PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1547, 1 February 1887, Page 4

PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL.

A concert and dance in aid of the prise fund r of this school was held i» the Bchoolhouse on Friday evening Inst. Notwithstanding the heavy drizzling rain which had been falling all day ;and continued through the evening, there was a good attendance, the room, being fairly tilled, a good number of the audience being ladies. Several magnificent fronds of the tree fern had been procured 1 with which the rood! waq decorated—ainrwhich gave it a very pleasing.| appearance.' Mr N. Dunlop occnpwi it«»- - ' n : i-and briefly opened the meeting. ''L.,. aliases Russell opened the musical portion of the programme , with a pianoforte duet, which was very, nicely executed a t\ppg jby the children followed,:“ Home is the ibest” which was very prettily sung indeed ; Mr W., Ooltman, was the next on. the programme, and gave “ Steering Home ” in a manner;that elicited great applause ; Miss Annie Gregan next recited :in a capital manDor ~‘Curfew, ‘Curfew must not ring to-night”; Miss Dunlop rendered the well known sung t‘Dreamland Faces” in a good voice recitation The Lifeboat" in which sfive boys took part was capitally given and loudly applauded; as was also a song by a lady,' “ My Prairie Home” ; Miss Susan Carrigjff little girl bf about five years of age, brought down the bouse by her capital reciting of ; “ Nursery Nonsentie ” ; Miss Andrews, who was in good voice, sang “Tit for Tat,” in a taking manner; the children came, next with “a Patriotic Song ” which was much, enjoyed. The singing of the children was a most interesting feature of the evening entertainment and reflected great credit upon their trainer, tVliss Millar. The /.second part of the programme was opened, by a pianoforte sglq....by Mrs Foster,; .Mr McCaskill , came , next with the song “ Sailing ” . which , was given in good voice, Miss Russell accompanying; a duet by Misses Foster and Andrews was given next, the voices blending beautifully —Mrs Foster played the accompaniment; Master Thomas Bennett recited “ Befnado and Alfonso ” in a manner that brought jdown the house and reflected great credit upon his tutor, Mr F. / Bet hurie ; Miss publop’s singirigof “The Brook” elicited great applause, Miss Foster playing the accompaniment; “Jack’s Yarn," by Mr £. Logan, which was the next on the programme, was much Mist Andrews playing the accompaniment—an encore was demanded and “The Parson and the Clark ” given ; “ The charge of the Light Brigade “ by Robert Guildford was really well recited ; Miss, Andrew* was the next on the programme, and gave “ I cannot sing the old Songs ” capitally ; Mr Goltman gave “The Old Brigade, ” Miss Russell again playing the accompaniment ; the song by the children “ Star of Peace ” was the next item on the programme, and was much enjoyed ; Mr Logan gave the comic song “Rather” and bad to respond to an encore. This concluded the musical part of the entertainment. The Chairman stated it had given him great pleasure to be there that evening. Ko was always glad to be present at anything that was got up for tbs ainusementand benefit of the children. He fully believed in prizes for the children, ss it stimulated them to greater exertion. He complimented the teanbers and scholars on the fcxcsllent prbgramme that had been so successfully carried out. The Head Master then caipe forward and thanked those present for their attendance and also those who so kindly come forward to assist them ihat evening, and proposed a hearty vote of thanka to all who had taken part dn the concert. Mr Brophy, Chairman cf the Committee, proposed a hearty vole of thanks to the Chairman of the evening. T/e votes of thanks were carried by acclamation. The singing of the National Anthem closed the concert. A dance was afterwards held which was kept up with great spirit till early morning. The School Committee are to be congratulated on the perfection of their /arrangements and the unqualified success which attended .the special efforts they put forth on behalf of the children. ■