RAETIHI COMPETITIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 847, 16 December 1929, Page 11

RAETIHI COMPETITIONS

MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC TRIALS HIGH STANDARD SET Froxn Oar Oxen Correspondent RAETIHI, Saturday. The Raetihi musical and elocutionary competitions were held on Wednesday and Thursday and the finals last night. The entries were good and the standard high, and the judges from Wanganui expressed their pleasure at the talent of the competitors. PRIZEWINNERS The following are the results:—Recitations. —Boys under 8: Jack Hamlyn, 71 points, 1. Boys under 10: Pat Ogden, 87, 1; Gordon Anderson, 07, 2. Girls under 8: Jean Jackson, So, 1; Dulcie Stevens, SI, 2; Joan Lynch, 82, 3. Girls under 10: Elsie Wood, 93, 1; Velda Gilder, 91, 2; Joan Shout, SS, 3. Boys under 12: Pat Ogden, 85, 1; Kenneth Nieper, 84, 2; Lionel Lynn, 83, 3. Girls under 12: Jean Anderson, 91, 1; Ella Richards, S 7,2. Boys under 14: Reg. Urwin, So, 1; Jim Ward, 7G, 2; W. Floyd, 75, 3. Girls under 14: Thelma Anderson, 93, I; Leah Wade, 92, 2; Olive Shout, 91, 3. Girls or Boys, 14 years and over; -Nancy Ciochetto, 85, 1. Humorous. —Boys 10 to 16: Reg. Urwin, 90, 1; Kenneth Nieper, 82, 2. Girls, 10 to 16; Olive Shout, 94, 1; Thelma Anderson, 90, 2. Man or woman: L. B. Smith. 95, 1; R. Ciochetto, 92, 2. Shakespearian Recital.—Boys and girls: Nancy Civclietto, 91, 1. Man or woman: R. Ciochetto, 79, 1. Story-telling.—Thelma Anderson, 42, 1; Gwen Langdon, 41, 2; B. Waldegrave, 40, 3. » Dialogue, in Costume. —Olive Shout and Ngaire Shout, 87, 1; Olive Shout and Nancy Ciochetto, 84, 2; Nancy Ciochetto and Leah Wade, 75, 3. Pianoforte.—Duet, boys or girls under 16: Maurice Crow and .Jeffrey Fulton, 76. Solo, Minuetto (Mozart), boys or girls under 10: Audrey Rogers, 63, 1; Eileen Willoughby, 61, 2. Solo, boys or girls under 12: Joan Tregurtha, S 5,1; Kenneth Nieper, 79, 2; Grace Barnes, 76, 3. Solo, boys or girls under 14: Jeffrey' Fulton, 77, 1; Joan Tregurtha, 74, 2. Solo, boys or girls, under 16: Nellie Burt, S 4 and 83, 1; Effie Keucke, 76 ail'd 79, 2. Solo, boys or girls under IS: Noma Black, 75 and 86, 1; Nellie Burt, 49 arid 64, 2. Solo, over 18 (three pieces): Norma Black, 83, 75 and 79, 1; Ena Lyttle, 75, 81, 80, 2. Duet, boys or girls over 16: Miss A. Littlewood and Miss M. Littlewood, 85, 1; Miss Black and Miss Dwyer, S 2,2. Vocal.—Saci-ed solo, men: W. 11. Cannon, “Cast Thy Burden,” *B3, 1; R. Bl’ennerhassett, “Crossing the Bar,” 79, 2. Sacred solo, women: Mrs. K. Lynch, “The Lord is My Light,” 85, 1; J. Urwin, “He Shall Feed His Flock,” 79, 2. Solo, men: R. Blennerhassett, 90, 1. Solo, women (soprano): Miss J. Urwin, 84, 1; Miss V. Eastman, S 3, 2. Solo, women (contralto): Mrs. Goddard, 77, 1; Mrs. Iv. Lynch, 69, 2. Duet: Misses J. Urwin and Caldwell, S 3, 1; Misses Jacka and Clemett, 80, 2; Misses Newcombe and Larkin, 80, 2. Choir, not less than 12 nor more than 25 voices, unaccompanied: Ohakune Harmonic Society, 1. Pianist and vocalist: Mrs. Goddard and Mr. Ogden, “Three Fishers,” 81, 1; Mr. L. B. Smith and Miss Clemett, SO, 2. Song, boys or girls, 10 to 12: Morine Snelgar, “Dear Little Jammy Face,” 79, 1: Jean Owens, “I Wish I Were a Bird,” 75, 2. Children’s chorus, not more than 12 voices: Raetihi School “Robin Adair,” 1; Horopito School, “Bells of Eve,” 2: Umumuri School, Gipsy Chorus, 76 and 76, 3.