INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1920, Page 2

INGLEWOOD.

CAMPFIRE CONCERT. (Contributed by "Taki Hereni.") The above concert, held on Thursday night last, under adverse weather conditions, though not so fully patronised as it deserved, scored, by its quality, another success for the troop. Mr. J. R. Sutherland, Mayor, presided, and after a brief prefatory address called upon the orchestra (Mr. J. Wilson's), to open the following programme, viz.: Overture, the orchestra; haka, in character, Boy Scouts; song, Mr. Darlow; recitation, Scout McCormick; song, Mr. R. Geddes; boxing exhibition by Scouts Crossman brothers, 7y 2 and 9 years; Highland dancing, Miss Mcßae, to bagpipe accompaniment on mouth organ by Mr- Williamson; song, Mr. Williamson; recitation, Scout D. Gow; orchestra) item; song, Mr. Roy Ay ling; lazy stick contests, Boy Scouts; recitation, Frontiersman OoldßWortfhy; song, Scout Kieth Brittain; dialogue, by two swaggers who, apparently, had quite casually strolled on to the stage and joined the Scouts' circle round their c»mpfire. ' An interval in the programme then occurred, of whibh Mr. Commissioner Humphrey, the prime mover of Scout activities in Inglewood, took advantage to tell the audience of some of the obstacles the troop had to overcome, wherein the ever present trio £ s. d., of course, figured largely, and to state that any willing to help would be given an opportunity to do so by filling in a form of promisory note towards the rent. (7/6 per week) of the Scouts' hall. '•■lt is as well to mention here that before the close of the concert Mr. Humphrey was able to state that 36 weeks' rent had been thus subscribed.

The second, part of the programme was: Selection from "Our Miss Gibbs, - ' orchestra; Spotties Dwarf, Scout. Horner; song, Mr. Williamson; orchestral item; vocal duet, Scouts N. and L. Ross; monologue, "Not Understood," Frontiersman Goldsworthy; Highland dancing, Mis 3 Mcßae; dialogue, Swaggers; orchestral item; song, Mr. Roy Ayling; cornet solo, Mr. Morgan. Concluded by the National Anthem most enthusiastically sung by all present. The enthusiastic reception accorded to each and every item of the programme, for encores were invariably asked, proved 'the appreciation of the audience and made the performance last beyond the usual time; in fact, some items had. to be cut out for want of time. Of a succession of successes 'tis hard to select the most successful, but certainly the boxing of the two little brothers brought down the house properly, and when Mr. Humphrey told the audience that the one was 7 and a bit and the other 9 years old that very day, the uproar of applause must have been gratifying indeed. The visitors, too, deserve many thanks from audience and promoters for their contributions, and none more so than the dainty little lady who so daintily danced into the very hearts of the audience, who, if they had had their way, would have recalled her even after she had responded once to an encore in the second part. ' But this piece of cruel kindness was prevented by Mr. Williamson explaining that it was too much to expect of even so willing a performer, which statement was greeted by another round of applause in acceptance of his ruling and thanks for her performances.

After the concert the visitoi'3 were regaled at supper in Mrs Boyd's supper room, when Messrs. Goldsworthy ami Williamson kept the table in most en-, joyable form by many quaint sallies, none quainter than the tale of the only time a Scot was known to refuse a £1 tip, the different behaviour of English, Irish and Scotchmen when leaving a railway station at the end of a journey, or how two sailors got lost in the Australian bush between the Hawkesbury ferry and Newcastle when