CONCERT AT NGATEA.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5217, 16 December 1927, Page 4

CONCERT AT NGATEA.

GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB.

A SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT. An excellent concert was presented in the Ngatea Hall on Wednesday evening by the girls of the Ngatea Glee Club, the audience, which filled the building, being delighted with every item. The entertainment was the second popular concert organ sed by Mrs F. Basham in Ngatea, and its success reflects great credit on the girls and their teacher. The whole programme was bright, and there was not the slightest hitch. The curtain rose, showing a bevy of twenty gaily dressed chorus girls who sang as an opening chorus “When the birds begin to sing,” from * The Country Girl.” Miss A. Paul, as a naval officer, sang “A Sailor’s Life,” with .Misses H. Costello and C. Vowles as sailor girls. Miss Norma Elliott, who was very realistic as a boy, followed in the musical monologue “Mary was a Housemaid,” also from “The Country Girl.” The selection “Chin Chin Chinaman,” from “The Geisha,” was presented by Misses Barbara Basham, Hayward, Barriball, and B. Elliott. Little Miss C. Sparrow then recited “Little Orphan- Annie,” which was fol-, lowed by the selection “In the North Sea Lived a Whale,” from “Olivette,” by Miss M. Davidson and chorus. Miss Hilda Costello’s rendering of “Something in the Seaside Air,” and her short nautical dance with “Captain” Paul, was deservedly encored. As a change to something serious the part song “0, Hush Thee (Sullivan) was very effectively rendered. “Molly the Marchioness,” from “The Country Girl,” was contributed by Miss Wheeler and chorus, and was encored, as also was Miss Barriball’s rendering of “The Interfering Parrot,” from “Geisha.” Miss Doris Hayward was very amusing in her “Seaside Gossip” monologue. “Coo,” another selection from “The Country Girl,” was given by Miss Edith Wade and chorus, and Miss A. Paul was an instant success with her solo, and dance with Miss Costello to ‘“To, Ho Little Girl.” Her recall was an insistent one. “Mister” Norma EUiott’s musical monologue “Ting-a-ling” was amusing, as was the part of a Spanish music girl taken by Mr Jack Shaw. Another part song by the company, “Our Oars are Plashing Lightly,” was very well rendered, and Miss A. Paul’s song “Sloe Eyes,” was deservedly encored. The duet “Two Little Chicks” well suited Miss B. Basham, and Miss M. Hayward, and Miss E. Wheeler was also deservedly encored for her rendering of “My Crinoline,” also from “The Country Girl.” “Mister” Norma Elliott elaborated on the “Murders” he had bheerrully committed, and the audience desiied to hear more of the

ghastly deeds so humorously spoken of. The concluding item, “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” by Miss Luks, received unstinted applause.

After a brief interval the one-act play entitled “Their New Paying Guest,” was enacted by Misses D. and M. Hayward, A. Paul, H. Costello, and N. Elliott. The several parts were very well taken, and the playlet was as .acceptable as the whole of the rest of the entertainment.

The proceeds of the evening will go to the Ngatea Public Hall Society and it will have much to thank Mrs. Basham and her pupils for. After the concert a dance was held.