Anglican Charch Concert.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 129, 8 November 1884, Page 3

Anglican Charch Concert.

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(•bad state of the weather .last evening, there was !a . fair attendance at ihe Foresters* Hall, the front seats being; 'well-fi llod by an apprecia tive audience r •The curtain did not rise punctually at |8 o'clock, but' the audience were reI paid for a little delay by the verjr excellent \programme subsequently' rendered. His Worship th>;Mayor (G. . _M. Snelson, ■. Esq*,) as*: president of the entertainment; intrO;^ d«oed ihe>various items, -which were : ~ all rendered without a hitch. 6n&~ many of them in' a masterly and expressive style. The programme aspublished was given as arranged with : only one exception, the last solo being: altered. Tliose taking part cdnsistedi of solo pianist, iV[i ss Atkinson ; accompanyißt, Mrs Oarty ; soloistsj. Mesdames Watson, Ji(}igh,' Hoe,. Vivian, Miss ? Moellev^»nd jMessfs WhiWey, Kendall, and Healey; with M v Hay bittle m a recitation ] f Thesecond part of the .pvpgfainnie con-^ Misted of the farce *• Box andj Cox,''' ' Messrs, Ay 8. Baker, $. H. JPasooe^i and Hioks representing thecbaractei's. The get-up and delineation was caj^ital^ : ' k and, seemed to highly amuse the audience, who' repeatedly gavei way tobursts of ,luij<rhter. entertftin- , riieht on the whole was one of as: pleasant a. character ; aa we have wiineißsei] here, an,d the promoters - de^ serye^ve|ry praise for the manner of its production and successful termination. The pianoforte used on the occasion , was ywy kindly lent by Mr jas. King, manager of the Ready Mbney Stori^ and- was certainly a'marked on thejinßtru' men t belonging to the Hall. ;' , Ai