PUTARURU GLEE CLUB.

Putaruru Press, Volume III, Issue 94, 13 August 1925, Page 4

PUTARURU GLEE CLUB.

CONCERT ANO DANCE. A first-class concert programme was submitted by the Putaruru Ladies’ Glee Club in the public hall on Friday evening-. It was unfortunate in view of the hard work put in by the organisers, and the quality of the items submitted, that the weather conditions were all ag-ainst a large attendance, for rain, hail and a bitterly cold wind prevailed throughout the day. However, the hall was fairly full, a large proportion of the audience being music lovers from the outlying- country districts. The members of the Glee Club were attired in pleasing costumes of uniform design, and occupied seats at the back of the stage throughout the programme, while the hall had been | decorated tastefully with evergreens. 1 The programme opened with an item by the club entitled! “ Bright Spring Flowers,” under the leadership of Miss Alcorn as conductress. | Van Biene’s “ Broken Melody,” played by Mr. Stanley Holland, followed, and his .rendering produced a welldeserved encore. Mi-. Holland’s playing on a beautifully-toned violin was one of the outstanding performances of the evening-, and he greatly delighted the audience on each appearance. As an encore he gave “ Ave Maria” (Mascagni). A very popular item was that given by Mr. K Roj bertson, a pianist of no mean ability, who gave several musical monologues in a manner which brought down the house. His first was the “ Miller and the Maid,” and as an encore he gave imitations of man and woman quarrelling, and of a little girl with a bad cold being coaxed by ' her father into singing “ Tipperary.” j Mrs. Lindsay, a contralto with a sweet - voice, sang- Carey’s “ Break, Break, Break,” and as an encore “ Dawn’s Skies.” “ Vest! la Gubba from Pag-liacci,” the well-known story of the clown with the broken heart, was the next item, Mr. Edwin Dennis being tire singer, and for a recall he gave “ The Trumpeter.” The Glee • Club followed with “ Orpheus and His Lute,” rendered in a manner ! which produced an unmistalceable de- ■ mand for a repetition. Mrs. Alcorn and Mr. Dennis then sang the ever J popular “ Miserere ” duet from “II , Trovatore,” which was heartily re- ■ ceived and encored. I The second portion of the programme unfortunately commenced with half the audience outside, there '• I bing no warning- bell. “ Land of ; : Joy ” (Maughan Barnett), rendered . . by the club, was thus missed by many. . ■ Mr. C]ulie-Per*ins, a ilew comer to ■ j this district, ■ siren gave a pianoforte - j solo by ColerfSge-Taylor, and had to respond to a couple .of encores, giving : j “ Caprice ” (Chaminade) and a com- : ; position of his own. Mr. Edwin Dennis’ first item in the this half of the ; prog-ranune was “ Sing, Break Into , Song” (Mellinson), and a delighted audience recalled the singer three ; times, the encores being “ The Crow’s Eg-g,” “ Donna e Mobile” (Rigo- • letto) and “ I Did Not Know.” An ■ | item by members of the club, entitled • “.In Our Boat,” earned hearty ap- ; plause'; and Mr. Robertson again set the house rocking with laughter at his comicalities at the piano, giving : “ Ada’s Serenade,” “La Femme du Chambre,” a parody on “ Bonny Mary ' of Argyle,” an imitation of the first ’ Edison phonograph., a laughing- song, and as a finale an imitation of a brass band. The final item was one by members of the Glee Club, who pleased with “ The Oars Are Plashing-.” The accompanists during the evening- were Miss Mulligan, Mrs. Tullock and Miss Ina Hollavtl. Bouquets were presented by Die club to Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Alcorn and Miss Holland, the latter also receiving a box of L i chocolates from Mrs. Barr Brown, ' i whose place as club accompaniste she 1 ' filled at short notice. A profit of £2 i was made on the evening, while a -dio- ! ! nation of 10s was also received on ' i behalf of the Army Boys’ Christmas • i Concert. j Supper was provided at the conclu- ; sion of the concert, and afterwards 1 dancing was indulged in till a late , hour.