ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TUB KliN N LDYi>--POPULAR Ji.NT.EKTAL\'JvRS. At Hie _Theatre Royal next Wednesday evening a season extending overthreo nights will be cornineneed by "The Kennedys," a company of musicians wlio are stated to be of unusual verirality. The Kennedys are stated to boa talented family of musicians, and assisted by three lady vocalists they provide an entertainment which should prove highly acceptable, not only to those wlio take their music seriously, but to all who prefer a lighter form oV amusement. Classical selections and popular airs are judiciously interspersed albeit tlie programme does not at any time depart from the highest standard of refinement. The Kennedys are natives of the Commonwealth, and they have just returned from England, where they have been studying and performing in London and on the Continent for some years. Last yea T tihey won the Oswald Atoll Musical Act Competition at Middlesex Theatre. Drury Lane, wif 1 the Miserere seen* from II Tromtore, and this was one of the features of their entertainment. The company comprises nix members. Madame Bertha Kennedy at the piano, surrounded by her gifted' young sons, the eldest of' whom, Mr. Keith Kennedy, pla*-s the vio'in; Mr. Lance the flute, and Mr. Laurie the 'cello, as their principal installments; in addition, thev are at home with thecornet, second fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and the mandola of the same genu-. Mr. -Lance also sings. The youngest member of the company is Mr". Laurie, of the 'cello, 17 years of age only. MiesDorothy Oroce possesses a light, pretty and flexible soprano voice, used to t.le> best advantage, and Mis? Rose Fitzgerald, whose contralto is, on the contrary, of lihe, veiled quality, mellow and sweet, sings with taste and feeling.