Annual Ball

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 755, 30 August 1929, Page 4

Annual Ball

i MANUREWA ANGLICANS i ! HOLD SUCCESSFUL CHILD- | REN’S MASQUERADE | •: | < FOR CHURCH FUNDS Gaiety prevailed’ at the Manurewa Picture Theatre on the occasion of the children’s annual fancy dress ball, held under the auspices of the Alanurewa Anglican Church. A canopy of multi-coloured streamers was suspended over the floor, and the stage was decked with masses of greenery, intermingled with gay paper flowers. The judging of the fancy costumes was in the hands of Alesdames McCallum, T. R. Richards and Aliss Alontgomery, and the awards were as follow: CHILDREN’S SECTION Girls over 11: Best fancy costume, N. Duffy as a Russian and Valerie Burton as an Eastern Woman; most original costume, Esina Young as No AXore Strikes and Hawn Wilson as a Bat Girls from 6 to 11: Best fancy dress. Audrey Nitz as Night, and Elsie Dunnan as a Dutch Girl; most original costume, A. Hawthorn as a AVindow, and Gwen Miller as Health. Girls under 6: Best fancy costume. Ronda Hunton as Queen Elizabeth, and Marie AVrightson as a Bride; most original costume, Rona Wilcox as a Chicken, Aloira White as a Doll in a Box, and Lenore Lupton also a Doll in a Box. Boys over 11: Best fancy costume, Hick Wishart as an Indian, and Leslie R9bertson as the Hrum-Alajor; most original costume, Harold Lough as Radio, and Bazil Kenny as Join the Mustard Club. Between 6 and 11: Best fancy costume, Herbert Ayling as Boy Blue, and Billy Butterworth as a Cowboy; most original costume, Jack Kimber as a Fox, and Jack Wrightson as Bycroft’s Flour. Under 6: Ross Alaxwell as a Chef, and Desmond Aliller as a Baker. ADULTS’ SECTION Best fancy costume: Women, Aliss Jessie Harris as Holly Varden, and Aliss R. Donaldson as an Eastern Woman; men, Air. C. Norager, as a Sheik, and Air. B. Alsop as a Rajah. Most original costume: Aliss Joan de Carteret as a Alushroom, and Aliss Boscawen as a Query. Special prize: Alesdames Emptage and Wells as Darby and Joan. Among others present were: Betty Lough, as a Rainbow: Joan Hood, as a Bush Fairy; Eiileen Phillips as a Geisha Girl; Harry Lough as a Radio Man; Kenneth Ferguson as a Red Indian; Jack Lough as an Alaskan Boy; Jack Bennett, as an Indian; Lenore Lupton, as a Doll in a Box; Ronald Ferguson, as a Cowboy: Ruby Harris, as a Scots Dancer; Eileen King, as a Powder Puff; Phyllis King, as a Buttercup Fairy; Valerie Burton, as an Eastern Dancer; Rita Alold, as an Irish Colleen; Aloira White, as a Doll in a Box; A. Finlayson, as a Highland Lassie; Lorna AVhite, as a 16th Century Boy; Herbert Ayling, as Boy Blue; Gwen Ayling, as a Fairy; Noreen White, as a Gipsy Girl; Joan AVillett, as Best AVay Patterns. Alabel Rogers, as a Fairy Queen; Ross Maxwell, as a Chef; Joan Stubbs, as a Flower Girl; Doreen Stubbs, as a Rose; Billy Butterworth, as a Cowboy; Basil Kenny, as Join the Alustard Club; Ronald Wilcox, as a Pierrot; Rona Wilcox, as a Chicken; John Rogers, as a Sheik; Phillis Kennerley, as My Lady’s Handbag; Ronda Hunton, as Queen Elizabeth; Gladys Osborne, as a Pierrot; Doreen Lupton, as the Plantagenet Period; Joyce Kennerley, as the League of the Empires; Audrey Nitz, as a Night Fairy; Jane AVooding, as Punchinello: Laurel Dunham, as a Dutch Girl; John Kimber, as a Fox; Belle Hawthorn, as a Window; Iris Penn'efather, as Great-Great Grandma; Kathleen Robertson, as an Irish Colleen; Alarie Wrightson, as a Pink Bride; Doreen Phillips, as a Geisha Girl;. Gwen Wilson, as a Aloth: Harold Jones, as a Forest Elf. Nola Young, as Queen of Hearts; Jack Smith, as a Huntsman; Ngaire Duffy, as a Russian Lady; Thelma Jones, as Little 80-Peep; Maurice Robertson, as a Brown Owl; Eva Jones, as a Powder Puff; Daisy Harris, as a Gipsy Dancer; Don Jones, as a Bridegroom;. Phyllis Rogers, as a Fairy Queen; Esma Young, as No Alore Strikes; Alarie Wrightson, as a Bride; Gwen Alillar, as Health.; Jack AVrightson, as Bycroft’s Flour; Elsie Dunnan, as a Dutch Girl; Dick AVishart, as an Indian Squaw; Jack Kimber, as a Fox. Adults in fancy costume were:—Aliss K. Harris, Rumanian Peasant; Aliss P. Boscawen, as a Query; Alesdames Emptage and AVells, as Darby and Joan; Miss Gaenor Maxwell, as an Old-fashioned Shepherdess; Nesta Brook, as an Eastern Dancer; Hilary Alaxwell, as a A'ictorian Lady; Air B. Alsop. as the Rajah; Miss A. Dunham, as Twink Dyes: Miss Pegler, as a Wasp; Aliss Joan De Carteret, as a Mushroom; Air. C. Norager. as a Sheik; Aliss R. Donaldson, as a Siamese Dancer.