WESTLAND COMPETITIONS SOCIETY

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1929, Page 5

WESTLAND COMPETITIONS SOCIETY

FRIDAY, MAY 3rd. The Committee of the above met at the County Chambers at 4.30 o’clock. Present: Mr D. J. Evans (President), Revds. Nelson Wright and KnowlesSinitli, Miss A. Duff, Mrs Fane, Messrs Partridge, Swoney, Lynn and Osmers (secretary). Apology was made for the absence of Messrs Conning, Richards, and Duff. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The outward correspondence was read and approved. The inward correspondence was read and received. It included the test pieces in music and elocution, as submitted by the adjudicator, Mr L. Cliff Standford, of Christchurch. The lists of selected pieces appears below. Three applications were received for judging the dancing section and that of Miss Muriel Waugh, of Christchurch, was accepted. The dates for the Competitions, September 9, 10 and 11 were confirmed after a general discussion. The schedule for open and own selection classes was revised and some new classes, including juvenile duets in character, added.. The number of performers in playettes was set down at not more than seven in one piece, both juvenile and open. •. Any further adjustment of the schedule before printing was lefV to the Secretary and the President. Before the meeting terminated a motion .of congratulation was passed to the President on heading; the municipal poll. • ' i': . The meeting* .concluded at 5.30 p.m. The following are the test pieces set l.v the musical and elocutionary judge:— MIJSICAL SECTION—OPEN. Soprano solo., “ Like to a Damask Rose” (B minor), Edward Elgar. Mezzo-Soprano solo, .‘‘The Time ’of Roses” (Key D minor), Roger Quilter. Contralto solo, “ Sapphic Ode ” (Key I) minor), Johannes Brahms. Choir:—(a) Anthem “ Tres Magi do Gentibus ” (Year Book Press), C. S. Lang; (b) Hymn, “0 Sacred Head Surrounded” (Ancient and Modern, Jll.), J. S. Bach. INSTRUMENTAL SECTION OPEN. Piano solo, “ Hexentanz,” Edward MacDowell. Piano Duet, “ Valse Brilliante in A flat,” Moszkowski. Violin solo, “Souvenir,” Franz Drdla. MUSICAL SECTION-JUVENILE. INSTRUMENTAL SECTIONJUVENILE. Piano solo: —(a) 7-9 years, “Rondolotto,” Cuthbert Harris; (b) 9-12 years, “Elfcntanz” (No. 4 in “Lyric Pieces” Berner’s Ed.-’ 12639), Edward Grieg; (c) 12-15 years, Four Characteristic Waltzes, No. 2 in A major, Coleridge Taylor; (d) 15-18 years, Nocturne in E flat Op. 9 No. 2, Chopin. \ Violjin solo:— 9-12 years, “Fairies’ W fritz ” Anthony Dare; (b) 12-15 years, “Londonderry Air,” Arr. Cyril Monk; (c) 15-18 years, “ Schon Rosmarin,” Fritz Ivreisler. ELOCUTION. Recitation —(a) 7 years and undei, “ The Christening,” A. A. Milne; (b) 7-9 years, “In the Fashion,” A. A. Milne; (c) 9-12 years, ‘‘Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog,” O. Goldsmith; (d) 12-15 years, “To-morrow,” J. Collins; (e) 15-18 years, “To Althea from Prison,” Col. Lovelace. Prepared Reading.—(a) 12-15 years, “ The Leonids,” Sir R. S. Ball; (b) 15-18 years, “The Higher Claim” (from “ A Tall Ship “ Bartimeus ’). Oration, Prepared Speech.—(a) “The Progress of the Socialistic Ideal in New Zealand.” (b) “Westward Ho!” or tlie tendency of civilization from the earliest times to migrate westward. Recitation. —(a) Ladies, “ Afterwards.” Thos. Hardy; (b) men, “ Norman and Saxon ” Rudyard Kipling. Shakespearian Recitation. (a) Ladies, Portia’s speech from -The Merchant of Venice ”;'(b) men, King Henry V.’s speech. The letterpress for the above will appear in the books of words, which will he on sale later in the month.