THE BLACK FAMILY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 259, 14 May 1910, Page 2

THE BLACK FAMILY.

A visit from this talented and versatile concert company is something To Kuiti may well look forward to, and the Town Hall was well filled on Wednesday night to listen to the varied programme put before the large audience. The orchestra gave a selcc-» tion of old Scotch airs to open with, and after them one able member of tho company after another came forward to enliven the evening wth music, song or story. Mr Herbert Carroll has a good baritone voice and either as a singer or when amusing the audience with musical freaks at the piano he was heartily encored. Miss Nellie Black is a most; sympathetic contralto, singing "Good-bye," and "My Ain Folk," with encores of a slighter nature. She also plays the violin very artistically, and drew great applause for her musical tricks. Miss Elsie Black, a younger sister, played the llagcollet very prettily, and with Mr John Black took part in a musical duelMr Black is a Scotch humourist, and gave several examples of that form of humour, lost, we fear on some of "our native friends" who can hardly be expected to understand "Dae ye ken," "Hoots, mop!" and similar trillos. During the mandolin'; quartettes performance a small dog caused much amusement by running round Hits stage as though it were lost. Mr Harry Spencer took the audience by storm with his comic singing. He all'ects a very startling red and black striped jacket and his accent in "It shifted lower down" was excruciatingly funny. He responded with "Close, very close" and a further encore still. On Thursday evening the All Blacks gave their final entertainment, introducing the electric biograph and some middling pictures—-one Life on the Ganges—being, perhaps, the best. The rest of the evening was devoted to selections given by the musical members of the company, which were much enjoyed by the large audience present.