AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1928, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

GREYMOUTH -MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT. TO-NIGHT i TO-NIGHT ! lo have a band capable of holding its own with the best in Australasia at a contest and to be able to keep that high standard up during the year, is the proud record of the Greymouth Municipal Band. The band to-day is a superior playing organisation to that which competed so successfully at the recent Christchurch contest. So lovers

of music in Hokitika are in for a treat this evening, when the band presents its programme to a local audience. The band’s opening number is that great hymn “ Nearer My God To Thee.” The playing of sacred music is the baud’s great forte. The magnificent crescendo at the conclusion of this item is wonderful. The selection ‘‘Sacred Souvenir ” is a most choice work in which the choicest of sacred musicexcerpts are embodied, concluding with the Halleyuah chorus. The contest selection “ Elarsica ” is a gem, glorious items being worked in. See programme for particulars. The humoresque “A Trip to Blackpool,” shows the hand in lighter vein, and is well reminiscent of a day’s outing. The band members do a great deal of vocal work in this item, which makes it all the more interesting. The fantasia “ In a Persian Market” is a piece of music that has created a furore wherever played in New Zealand, and in a great number of eases has had to be repeated. The march “Punchinello,” is an item with plenty of pep and go in it and is a delightful conclusion to tlie band’s programme. The soloists assisting the hand are of the choicest and a splendid rendering must result. Miss Bald, the possessor of a fine contralto voice, will sing a humorous song entitled, “ None So Pretty.” Miss B. Adkins will he heard to advantage in her item entitled “ The Worker.” Bandsman A. Smith, classed by the judge at the recent Gvanity contest as a marvel, will render that glorious item “Silver Threads Among the Gold,” It is only’by bearing a player of this

calibre that one realises what cornetplaying is. Last but not least is Mr Arnold Perry, considered by many critics as one of the leading tenors of New Zealand and whose appearance on a concert platform is a most attractive item. Mr Perry’s first item is Stockoff’s “ A Dream Picture,” a real gem. and its rendition by .Mr Perry is a treat. The second item introduces a most pleasing novelty in which band and singer are joined. This intemezzo “ In a Monastery Garden,” either by baud or singer is a glorious item. The combination of Mr Perry and the band will result in one of the finest musical renditions ever heard in Hokitika and lovers of music should not miss the opportunity of hearing this. The prices of admission are reasonable for such a lino concert and we trust a bumper house will reward the Greymouth hand.

EVSRYSCDYS PICTURES.

ZANE GREY STORY—FRIDAY

“ Drums of the Desert,” adapted from Zane Grey’s “Desert Bound,” will be shown at the Princess Theatre on Friday. Advance reports call it bigger than any Western which lias ever been made, with two possible exceptions, “The Covered Wagon” and “The Vanishing Race.” The picture deals with those same Navajo Indians who played so large a part in the Richard Dix vehicles. Only in this production, however, it is the redskin who finally comes out on top. A romantic story has been skilfully woven in to the struggle of red man and white by Director John Waters, and Warner Baxter and Marietta Millner are said to make as pleasing a pair of lovers as have ever been seen. Ford Sterling bolds up the comedy end. “ Drums of the Desert,” incidentally, was produced by the same company responsible for the two earlier dramas. Paramount.

A topical, comedy and further chapters of “ The Fire Fighters ” will also he shown.

On Saturday: ‘‘Steel Preferred.”