All Saints' Tea and Concert

Manawatu Herald, 28 September 1893, Page 3

All Saints' Tea and Concert

The second annual tea and con cert in connection with the congregation of All Saints' Church, Foxton, was held at the Public Hall on Tuesday laafc. At a little after six the tea commenced, the three tables being filled several times before everyone seemed satisfied. The ladies who provided the tea are ccrfcaiijly deserving of more than the Ordinary word of praise, the tables presenting quite a pleasing and appetising aspect. The ladies who presided over the tables were : — Mesdames Easton, Dernier, Curtis and Robin?on — assisted by Mrs Young, Mis3es Symons (3), and Easton. Mesdames Whyte, McMillan and Rhodes — assisted by the Misses Whyte. The teachers of the Sunday School had the other table, presided over by Mrs W. S. Stewart the Misses Trask (2), and the Misses Ray (2)— assisted by Mrs Aitkens and Mrg Wilson, at which all the children were seated, and by their merry faces seemed to enjoy the dainty fare. AH the ladies were kept busy for at least two hours, and as favourable comments were heard on every side, no one could have been overlooked. By the number that were present at both tea and concert the proceeds should certainly be a great help towards pro viding funds for the Bazaar. The concert followed the tea, and was opened by a pianoforte duet played by Mrs Aitkens and Miss Steele. Mr Ennis was the first soloist, and sang " Aye Maria," in Italian. Mr Laidley, from Shannon, sang " Tbo Silent Highway," and Mrs Dernier received an encore for her rendition of " London Bridge." Mr Greenwood then sang " Nancy Loo," after which the tableau " The Reaper and the Flowers " was given, and was very pretty. Misses Williams and IT. Burr followed with the duet " Friendship," and Mr Young amused the audience for a few minutrs with his supposed phonograph. Mrs Mitchell sang " Y r ou and I," and a tableau followed, entitled " Hark I hear an Angel sing." The quartette " Sweet and Low," was rendered by Mrs Aitkens and Miss Falconer and Messrs Greenwood and Laidley. Mr Greenwood opened the second part of the programme with a song *• Ten thousand miles away," and for an encore sang another verse. Mr Young's comic song " Walk this way " was encored, and he also gave another verse. Miss Falconer sang " Old Madrid," and Miss IT. Burr " Three Fishers went sailing." The tableau " A scene from fairyland," was next staged, after which Miss Williams sang " A dream within a dream." Mr Laidley sang " When the heart is young," and MrsDarmer " The River of Years." Some of the performers did ample justice to the numbers set before them, and deserved mentioning, but as the concert was not altogether tbe success it might have been, our full critique is omitted.