The Sunbeam Conn Party.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3561, 17 August 1905, Page 2

The Sunbeam Conn Party.

A tU'O A SIICCKSV i A heavy downpour of ruin at | seven o’clock last cvenn'.:, 1 ; inveal- I ened the imstponcment o! the‘mu- \ beam Com entertainment in aid of! .the Hand Studs, AS tin? wcatuer : Cleared quickly, a.u-1, ns a remit, j the Public I bill scaling accommo- . dation was ittiiy taxed when Mi A. F. McMinu provided, the opening piano overture. Then the curtain flew up, and a real minstrel circle (uniformly dressed with red ties and sashes) met the gaze of an appreciative and Sympathetic audience who wem loud in their praises of the evening’s enjoyment. To the tuneful strains of Mrs Ik Wads’ piano accompaniment, the Sunbeams opened with their Rainbow chorus, which finished with a tasty cakewalk by Miss Lizzie lining and Norman. Barker —and ■ V audience showed their apprecirctL- uoifc k.wwt W . . , .ap 'Miss ill tie included — mg Aft Webbq In ihe I to? «... _ Mach Trouble ’’ (Aliss L;zz»v Laingf. •• Mkrnouwu (Archie Harper), ‘‘Good-bye my Lady Love” (Bert Slitdboll), “ Parodyon Blue Bell” (Arthur Lloyd), ‘‘My fsuubeam Lou” ('fed Motherland)', ‘‘ 1 hilics of ;• Vile kjoe Tolm.ston), ” Little Bov ui Bum 'Timmy Currie), " Where I me Mississippi Flows ” (Will Hoorn; W

md A Good-live Mavnurnecu ” (J. T. Leyett): Joe Johnston ftambo) and Arthur 'Lloyd (hones') were . - di i §,tiiietT?>ncccsscs os cornet men, th%ir engs and :general business being both origin anu vrtt) in hounds. These' two"- acted IT “Awkward Squad ” in a Capable manner —a turn which proved u° he a pleasant ending to the first half. Massa J. T. Levett made a successful interlocutor. Others taking part in the choruses ware Misses Robinson, -Ada Currie, Kthel Liddell, Mrs • Currie, ‘and Messrs R. Hickson, F. R. Howard, A. F. McMhm, and Norman Barker. The second pert opened with a sailor’s hornpipe by Mr Skleners, who responded to an encore. Then Joe Johnston keot his audience amuse 1 by "Kindness Rewarded,” and received a well-merited recall. In excellent voice, Miss Robinson contributed “ Whv did they sell Killaruey,” which brought forth the plaudits to such an extent tint re-appea •*- •nice was necessary. Ne r \t on the list was 'fed Sutherland, who sang of the gal who “ Did not Care i! lie liver Came Back,” in such a manner that “ Kverv Nation has a Flag but the Coon. ” was denuin ! - ed. “In a Mansion of Achbg Hearts,’’ bv Will Hooper, suited the taste of his hearer? so well tb t the lakt verse had to be repcate-''. One of the most popular “ turns ”

of the evening was the " C;A

walk up-to-date” by -Ties Magr c Levett, who went through C :* different “coon ” steps graceful! The public,would Tiave some urn e of it, and the voting 1 idy furtherpleased them. Toe Tohnston (uvn - dolin') and Rob How.vd floani' ) plaved*nanv ponular aim in swe-;t accord, and tVm Mrs Curr? nl eased her hearers w’fi <be rendition of ‘‘The Bridge” An instrumental selection, “ br'board Watch,” by Me. •'■•<■ ■ HAI ,t (euphonium) and Llcvd Hornet ) “took-on.” After a s l '"'!, invc"val, a comic skelcb bv -Mr>--sr? ITovd, Honker and H<mW faidbrojiHif down tb« ho -••>. and the show ended bv tthwnv'i': aimcaring on the some w d ' hAn' ; “Ood Save the King.” Amongst those to wh ■ n cred ,t for the success of the mming ’s due. is Mrs h'. Walls, -who-c la-'a ; experience in the bnsin stool the “Sunbeams” in go d ste'd, Under her tuition the Tiffm-’t vocalists have .greatly rii-rov.-T All the Band members worked hard, and Messrs Sew- h (limelight), P. Mor!~v f'ass’stanl ), Levett and Howard (stag ' decorators'), and Th 0. f-mhgrlaivl fstmr.monager') ' ,l i d-w- crcd -: h ' The “ fhnd'-'-’in-; ” go into, r ;-- hears d for 'hi foAball cnnf'e r t, AA r, n eutUcb’ umv programme o r lAms, chorus.?;, etc., will U> -•resented. Th-.-“ Sunbeams ” wish ' '<i:hr>n% Mr A W. '■V'-hUnd for h)a.n M !b ••'.>•■•, ml Mr [Mmson for hind'y givi ••!:*• ITic use o r ?>. piano.