WAITARA.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1915, Page 7

WAITARA.

CONVENT SCHOOLS CONCERT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wnitara, Yesterday. The concert given in St. John's Hall last evening by the pupils of the Convent School in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund was well worth attending. and the packed house they met with was fully what the programme merited. The singing by the children was a feature of the programme and the way in the various songs were interpreted was really splendid. The stage was tastefully decorated, and great credit is due to those who helped in bringing the concert to so successful an issue.

The programme submitted was a lengthy onei, and was opened witli a prologue by Master !F. 'La Poupte This was followed with a pianoforte duct by Misses R. Whittle and M. McKenzie; chorus, "Welcome," by the pupils; song, "Life Stream and the River," pupils; chorus, "The Tea Party," junior pupils; action song, ,'Coach and Four," senior pupils; song and tableau, "Break the News to Mother," pupils; hoop drill, pupils; song "Four Little Ourly-headed Coons," pupils; operetta, "Our News," pupils. The pianoforte and violin duet by Miss Tessy Langman and Masters I Young and L. Frost, and the pianoforte trio by Misses iPinnerty, Roberts, and McKenzie were very well rendered, as was also Miss M. Frost's song "Serenade in Summer," and Miss Doris Sugden's recitation "Cost of Duty." Master Ronald Langman opened the second half of the programme with a song, and was enthusiastically encored. The junior pupils sang "Daddy's Coming," and then, followed "Floral Dance and Song," pupils; songs, '•"Knitting" and "Voices of the Night," senior pupils; song and march, "the Awkward Squad," by pupils; and ft dialogue "Girlg Versus Boys," pupils; pianoforte duet, "Witches' Flight," Misßcs B. Frost and M. Langman; recitation, "Boys' Rights," Kenneth Langman; recitation, "Total Annihilation" Ronald Langman. Miss E. Mannix's violin .solo was deservedly encored. "The Little Grey Home in the West," was charmingly sung by Misses M. and T. Langman and D. Sugden, the singers bei ( ng showered with coin and bouquets. The final chorus. "God Defend New Zealand," was sung by the pupils.