POPULAR FUNCTION

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 725, 26 July 1929, Page 4

POPULAR FUNCTION

VICTORIA LEAGUE HOLDS SUCCESSFUL “AT HOME” ENJOYABLE PROGRAMME The spacious lounge of the Lyceum Club was taxed to its utmost capacity last evening, to hold aM those people who attended the very successful “At Home*' given by the president and members of the Victoria League. Miss Mowbray made a brief speech of welcome, extending - a special welcome to new members and the members of branches. She spoke of the -work done by the league since March of this year. The various circles had been working very well. The Literature Circle had sent 322 parcels of books and magazines into the backblocks. The music committee had arranged many evenings and entertainments. The hospitality and ball committee had also done very well, having made £SO by the Empire Ball. Other committees which had done sterling work were the ever-ready committee and the sewing circle. The sum of £3O had been handed over to the league’s . general funds from the proceeds of a jumble sale organised by the everready committee. The Sewing Circle 1 had been very busy making clothing l to send to the earthquake areas. Mention was also made of the girls’ committee. A splendid programme was arranged by Miss Kent. Mr. Fenton’s orchestra : played Coleridge Taylor’s “Imagination : Ballet,” Mr. Barry Coney sang two songs, Mrs. Griffiths contributed three delightful recitations, and Mr. Eric : Bell played two pianoforte solos. A i comedy, “The Peace-Maker,” produced by Dr. Margaret Knight and Mrs. Hugh Fenton, followed these items. This 1 entertaining piece took for its theme l the quarrel of a young married couple and the efforts of a mutual friend to • restore harmony. The parts were taken by Mrs. Hugh Fenton, Miss Althea Parker, Miss Audrey Alison, Mr. F. . Raisher and Mr. J. Gordon. Mr. Townley Little acted as ant nouncer. MODERN SONGS PRAISED LECTURE BY DR. PHILLIPS Modern songs and singing -were discussed yesterday in a lecture given by Dr. Kenneth Phillips to the music section of the League of New Zealand Pen women. [ The lecturer Vas clear in his defini- ; tion of the difference between Victorian ’ songs and the songs of today. The , older songs had melodic interest, but were deficient on the harmonic side, ' the accompaniments being for the most 1 part mediocre. In modern songs the accompani- \ merits had a definite harmonic construction, thus creating the atmosphere necessary for the production of * artistic interpretation. • The lecture was illustrated by excerpts from the compositions of De- ’ bussy, Stanford, Strange, Harty, Mailinson and Rimsky-Karsakoff/ The 5 soloists were Miss Amy Hansard, Miss Alma McGruer and Mr. Thomson, Dr. * Phillips playing the accompaniments.