HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 June 1925, Page 1

HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS

AX KNTKRTAIXd I’AI'ITV. The Hawaiian Troubadours drew a lal'ipc ;iin!ii'i!(v Lt < the I’riuee-s 1 Ju-n ! I’. ■ lasi 11iy lit. The ails of Hawaii have law 11 v. all. si westward before, so thill the audii-ncc in a "mil measure ivas laniiiiar with I lie dreamy, allui iiia, hi; loila-s, bill ilia exponent's last eveniao w-re ail experts ami did their unlive nia-if ovirv credit. Il was some tliiiio a shock to ilio sense of propcrlion. however, to find tlio prosor.lalion laekinq in till' detail which oocs to make up the j'eneral imprcssion. ‘Tape crall was absent. and tin.' lip-hiino fll'ects were detracting. See ini' that lily prices were cliai'ped and the audience was a larpc one, the complete entertainment .should have been presented, and the audience would have been more satisfied. As it was there was a note of disappointment that somethin!' was Inekint'. and it was merely those advaidiu'cous aids, which attended to with lie' master hand of a stap;e inaii;i"i'i'. fives the complete finish to (lie whole performance.

.Musirally the entertainment was delightful. In a scene naturally artificial ol the island home of the Troubadours, tlu* atmosphere would have been complete, and ail would hav I vin well. The nrogr.imni" presented was a varied one. but there were no handbills to indicate the numbers or I lie individuality of the performers - another shortcoming which (itv audiences have not In put up with, 'file first part appeared to lie largely if not entirely Hawaiian. The native words served to | airmen to all the numbers, while the music was essentially that associated with Idle islands. It was idea in in the extreme, for it grew on iw. sL'.-diilg out ami enveloping the audiciu •. lucre wore

so.mgs ami ehortt ai d many inslruic uta! it.-m-. Tii.- dale ing was arresting for it pro-eiiled li.e hula hula dance in \i-i-y emuplrl.- tin HI.

In ti.e second 1;u!I there wa-, a varied progtauni: liiii all with a toui-h ol Hawaiian in::;:. It was brighter than tin- llrs! ha 1 :, dial isanarktihie for soul ■ li no (latn in;.;. A jockey dance took the house hv storm and the clover performance was ri-call'.al again and again. More vurieiv was introduced info the instruments and the musical items sparkled with bright novelties. Altogether the Troubadours acquitted IhetiiM'lves excellently, and hut lor the defects in staging am! lighting:, the perl man:! nee could he classed super excellent.