OTOROHANGA.
Own Correspondent
The school concert held in Turners' Hall wag a pronounced success, and while reflecting great credit on the part of those responsible for the management and training of the children also showed that they had good material to work upon. The hall was packed full with a ve'-y appreciative audience. Mr W. H. V. Hal! acted a stage manager, and Mrs Hall and Misses nshby and Kean, as prompters, etc. Punctually to time the curtain was raised showing the whole of the juvenile performers neatly arranged upon the stagd and very pretty they looked, too, as they sang "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue." The next item was the action song, "I'd Like to be a Sailor Bold," by nine formidable looking jack tars, ranging from seven to nine years; then followed the more peaceful action 3ong, "The Dove Song," by nine little «irls, eight of whom sang a welcome as the ninth tripped in lightly on her toes with wings flapping. Three little girls next appeared with dolls in their arm 3 and sang "I Will Sing a Pretty Song." "Out in the Cold World" was the title of a waif's song, sung by a little girl dressed in tattered j clothing, and she sang it so feelingly that some of the audience were tempted to throw pennies on to the stage to the performers. To the accompaniment of the piano sixteen of the older girls went through the intricacies of the "Amazons' March." The next item was the solo "My Darling Doll," by Dorothy Hall. Eight of the School Cadets in sharge of a sergeant next gave a very creditable display of exercises and physical drill. The curtain was next raised displaying the tableau "Babes in the Wood," two children lying asleep and a guardian ang;l standing over them. This was followed by the appearance of seven courtly looking young gentlemen dressed with Napoleon hats and long loose black cloaks lined with scarlet and very sedately they sang the Scarlet Troubadours' "They Pushed Him Through the Window." The "Tin Gee-gee" was very nicely sung by one of the school boys dressed in a quaint costume. "Ten Little Nigger Boys" seemed to be a mcuh enjoyed by the black-faced boys as by the audience. The final item was "Good Night," represented by six little girls in nightdresses and each holding a lighted candle. The programme was much appreciated by the audience, and voted to be a first-class entertainment. Supper was handed round and then dancing was kept up until an early hour. The proceeds, which are expected to net £l2 or £l3, are to be devoted to school purposes. The pupils' mothers provided the supper, and the arrangements were in the capable hand 9 of Mesdames Elliott, Morley, Harrison, Hall and Miss Ashby.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 471, 5 June 1912, Page 5
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469OTOROHANGA. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 471, 5 June 1912, Page 5
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