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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 97, 22 September 1877, Page 2

TteF94?n(^o^S^iety give' their fiwt^C<nicer| f6t*h6;;sejwim 1877-8 m -fhe /Public : ttailf dnrFriday^st* but %™g *? th« mclfifiency (if the weather there; was not such; a good attendance afe; might, .;; have '!&&£ 'earpeMd. The Cdncert I^arii sorry to say did not come up tothe usual 1 standard of the Choral Society's Concerts, this nugftaljAe accountedfdHn some measui^D^fee Socf- .■'"■' etfc hastening on this cofceetf : sola's not to clask with the Eydia Howard Troupe " which it was reported are to be here shortly. ,, The .selection of" songs was also of ,':a .decidedly' nature/ ; The Concert opened wiffi^th'e "Burlesque' valse,-- with twV'viblira, flute, "* and. I ,. then a^iitrfc Soiig, " TheJdys" of Spring,"- which was well ren'The song Story," -jwas'neiffiu^The T-rfr" TreaaLighW } 'mmmr^mmt^ flowed"* The ;«dng, "'TW^lJi^er^^i^otseem to meet the approbation, of the^audience Theoperirfic GhbrW"*The' MtSketeers," ' from " Fleurjde .I&r<' J&* wellWived The «mg^^At-ffie S f - Wa^eSdered iv the^erV hisuail carefnr'aW tasteful •iaanner:-^The trio " Hart! the Curfew's Souiid^' was a decided fsoHfre. 3 The:song i/ ' The -Messaged was appreci*!e^theMsiuc6rbuo(iiipt I think come tip-td- tSe sMfiylsfmffJby * the gentleman it; The duet " IWendsh^'^ r Ladies, was bo^_ pretty Vnd wcely sung.- The song " Warbling StfE^^reM^ed an encore f drrwhich; -*i^lup iPo^r Will," wfis given ;" both' "songl? ?t:ere :o #eW sung*. This ended; the |lrst jpa^' ; After an interral d^ten TdAtiiti^it the^ "'overture, " tTn Sospito," was^ played. 3l sise over'tare'is written "6y ; a WeUingJpn gentlemanj named "Buonaciosti^ Affer this -^ame the: Quartette "Qhfßiwi of Eve/* Thfe next song was to liave been, 'fShe Sang among- the Elowersi' " b,ut u n fortuBately the lady ihad ?mislaic( the music, whichj was ja we^uwai^h^ment to many who had^TO^n- "Cooking fdrwa'rd to hear this* spn£ i' (I ; ThV^ s SsohW Substituted was " Meetimei^by'fte6i3ight Alone," : which received -w^lhcdr^ when the btst verse wa!s repea^jdi f Tbu? Operatic ; Qhoru!s, " The'^ra^er^' fronv Marsan- .-■'. 'cello,; wks 'not' r o^rVf t^'BeSt- sung of the "chouses b r af ! alsp':of 'the.^afifsogs &c, "^®de^a'^^"ctiime : r and #ste yf^^ sun^;;^§n 'the part song, "Ye lattle Birds I : that ; Chant of "Love,-" went The song//' kittle iHß^fheate >u |eceived an mm'^vm r^atgd^^e duet, " When^'a Little Farm< we " and .the song; of decidedly^^the geiris of tieevei^g. The singerirdf ?b6tlp tiw? afcd song/ reo6eiviHg"^n*thlsiast^^^ and encores ; the encore foir' ; thiB I?; jluet was, "No one^^LQi^'' Md ■*£s; Hhe songV Vthe last .vi£^^Btti^ ; o^-aiMin. The Operatic i?hoi!^/ ( ;Come ;/OT[d^bmrade," 'from Faugt ended the prpgrtfmihe, after which the National Anthem ; was sung. After the Concert was over^ the seats were cleared and a; dance^toot place Which had been arra.ngediloKF^ a feiir. members^^'o^ffte Society; ~skncingiwai; S^t j^ : eaAy'TO i6g. TheTefresbjaentswhfch^wereevery-' '■'^^^^^■[e&ol&^ltui^^^Lrlyr^e supped by bur lidsir df the jfanawatu ■^horn. 'x-'/'i^-'^f-fy-j'" ■ ' .■ ■■-'■■