Dick Whittington and His Cat"

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 59, 7 September 1893, Page 2

Dick Whittington and His Cat"

. «. The Misses Ivess and Hamilton scored a decided success in the above pantocaine, which was given on behalf of the funds of the Feilding Fire Brigade last night. We can thoroughly endorse the comments of a contemporary, which appeared in our issue of yesterday, on a recent performance given elsewhere by these clever young ladies. They showed a knowledge of their parts, a good conception of the various characters, and an utter absence of nervousness, most unusual, and are to be congratulated on the success which they undoubtedly achieved. The next items on the programme were vocal. * Happy Moments ' was sung by Mr Young m a manner which earned plenty of applause. • Remember me no more,' was charmingly rendered by Mrs Dickson, and • Tell her I love her so ' was given by Miss Bellve in a most pleasing manner. The accompaniments were played by Miss Tozer, and Mr Tyrell. The recitation, ' Curfew must not ring to-night,' was rendered by Miss Fanny Ivess in an excellent manner, and Miss Maud Ivess* recitation, ' Death Doomed,' was given in a way which showed that she had learnt the art of declamation in a good school. A fairy song and dance followed, the Misses Ivess (4) and Hamilton (2) being the fairies, and Miss Bellve the qaeen. This was a very pretty scene with the limelight thrown upon the performers, and was received with prolonged applause, Mr G. W. Fowles manipulating the light. The maypole dance, by the six little fairies, was another charming scene, aa they executed it without a hitch, and iv reply to an encore, again went through the dance ■successfully. The final item, a tableaux. ' Rule Britannia,' was a capital piece of posing, and earned loud and prolonged applause from the sympathic audience. More than a passing meed of praise is due to these young ladies who, in their first appearance before the Feilding public, have scored such a decided triumph, and we surmise that in^ the future their services will be much sought after for entertainments of a like character. We must not omit to mention that Mr Havbittle's String Band discoursed a number of musical selections in their accustomed excellent manner. The net proceeds amount to £11 9s a n( j the expenses were only £3.