GIRL SCOUTS' ENTERTAINMENT.

Shannon News, 23 December 1921, Page 2

GIRL SCOUTS' ENTERTAINMENT.

The local Girl Scouts’ annual entertainment, held in the iMaoiiiaiid itw--atre on Tuesday evening, was once more an unqualified success.' Respite the hard times and numerous moneyraising efioris winch have been taxing the people oi Shannon lately, tiie tery satisfactory am hunt oi ihs io/ was the gross result. As ail the accounts are not yet to hand, the balance cannot be made up yet, but Mrs Bovis, the organiser, anticipates that, £8 will veil .cover all expenses. Considering the drastic changes in monetary con, this result compares very favourably with last year,’when the gross takings amounted to £3l, with £5 expenses. .Mrs Bovis expresses herself gratefully thankful to the mothers lor allowing their children to attend the practices, for their assistance with the dressing, and to the public generally for their support. lhe programme opened with an original and bright little fairy dance, rlie beauty of the dresses m mis iiem was much commented- upon, many people finding it difficult on first view to believe that they were really made of paper. Mrs rjuirvig, who madenearly all the dresses—gratis—is to be cougi autiateu. ' ' yvuer me crowning oi the Fairy Queen, the, Fairies uaiiced' and sang mrough some eight or rune original figures, scout Minnie ChrisPOpiieison men played very nicety a pianoiorte solo entitled “Yellow jouquns.” Next came the charade, “Attention.” Scout Annie Pearce made a very' laughable “.Mrs Tggms,” wno, despite tire shop assistant s attempt to persuade her to take a plain hat which would suit “any sort of dress’—with a .scornful glance at Mrs Tggms’ array—'warned off with ihe very best “’ai” in the shop. The next act, .“Ten Little Nigger Roys,” was very funny, and the audience would have liked it again, but waii so much dressing and so many children To keep in order, Mrs Bovis wasn’t able to allow encores. In the next act. “lion,” (.shun), the audience was treated to an exnuntion of the new juuii game ail tne children are praying just now; and when the children wno were praying ran on to anotner “den” funner up', the lnue girl who had been “shun” came forward and sang “Why don't they play with me?” 'inis was little Dome .Coakley’s first appearance m a soio- but those who heard her hope it will not be her last, l-ier true tone and clear enunciation are things riot otteri bound- in such a small child. The senior girls, under scout-S'ergeant' Quarrie, then gave a short exhibition oi their Scout, drill, thereby acting the whole word “Attention.”" 7fie senior gills in Swedish'drill, and the juniors in semaphore drill, and later on the exhibition of alt kinds oi handaging, gave tiie public an opportunity oi witnessing some of the work the Scouts do during the year. Alter an interval of five minutes, the programme opened with an action song, “Dolls,” by six small girls, who were wrapped in brown paper, some of the gins giving remarkably good imitations of the stiff, jerky movements of a doll. Last, but by no. means least, came “Mother Goose’s Christmas Party.” In Scout Sylvia Qurirrie the company has a.performer of great possibilities, her stage presence, enunciation ana memory being rather remarkable m a girl oi her years, and her first appearance as a singer showed that she had. still another “talent” to her credit, in ‘‘Simple Simon” the public was shown an artist m comedy. It is doubtful it even a professional could have given a better perform-' ance of what Scout Minnie 'Christopher.son had to do. The four Blue Boys looked very- smart, and Scout Mona Ingley as the - fourth Blue Boy drew much applause for her 'version of j .Mary’s Lamb.” . “Mary has a dear old sheep, * ■ And Iris cry- has always been: - I 'May the Shannon Girl Scouts' con- j cert keep : In yotu' memory ever green,” I

Hi Old Mothes Hubbard we had still anotlier first appearance soloist. Scout Gertie Bowler sang the old nursery rhyme very prettily.' “.Tack and Jill,” •‘Little 80-Peep” and “Mistress Mary” all sang out nicely/’ The appearance of “Jack - Spratt” and his “wife” brought forth roars of laughter. “Old King Cole” and Ills musicians were the next to appear, and here the audience was treated to some more really good, .singing. One wonders why these girls are not hoard on concert resume work. '