TE KOA SOLDIER ENTERTAINERS

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3324, 31 October 1919, Page 4

TE KOA SOLDIER ENTERTAINERS

TOWN HALL TO-NIGHT_ To-night (Friday) the To Koa Returned Soldier Eritertainers will appear. “An un.dou'bted treat was the unanimous verdict of last nigh't’s large audience at the Opera House’? (said a Northern daily) at the close of the Te nKoa‘ Entertainment. This highly gifted band of returned soldier entertainers gave an entertainment quite out of the beaten track_ Every member of the company is entitled. to rank equal to professionals of long standing, and both solo and concerted numbers are worth going a long way to hear. Humour runs thro-ugh the whole pro£’:ranlnle like a ray of sunlight, and the audience is whirled from one treat to another in almost bewildering fashion. Mr O'Wen Pritchard is the principal comedian. and a, good one -he proved to he. His huinourous songs were admirably rendered, from a comic point of view, and had the advantage of beiné-3’ hacked by a good voice. Wallyr Edwards is certainly the most deceptive “soubrettee” seen locally and Vic. El~ liott is the possessor of an uncommonly rich tenor v,o-ice which he uses effectively Billy Mardle lends much to the performance by his Diallo “stullts,” while Miss Winifred Birch (‘the only lady member of the troupe) is an aeconiplishr-<l comodiennc, who specialises in that unusual feminille accomplishment - whistling. ' LOS- - an elocutionist of high standing aroused the audience to admiration with his (lramatic delivery.” The local season is strictly limited to one night and intending patrons Should book seats at Pratt. and Co.';'S-