CONCERT AT KERRYTOWN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1832, 22 December 1888, Page 2

CONCERT AT KERRYTOWN.

The annuel concert given by the pupils attending St, Joseph's School, Kerry town, passed off, last Thursday evening, as successfully as any of its predecessors. The weather was delightful,! and the schoolroom was crowded to excess, many having to content themselves with looking in through the windows. Ths following programme was gone through :—Overture, ' .Fantasia from Obsron,' Misses Mary and uiziie Hoare ; chorus, ' The Valley Lay Smiling Before Me, singing class; song, ' My Wife and L,' Miss Mary Brosnahan ; senior pupils'drama, ' Who is to Inherit V (characters : Mrs Annerßley, Miss Kelly ; L\lisa Julia Annersley, Miss L. Hoare ; Mrs Hamilton, Miss O'Sullivan; Mrs Manford, Miss M. Hoare ; Miss Pry, Miss D. Hoare; Miss Chatter, MissCoughlan ; Miss Nicely, Miss Brosnahan; Mrs Hodgkins, Miss O'Keefe ; ¥argery, Miss Maigaret Hoare) ; ' soli;, 'Old Ireland,'. Miss Nora, O'Driscoll ; LHit the Higb,t, Nail on the Head,' Master. Ueuis~ Hoare ;' duet, ' Roses Underneath

the Snow,' Misses M. and D. Hoare; duet (piano), ' Eoyal Irish Quadrilles,' Misses Julia Scannell and Coughlan ; reel* tation, ' Childe Harold's Adieu to His Native Land,' Maßter Keane; duet, 'Home of My Childhood,' Misses Coughlan and L. Hoare; junior pupils' dra.ua, ' Will o* the Wisp' (characters : Market Children—Bluebell, Miss Julia Ooughlan ; Roselta, Miss Sara Day; Cherry Ripe, Miss Nellie Fleming.:; Rosy Cheeked Apples, Mi.N f ' r A r m ';••,•; Oranges and .Lemons,-.Ma0.».r.,r.. Renzo, Master M. O'Driscoll. Town Crier, Master fl. Bros'n'ahan.''Fairies—Queen Sunbeam, Miss Julia Brosnahan ; Golden Wing, Miss Maggie Hoare"; Golden Ray, Miss Julia Scannell. Prince Moonbeam, Master John Scannell; wm 0 ' the W isp, Master Daniel Scannell) ; chorus,

1 Boor.it) Dundee,' singing class; chorus, 1 Sunny Meadows,' sinking class ; dnet (piano),' Erin-go-Bragb,' Misses M. and D. Hoare ; recitation, ' The Orange and the Green,'Master O'Driscoll; sol o,'Ki Harney,' Miss O'Sullivan ; dialogue, ' The Contest of the Flower?,' Misses Coughlan, OKeefe, ONeiH, Young, Moore, Hoare, Coll, EL Brosnahan, L. Brosnahan, Murphy, and D. Brosnahan ; boys drama, ' Little Pickle' (characters s Uncle, Matter Keane; Aunt, Miss K, Fleming; Servant, Miss Sara O'Driscoll; Jack, Master R. Hoare; Farmer, Master Coughlan; Pedlar, Master Connell; Schoolmaster, Master Fo'ey); solo, ' 0 Steer My Bark to Erin's Isle, Miss Margaret Hoare; duet (piano), ' Ireland,' Misses D. Hoare and Kelly ; drama, 'Handy Andy's Little Blunders,' Masters 0 Driscoll and Foley, and Mies Barry ; quartette, ' Whispering Hope,' iMisses M. Hoare, B, Slillivan, D. Hoare, and B. Coughlan ; dialogue, 'An American Sam Weller, Masters Hoare, Keane, and Coughlan ; chorus, * I Wish You AH Good Health,' singing class. This programme was carried out to the letter, and the various performers, though almost all of them were children of tender yearo, displayed remarkable intelligence and capacity. It was not one, or two, or three of them who acquitted themselves creditatly, but the whole of them performed their duties with remarkable ability, and the entertainment was really enjoyable. It would therefore not be fair to single out a few for specinl praise, aa it would do injustice to the others. We may Bay, however, that the quartette, ' Whispering Hope " was the gem of the evening. It is not at the best of times very easy to train adults to sing quartettes well, and those who know anything about it must realise the difficulty of getting young girls to do it properly, The four young ladies who sang at Kerry town acquitted themselves with great credit, and the piece was rendered delightfully. In addition to this, their playing on the piano was excellent. A couple of years ago not one of them could play the piano sufficiently well to accompany the singing, but on this occasion about 12 of them showed good musical capacity, and not only were able to accompany the singing, bat played solos and duets splendidly. The music and singing showed an extraordinary improvement on former years, and denoted the progress the children have been making under the careful tnlilion of the Sisters of St, Joseph. The dramas were also acted with a vtrvt and epirit that would do credit not oniy to adults, but to professionals, while their movements and aotions were easy and graceful. On the whole the entertainment was the bast hitherto held there, and we heartily congratulate both teachers and pupils on their great success. '■' ■.■