FAIRYLAND AT NAPIER ART COSTUME BALL

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 184, 21 August 1937, Page 12

FAIRYLAND AT NAPIER ART COSTUME BALL

Brilliant lighting effects, outstanding deeorations, and the magnificent and colourful costumes worn by patrons of the Hawke's Bay Art Society 's costume ball last evening, transformed the Silver Slippercabaret into a veritable fairyland of merriment. This event, which was the first of its kind to be held in Hawke's Bay, was acelaimed a huge success by the many dancers who came from far and near to revel in the fun. The ceiling was decorated with clusters of gaily coloured balloons and Eas* tern hangings adorned the pillars of the cabaret, giving a very bright and gay appearanee. The grand march was led by Mr and Mts Hugh Baird, after which prizes were given for the best dressed set and best individual costumes, the following being announced the winners: Best set, Messrs John Clark, George Barlow, Owen Somerset-Smith and Douglas Densham, and the Misses Pat Baker, Alison Douglas, B. Cray and Nalda Sinclair, as Russian dancers; best costurae (lady), Mrs H. H. Barnett, early Victorian; best costum© (man), Dr. A. C. Biggs, Indian Chief. The judges were Mr Nat Eettle, Mrs G. B. Menzies, and Miss Jean Ballantyne. An excellent supper was arranged, buffet style, and on the next fioor the rooms of the Hawke's Bay Women 's Club had been kindly loaned as a lounge. ,Les Henry's Orchestra jsupplied a , popular programme of dance music, the players lookmg very gay in thir Chinese costumes. The success of the evening was largely due to the efL'orts of the following committee: — ^Messrs Boyd Turner, seeretary, and J. Tattersall, Mesdames S. Scoular, I\ N. Harvey, L. D. Bestall, H| H. Barnett, J. Drummond, A. Beck, Misses D. Cunningham and H. Coleman. During the evening an art tableau arranged by Miss Jean Ballantyne and presented by her pupils, was most appropriate. This took the form of a group of four well-known pictures and were as follow: "Penny a Bunch,,, by Ueorge Hiclcs and portrayed by Lucy Cassin; ' ' The Uea Hath It3 Pearls, J '

by W. H. Margetson and portrayed by Bay Seton; •' A Dancer,^ by Edgar Degas, ajnd portirayed by Fay Hall; "Rebekah at the Well,3' by Prederick Goodall, and portrayed by Peggy Hall. Illuminated by spotlignts, each pictur© was outstandingly lcbeautiful, the iigures receiving great applause as they stepped from tne large antique frame. Mrg Hugh Baird anounced each appearanee. A modern cabaret Tango wa,s then danced by'the following pupils of Miss Ballantyine: Eay Hall, Betty Ross, Bay tieton, June Burton, Rita Parkinsou, Nancy Lpmas, Nereida Hill and Lucy Cassin. . These elever dancers were frocked in white taffeta, the skirts of which were very lull and edged with two. frills, which were appliqued with large circles of red for half the dancers and black for the cthers. The little black bodice were edged with frills and the dancers wore coloured fiowers in their hair and many bright bracelets. Blaek shoes with green heels completed the costumes. Miss Mary" Collins was the pianist for this danee which proved so popular that the dancers were recalled. Among those present in costnme were: — , Mr Boy.d Turner, Russian;* Mr J. Tattersall, apache; Mrs F. N. Harvey, Russian; Mrs C. Y. Brown, Indian princess; Mrs H. H. Barnett, old English;*Mrs S. Scoular, Austrian peasant; Mr L. D. Bestall, Spanish gentleman; Mrs 'Li D. Bestall, Spanish lady; Mr L. Coleman, sheik; Dr. F. N. Harvey, badly-dressed man; Mr Hugh Baird, John Bull; Mrs Hugh Baird, Brittania; Dr. A. C. Biggs, Indian chief; Mrs A. C. Biggs Madame Pompadour; Mr J. Malcolm/Sir Walter Kaleigh; Miss Judy Ruddock, Spanish lady; Mr Beverley Hannah Russian peasant; Mr

G. Canning, Sir Walter Raleigh; Mr E. Orr, Russian; Miss Alison Douglas^ Russian dancer; Miss Jean Ballantyne, Swiss peasant; Miss Lucy Cassin, Unele Sam; Miss Betty Rolss, Uncle Sam; Mrs J. Le Quesne, Tyrolean peasant; Mrs M. Brodie, Spanish lady; Mrs Kent, ' ' Powder and Patches"; Mrs Basil Amyes, Quaker girl; Mr J. Ensor, Indian; Mrs J. Ensor, Spanish lady; Miss Joan Boland, old' Englieh; Dean Harvey, pierrot; Frank Corner, Mephistopheles; Frank Bee, sailor boy; Rodney Collins, sailor boy; J. Seton, Herr Hitler; Mr Kent, eowboy; J. Paterson, pirate; Miss L. Norrie, "Evening Star "; Miss Ruth Toeker, Spanish lady; Miss Peggy Mayo, Rumanian gyps/; Miss Margot Hole, Eastern lady; Dr. Gerda Eickbahm, "Inside Europe"; Miss P. Hall, gypsy; Miss Fay Hall, Nell Gwynn; Jack Le Quesne, Maori chief; Mrs Worker, artist; Mr Basil Amyes, swagger; Miss B. Cray, Russian. dancer; Mr Worker, Spaniard; Mrs Freedman, period frock; Miss Naney Forstonson, black cat; Mrs Ian McKinnon, Indian dancer; Mrs L. Puflett, Chinese lady; Mr L. Puflett, Chinese"* coolie; Mr J. Dill, golliwog; Mr K. Geddis, old English; Mrs J. Le Qucsno, Tyrolean dancer; Mr L. Freedman, period costume; Miss Pat Baker, Russian dancer; Miss Joan SomersetSmith, French doll; O. Somerset-Smith, Russian dancer; G. Barlow, Russian dancer; J. Clark, Russian danger; D. Densham, Rutesian dancer; Mr S. Hole, Chinese coolie; Miss M. Tyrne, pierette; Mr Spencer Triggs, "Charley's Aunt"; Mr Ian McKinnon, gypsy; Mr G. H. Douglas, pirate ; B. Chadwick, Arab chief; Mts B. Chadwick, dryad. Others present were: Mrs R. Smith, wearing silver windswept satin; Mrs A. A. Sinclair, chantilly lace froek in saxe blue taffeta, coatee to tone; Mrs A. B. Hurst, nile green frock of French crepe; Miss Pat Kingston, frock of brown triple georgette; Miss Nancy Lomas, froek of white chantilly lace; Miss Nereida Hill, wearing a floral georgette in nile green shades; Mrs J. P. Thompson, wearing a frock of blacff lace with gold corsage flower.