THE COMPETITIONS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 23 August 1939, Page 7

THE COMPETITIONS

DANCE DUO PINAL AFTERNOON’S SESSION RECALLS FOR TO-NIGHT The .performances in the dance duo for children under 13 years was one of the classes decided at this afterhodn’s Session of the Gisborne Competitions festival, 'the judge, Madame Eugenie Dennis, commenting In most complimentary terms upon the duality of the performances and the imagination shown by dancing teachers in the preparation oif the duos. Recalls end the final awards announced this afternoon were as under:

HUMOROUS RECITATION Girls or Boys, 12 to 18 Own Selection

Recalls— Blandford Baker, Naida Cameron, Hastings, and Raymond Anna, Napier, “At the Dentists. Highly Commended. Burnley Cooper, “Wedding Whispers,” Geoff Watts, "Our Parish Council Election,” Peggy Linnell, Hastings, “The Shoe Shop.” Also Competed.—Trixie Elliott, “The Burglar,” • Charlie Whati, Whangara, “Spider and Fly,” Eva Grant, Annette Shields, “Cockney Girl Visits the Talkies,” Colin Booth, “If I Were iri Parliament,” Sheila Munro, “Over the Tea-Cups,” Patricia HdWker, Napier, “My Servants.” SEAN TltUIBttAlS 13 and under 18 Years Recalls.— Dorothy Fletcher, Sheila Munro. Also Competed.—Constance Burke, Masterton, Margaret Jonasen, Kathleen Burke, Masterton, Leslie £tyan. MEN’S SOLO Own Selection Recalls.—Mr. W. Bentley, Napier, “Sombre Woods,” Mr. D. E. Goldsmith, "The Wanderer.” Highly'Commended.—Mr. J. E. Mercer, "Song of the Road,” Mr. L. Bignell. . _ Also Competed.—Mr. LoUis F. Thodey, Mr. A. P. AWatere, “In a Little Garden”. Mr. H. Cameron, “Beloved, It is Morn.” DANCE DUO Under 13 Years Final Marjorie Croskery and Annette Shields, “The Hunter and the Swan,” 83 points .. .. 1 Janet Molony and Margaret Goodyear, 82 points .. . • 2 Mihi Swann and Gabrielle Nossiter, "Trees,” 80 points • • 3 Also Competed.—Avon Davy and Keith Graham, "A Dutch Flirtation,” Margaret and Mary Dominey, “Golden Hoops,” Marie Cooper and parttier, Colleen Anderson and Rosemary Aislabie, “Woodland Idyll.”

An especially attractive programme for the demonstration concert, to be Staged by the Competitions Society On Saturday evening as a wind-up to the festival, has been arranged t>y the committee, and will include appearances of the respective judges. The box plan for the demonstration concert will open at 9 a.m. tomorrow. TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAMME The programme for to-night’s session at the festival will include the Second section of the children’s Chorus, thie first section of which was heard last night; recalls in the tap dance from 9 to 13 years, a sonig in Costume under, 13 years, a junior elocution: test, and a wide selection of Other items' chosen with a view to making 'the session an enjoyable one for patrons.