Children's Entertainment.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 384, 13 July 1889, Page 2

Children's Entertainment.

Tub entertainment by the children of the Te Arnha Pultlic School, to raise funds for the purchase of scientific apparatus for the school, came off on Wednesday evening- last and was a pronounced 1 success. Long before the doors were opened, quite » crowd had. assembled '•'i. i . u '

anxious to obtain seats, anil within fiye minutes of the tune of opening the doors every gent was occupied. The proceedings opened a few minutes after eight o'clock. Master John Erasmus, acting a8 Master of Ceremonies. The following was the programme of the evening ; Part 1: — Overture, pianoforte duet, Waves of ths Ocean, Mrs Robson and Miss Wainwright. Burlesque, The Sleeping Beauty, the several parts being sustained by the Following i ' King, Master W, Johnson ( Katikati) ; Qqeen, Mips Mary Lavery j Princess Ida, Miss. Hirst j Prince Felix, • Master F. Pavjtt 5 " Waiting Maids, Misses A. Clark and Faea ; Fairy Bluebell, Miss A. Henderson ; Fairy Spiteful, Miss JJ. Rawe ; Page, Master L, Winstono, The piece was enacted in four parts, all of which were presented in a faultless manner, and evoked hearty applause, especially the fourth scene, representing the awakening oE the King, Queen, Princess Ida, etc., after their sleep of one hundred years. Interval : Part 2. Piano solo, The Haymakers, Miss Emma Wainwright; song, duet, Whispering Hope, Misses Mary and E[annah Cocks j song, All Hallow E'een, Mrs, Jackson j reoitation, The Hero's Death, J»liss Rowe j song, The Swanee River, Miss Emma Wainwright, (encored) ) violin solo, Gonod's Seread c, Master Arthur Hould (encored) ; tableaux, Mary Queen of Scots, in three parts, 1. The Last Confession j 2, The Farewell } 3. The Execution. 1 The j several characters being sustainedby the following : Queen, Miss Lavinia Johnj son ; Confessor, Mr $Ja'rsdon ; Maids, Misses Trixio Green, Mabel Emerson, Margory Smales, and Gertie Hotohin ; Headsman, Mr Simmon9 j duet (in character), Where are you going to my Pretty Maid, Miss Emma Wainwright, and Mr E. W. Hanmer (encored )j song, Birdio Has Come, Miss Hirst ; song, ' Magio of Music, Mrs Jaokson ; song (in character), Caller Herrin, Miss Violet Pavitt j song, The Midshipmite, Master Arthur Hould; tableaux, Queen Katherine's Dream, in two scenes, the several characters being sustained as follows : Queen, Miss Mulq;an ; Guardian Angels, Misses Trixie Green, Mabel Emerson, Marjory Smales, Mabel Maingay, Albertine Berger, Hannah Cooks, Lucy Allen, Gertie Hotchin ; Attendant ( musician), Miss Hirst ; Page, Master Leslie Winstone ; tableaux, Omnium Gatherum, in which all the performers took part. God Save the Queen. The whole affair passed off with ecla-t. The children fulfilled their several parts faultlessly, demonstrating that a vast amount of patient and careful training had been bestowed upon them. The dresses, character costumes, and accessories generally, were admirable. It wo.uld really be inviduous to single out any far special mention, where all acquitted themselves so well. Miss Hould, we uiPiderstand , was the principal organiser of the affair, ably assisted by Mr and Mrs Marsdon, Miss Mulgan, and; Mr^ Simmons. We have been requested to Btata that special thanka are due Misses Hawe. and Wainwright, and Mr W, Jfahnston fpjr most valuable assistanoe rendered behind the. scones. Mrs Rabson, and Misses Hould and Wainwright plajed the accompaniments in goad stylo^ At the close of the entertainment a dance took place in the Hall. We understand thegrcss tajj^gs amounted to about £%6.