popular entertainments in the Assembly Rooms' on Thursday night, and il goes without saying they had a crowded house. 'The performances of the several members : _6f the troupe were greeted with enthusiastic applause, and the demand for encores must ; have put a very, .heavy tax on 'their good 'nature. Pressure on our space prevents our giving a detailed notice, but we feel compelled to give special praise to the following items on the programme ;— " The Bells," by the company; "First in the Field," by Mr W. J. Payne ; the violin solo, " Yankee Doodle," and the song, "The Flower Girl," by Miss Maud Payne; the song, •'• Kathleen Mavourheen," and the violin .solo, "Tyrolean Echoes," by Miss Lizzie ; ;Kyhe; v the songs " No one like Mother," A||na ." Getting' too old for that now," by Mr Ralph Steele, were all most excellent. The pieces by the company, " Midnight Serenade," "The See Saw Valse" and ■'•""Three Chafers " all went well, while the quartette " Ye Banks and Braes " andjthe part song by the company " Come where my Love lies Dreaming," were not quite np to the usual standard of the singers, but we may safely attribute any little shortcomings to the fatigue consequent upon responding to the frequent encores. " The Three Little Maids" was as charmingly rendered as ever, and we were really delighted when they were encored. " Sweet Violets," sung by Miss Nellie Payne, was made doubly pleasing by the violin obligato which accompanied the singer.. An addition was made to the programme by a clarionette solo, selections from " 11 Trovatore," by Mr Bachelor, who showed that he was an admirable performer on the instrument. He played with great taste and feeling which earned the applause of the audience. " The Sobbing Song" and the "Gipsies Laughing," by Miss Payne, Mr W. J. Payne and Mr Steele, fairly brought down the house, and on all sides conid'be heard the hearty cachinatibns of the. sympathetic. At the conclusion of the performance Mr Payne thanked the Feilding people for the hearty welcome' they. had given him on this and the tbrnier occasion. "' He said he would always have a y ; warm place in his heart for Feildbig, and' should the Payne Family again visit New Zealand they would make a point of coming to meet them :again. We .can assure Mr , Payne, and the -other talented members of the company, Feilding will always be glad to see them.