Entertainment at Te Aroha.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 407, 2 October 1889, Page 2

Entertainment at Te Aroha.

ONlnsfc Friday evening an entertainment, by Te Aroha richool children and others, was given in the Public Hall, proceeds in aid of the cost of re-paintins? tho school. Although the night wa* dark and tho weather not very favonrablo, there was a very lar«;e attendance, in fact the H*l! was filled to its utmost capacity. The following '.was the programme :—: — Part I. Pianoforte d.iet, i Mrs ?, oh *o. a. lind} I***1 *** t Vj. Wainwright. Waxworks Mrs Jarley's Waxworks comprising the foUowing'gronps :—: — (I) Pour's Soap. "You Dirty Boy;" (2) •• ChniiK," Tho Chinase Giant; (3) Mrs Squeersund Knwke; (4) Queen Flizabeth and Sir Walter RaMgh ; (5) Qneoa and Knave of Hearts ; (0) Kobinson Cruso and Friday; (7) Fatima and Bluebeard; (8) Sqnallina ; (9) Hinomnn ; (10) Britannia ; (II) The Farmer's Wife (in The Three Blind Mice); (»2) Yum, Yum (Japanese Jady); (13) Gipsey Fortune Teller; (14) Babes in tho Wood ; (T5) Madntne Duflot of the Golden Ch.-iriot, and Patient. , I

Part 2. Song 1, Three Fair Maids of ]>c —Misses ITonld, Y. Pavitt, and B. Wainwright Tableau (I), Guardian Aniral and Children Song, Littb Butteroup— Miva H. Clicks Song, Brown eyes or Blue eyes—Miss Y. Pavitt Recitation —Air K. Rfulg;an (Katikati) Tableau, Queen Philippa pleading for! citizens of Calais (2 scenes) Sonff, Turnhnni Toll—Miss E. Wuinwright Recitation, I romomber —Master Leslie Winstone Tableau, Janet's choice (6 scenos). Song 1, Sparrows are Calling —Miss E. Hirst Song (in charicter), Molly Mulone —Mi*s Mary Liivery Burlesque — Decapitation Extraordinary (Characterfi : Miss Hould, Messrs Simmonds :md Johnson). God Save tho Queen. Tho waxworks wore really well placed on the Board, 'and evoked enthusiastic applaoea. Mrs Jarley ( Miss Hould) proved 1 an-original and most effective conception of the character, the mnfce-up being excellent; whilst her assistant "John" (Mr Percy Johnson) ably supported Mrs Jarley, interjecting some fery quaint remarks, which brought down the house. All the figures were good ami went through their movements with automatic precision, and ft charmingly natural stifLie-s. Perhaps the moat successful were Signoru Squalina, The Babes in tinWood, You Dirty liov, Britmmio, The Queen of Heart*, Yum Yum, and Madame Duflofc. Tho last mpntinnmi lady rather astonished il Jolin," an> I ie Jighted tho noilicnco by unexpectedly extiacting one of his ti^etli. Consi lcrini* the very limited st.\g( j space the grouping of the fitruivs reflected groat crortiL on the ma:ia<?emtM\t. In tho first Tableau tho part of the

Guardian Angol was taken by Miss O'Hrien th« little cliildren being Miss Sarah Harris and Master O'irer Hall • the general effeofc being' greatly licightonod by tho light thrown on the group by the* burning o£ coloured fire. In T'vblcau 2 tho principal character, that of Queen Phillippji, wns sustained by Miss Edwards, richly arrayed in a robo of bluo with scarlet train, crown, etc. (in accordance- with the dress of I4th century) ; Mr Simmons taking the part of: Edward 3rd ; tho attendants, citizens, soldiers, etc., being too numerous to mention individually. j In Tableau 3 v .ho lending characters ! were- as followß : ThoLairr 1 (MrS. Craig) ; Lady (Miss Hould) ; Donald (Mr 11. Craig) ; Janet (Miss Rose Bradley) ; Janet's Mother (Miss Comes) ; the attendants, friends, etc., numbering somo fifteen to twenty. The singing was crood, likewise the recitations (Master Winstone, for a lad of only eight or nine ycaraofige, acquitting himself remarkably well). Tho tableaux were all excedingly well an 1 effectively carried out. In fact everybody appeared highly delighted with the entertainment generally; and the perfect manner in which tho performers went through the sereral parts alloted to them, the appropriate dresses, etc. ; all demonstrating, what time and patience the several teachers of the school (by whom the entertainment was got up, wifch the assistance of others), must have expended in the preparations nnd rehearsals. Mrs Robson presided at the piano during the evening, and played in her nsnal good sfyle. At the close of the entertainment, a dance was held in the Hall.