GIRLS' CLUB

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 332, 20 September 1932, Page 6

GIRLS' CLUB

ST. LUKE'S CHURCH ANNUAL CONCERT PROVES AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS A VARIED PROGRAMME To the producer of St. Lulce's Girls' Club annual concert must go the credit for a very enjoyable programme, which revealed local talent in a favourable lig'ht. The programme throughout was well arranged and ,vent oif with a minimum of those hitches which are usually associated with amateur performances. The uud ence was large and appreciative and nearly every item was-accorded an enthusiastic encore. In the opening number, Miss R. Owens and Mr. J. Thomas were heard to advantage in the well-known character song "Come to the Fair," and an effective. background was provided by the company dressed in multicoloured and appropriate costumes. The "Come to the Fair" theme was followed for the greater part of the first half, the club girls contributing a graeeful skating folk dance, Misses S. Wilson, C. Wilson, K. Murray and G. Pakes rendering "Lass of Richmond Hill," and Miss Hitchen, a monologue. Misses S. and C. Wilson were excellent in a tuneful melody entitled "Fiddle and I," Misses Kingon and E. Pilkington performed a folk dance, Miss J. Winslade sang "Cherry Ripe," while the club girls contributed another folk dance with a Dutch theme, and Mr. Thomas sang the ever-popular "Floral Dance." This was followed by what was probably the best item of the evening, a comedy sketch entitled "Widows," featuring Misses E. Hitchen, N. Kelly and G. Dillon. Another item which met with general approval was an exhibition of American drill, gracefully performed by Misses K. Kingon, E. Sharpe, E. Pilkington, I. Wright, D. Hamilton, J. Allen and C. Wilson. Miss R. Owens sang a solo composed by a local resident entitled "Bridge of Dreams," and a ballet consisting of Misses J. Cottrell, J. Allen, I. Wright, V. Butler, K. Constant, showed evidence of careful training. The final vocal ite.m, "Blue Room" was a duet by Miss R. Owens and Mr. J. Thomas, and an excellent programme concluded with a one-act play entitled "Quite a Nice Catat," in which Miss G. Dillon, G. Pakes, Y. Ingham, M. Owens, J. Hodgson, K. Murray and N. Kelly, gave sympathetic characterisations.