PAEROA CHAUTAUQUA.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4369, 23 January 1922, Page 2

PAEROA CHAUTAUQUA.

OPENS ON WEDNESDAY. The Paeroa Chautauqua Season opens on Wednesday in the Central Theatre, at 2.45 p.m. The evening sessions commence at 8 p.m. A season ticket will admit you to the bearing of all performances, the artists being as follows : WINIFRED WINDUS TRIO Miss Windus is a prominent American reader and interpreter of; plays. She possesses all the requisites of » great." artist—talent, grace, and b.eauty —and an originality that is refresh-! ing and remarkably versatile;. She will give “The Twelve Pound Look,” by J. M. Barrie.

“J. Alexander Browne possesses one of the richest and most pleasing baritone voices in Australia” —thus do competent critics write., The “Ho-j hart Mercury” Says of him: “His rich baritone voice is produced with grace and ease, aided hy an inborn artistic style.”

Guy Marrineh, solo pianist and accompanist, is an Aucklander wjio has been very successful on the American Chautauqua platform during the past two years'. ■' ARCADIAN QUARTETTE. Soprano : Miss Doris Orr. Mezzo soprano: Miss Jean Cocks. Tenor : Mr William Buckley. Bass : Mr Gyril Mee. Few forms of music are so attractive or more pleasing that) a welltrained and well-balanced quartette. The Ar;cadi,an Quartette is ; an Australian party under the direction of Mr Mee, and will give .items from a re-, pertoire ranging from simple ballad to| operatic selections. THE FINE. ARTS TRIO. Lyric soprano: Miss Gwendolyn Spans,wick. ■ Songs at the piano: Miss Dolly Stewart. ■ Elocutionist: Norman Pearce. Miss Spanswick, formerly soprano soloist with Verbruggen’s Orchestra, is one of' 1 the foremost off Australia’s artists. The Adelaide “Critic” says of her singing.: “That it was. a revelaand amazed the audience by its brilliance.”

Miss Dolly Stewart is a charming and versatile entertainer, and her “Songs at the Piano” will be a delight to all. ■ - ' Norman Pearce will present ■ a series of humorous and dramatic sketches 1 . • His dramatic woik- A in America includes the leading roles in “Get Rich - Quick Wallingford,” “Spendthrift,” and “Madam X.” The Montreal “Star”- says : “As an artist, Canada fops not seen his equal:”. His liumbnpus lecturette, “Getting There,’ was very much enjoyed by the Melbourne Rotary Club, Colonel Leader, of England, will strike a happy vein, in his lecture, “The Lighter. Side of Reconstruction.” His lecture is full of. wit and humour. He served twenty-three years in the British Army, seeing service in the Boer War, Boxer Rising, and the Great War. A fter t)ein S seriously wounded on the Somme he was sento the United Stites by the British Government to take charge of one of the largest training schools for American officers. He was' military observer with the Japanese army during tjhe Russo-Japanese War, and has been on military missions to practically ■ every country in Europe ani Asia,

Harold R. Peat (Private Peat) of Canada is unquestionably the best known soldier-lecturer on the American Continent. He is the author of “Private Peat,” the largest selling bpok during the war, sales of which reached' the million mars; cohiesporidpnt and special article writer for the “New York World” and McLean’s Magazine, of Canada. He was one of the organisers of the Greater Veterans’ -Association of Canada. His lecture, “Problems of the (Dominions,” is full of sparkling wit and sound common sense.

Dr. Loveland, of New York, has for ifiany years been an outstanding feature in American civic and religious life. Several years ago he left one of the largest churches in the United States to devote his entire time to the platform. As .a student of industrial conditions in ’America he is well and favourably known, and his lectures on Labour and Capital have at-, tracted wide-spread attention. In these days of industrial unrest it is well to know conditions prevailing abroad, and no man is better qualified than Dr. Loveland to give us definite information on these matters. McKENZIE CONCERT COMPANY. Dramatic soprano : Miss Lo Desca Loveland. ■ Pianiste: Miss Ella McKenzie. I Violinist: Warwick McKenzie. •Tn Miss Lo Desca Loveland of New York, we present a dramatic soprano of surpassing brilliance. She is exceedingly popular on the American Chautauqua and other concert platforms- having a . Voice of unusual range, power, and ■ flexibility. Hei programme will be of great interest to music lovers. Miss Ella McKenzie is a pianiste of no mean distinction. Her re'citals on the Continent and in England have called forth great praise. Warwick IjlcKenzieis an Australian of world-wide fame, (For three yea’s he toured England, the Continent, -and America with marked success. The “Musical American,” of New York, said of him': “He received numerous ■ovations a violinist of brilliant technique and wonderful temperament.” At the Sydney Town Hall Mr McKenzie was complimented by Their Excellencies Lords Forster and oil Walter Davidson upon the brilliancy of his playing. “It is conceded that he is quite the equal of any visiting virtuoso of recent date.” —"Bystand-

Mr J. C. Hei’bsman is one of the .most prominent figures on the American Chautauqua platform. He was formerly professor at the University of Washington, where he was head of the department of Oral Expression and Public Speaking. Tn Melbourne

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Continued from previous Column, .recently he had the honour of speaking to the (State and Federal Parliaments on the Pacific Problem. His lecture, “Corner Stones of Character, holds: ’life’s mirror up to boys and girls and men and women, and I is a powerful plea for simplicity, sympathy, and service. GENERAL INFORMATION. Season tickets are on §ale by the Honorary Committee until noon of the opening day. of! Chautauqua at 10s. After that time they advance to 12s. So buy early. Season tickets for primary Schobl Children may be purchased for 4s, for Students 6s. • Children must have children’s season ticket for Junior Chautauqua. Season tickets cost only half’as much as attending Chautauqua on the single admission plan, and arc of the greatest assistance in helping your local -committee to make your Chautauqua a, success.

Should you forget to bring your season ticket, purchase a’ single admission from the cashier and get a receipt. -Bring your unused season ticket and receipt to the naxt session for refund.

Every effort will be made to see that the personnel' oC the programme is the same as .advertised, but in the event of accidents or other unavoidable circumstances the right is reserved to alter the personnel or time of programme.