THE COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1929, Page 5

THE COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL

TO-DAY’S RESULTS. i . The dancing section at the Soldiers’ Hall was not largely attended this morning, some of - the competitors being indisposed.-' . •' .• v Pas'de Seul BalletJ jinder 10, four entries; two competitors.—Connie • Staines, 57 marks, 2mdp Allison Oliver, 54, 3rd. ~ ; y ‘ -\j’• • ’ . CTassiV-Solo,’ under lb years; three entries,;' one lompetitor.—Clare Keating, 56 marks; 2nd. 1 : Reading’at Sight, 12-15; Selections 'from *‘Oliver-Twist.”; • - The 1 competitors . ■ wjejreJoy Ward, Pat McGavin, Edna May Fowler,'- |. Joy Ward, IfloV-i.. ... .1 1. i'.- P. MeGavin, -150 < • ... ... 2. ; . G. Windsor;, 146..;. L; . J ; Mr Cliffe .Stanford said there was a very high., .stanjdard/ of .reading. He was pleased with the intonation, and; the reading showed intelligence. The children should be carfeftijp iidt' to oyferdo the emphasis. * /There was a tendency to be .ovei-Klran)atiq.,. f / Recitation, 9 years to 12; ‘‘ Elegy on the Death of a... Mad. Dog.” • The following competed:—Nancy McKane, Sylvia Gooch, ShielaHanrahan, Jack Groufsky, George Groufsky, Alice McCarthy, Mary Preston, , Gordon Windsor, Betty Brooks, Sylvia Sanders, Erin Kirwnn, Helen Renton. . . : G. Windsor, 164 ... 1 H. Renton, 154 2 B. Brooks, 144 ' ... 3 In poetry the judge said there was a tendency to be'carried away by the metre;,also a constant tendency to pause at tbe end of a line as suggested by the metre. The ; the only one to avoid that mistake/. They j should carry the .phrasing over at the endsof the lines according to the sense of the piece. ;i- ;- . .Musical Monologue, 12' to 15 (own selection). , • '-. The competitors were:—A. M. Coles V Earthenware,”Joy Lillian Ward ‘‘The Toy Guni”. Sydney Blank “Jimmy Johnson,” Pat McGavin ‘‘ My Old . Pal,” Mary v ( McGavin“ Mammy’.s 1 Smile,” Noeline ’ Wormjngton ‘‘lf,” Ena Clarke !•.*.?,Sweet Silent . Morn,” Edna Ho\yat . ‘‘Playmate,” Violet Ross f ‘ Old > Sunß^>|ie^ll^na r 'fSlay''* ; S < owiOT “ Three Greph’ Cecilia Keating “So Yoii Wqnttto be a Soldier,” Jean -Kyle* ? ‘ Roses' ; and a Flower,” Jack- Prestbn Smilej” Ella' Groufsky “In as Much,” Pat .Callahan “ How the .Elephant Trunk.” . /:; :. 'jby'A^ard; : l62 ; ; ',A, ’ *A. M. Coles; 158 ... ’ ... ■ 2 . P.- Cailanan,ls6 . ... ... 3 ; in this piece "there wtjs again; the tendency to overdo the draihatio emphasis. Woit-dsi- were( Ms 6 Slurred Ijdue ! ho. a lack of eyi spii'ess in /the. filial consonants, the sharp .conSOnfjtits, like p’s .and t’fe', {tliqy ' Were rim ijogethep and di£G.cu)t ;to distinguish. }ir . Stanford added'he would be glad to discuss any details of bis criticism with the 'competitors ‘or their teachers any convenient time. . Pianq Sojb, 7 £ears:-to “RondoOnlyonecompetitor. The judge said!lt • was not a' difficult piece and he was 'surprised more had not competed. •' Lucy Baum obtained 146 marks. '* Hdr‘ technique wds- very good, ihere .were faults ; due perhaps to playing. on a strange 'piano.: , . »•. ' Recitation,,v Humorous, ; under .‘l2, own selection. ,;Tbe' following competedlda[ McDonald “ The Boy at the Aluseum, MX: EIWOpd'"Aiinstfong “ The Boy .at the. pircus,” Gordon Windsor ‘.‘TTbe Over-workCd' Elocutionist;” Nancy MeKnne Tommy,” Erin Kirwali ’SisJ;er!s Beau,” Nita Steyens “Jimmy;Looks; After the Baby,” Helen Renton •“ The, Way. to . Accept Him.” , Helen Renton, 174 ...' ... 1 Ida McDonald, 168 ... : 'i.. 2 ; Gordon Windsor, 146 , .... 3 In the class, as a whole, said the judge, there were v numerous cases of impure .vowel sounds. They should guard’ against, that very carefully;for in New Zealand there was a tendency for a twang to grow up. They should pay great attention to accent. j|lt would be fairly easy to overcome it if • they would vocalise their vocal sounds. On the whole the pfonbunciation of. the boys was better than the-gifU.