CAMBRIDGE COMPETITIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 476, 4 October 1928, Page 13

CAMBRIDGE COMPETITIONS

AUCKLAND PERFORMERS WIN LARGE ATTENDANCE OF PUBLIC ( )U9puods3uuoo uato uno CAMBRIDGE, To-day. The Cambridge musical competitions were continued yesterday and to-day. The attendance last night was very large. To date the admissions are ahead of last year. Additional results are: Piano solo, under 14 (“Minuet”): Mona Easter, Russell Rehal, equal, 80, l. Recitation, boys or girls under 3 2 (“Nod”): Phyllis Galbraith (Rotorua), 75. 1; George Goodwin, 74, 2. National song, ladies: A dele Bell (Pirongia), “Annie Laurie,” S 5,1; C. A. Flay (Te Awamutu), 81, 2; Mary Hold - croft (Arapuni), 3. judge made flattering remarks re--1 ‘ ig the section, which, he said, was t. 3St he had heard for a long time. The ■« iner’s performance was a delightful effort. Fourteen competed. Piano duet, “Hungarian Dance”: Misses Pope and Darby (Ma.nurewa), 80, 3; Misses E. Tye and Olwen Burton (Devonport). 79, 2. Sight-reading, boys or girls under 16: Max Ward, 75, 1; Phyllis Galbraith fßotorua). 73. 2-Sight-reading, adults: Mrs. W. J. Ward and Frank Penn, equal, 76, 1; Mrs. Hettie Pain (Otahuhu) and H. L. Possenniskie, 75, 2. Humorous recital, ladies: Norma Langton (“The Mouse”), 77, 1; Tris Andrews (Hamilton), (“Giving Notice”), 76, 2; Joyce Arnold, 3. Tenor solo, ••Serenade”: Maurice Calvert. 74, 1; Alan Blackman (Te Aroha), Piano solo, under 21, “Novelette”: Rose Findlay (Hamilton), 79, 1; Lorna Moss (Mount Eden), 77, 2. Fifteen competiSong, girls 17 and under: Adele Beil (Pirongia), “Song of the Little Folk.” 80, 1; Maud Giles, 77, 2; Eva Russell, 3. Humorous recital, with accompaniment: Catherine Whitburn (Rotorua), “Greetings Old and New,” 81, 1; M. Wilkinson, SO, 2; Mrs. Linder (Hamilton), 3. Mezzo-soprano solo, “Morning”: Gretchen Hulme, 76, 1; Adele Bell, 73, 2: Catherine Whitburn, 3. Recitation, boys or girls under 16: Phyllis Galbraith (Rotorua), “The Mermaid,” 77, 1: Sybil Wright (Frankton>, 76, 2. Indies’ vocal duet: Mary Holdcroft and Mary Atwood, “Farewell to Summer," 77, 1; Adele and Reene Bell, 76, 2. Humorous trio or quartette: W. Wood, F. Kingsford and A- Symonds, “A Little Farm Well Tilled.” 1; T. H. Boyce, W. TV eatherell, J. Haworth and E. B Hillam, 2.