ENTERTAINMENT AT TEMUKA.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1928, 10 August 1889, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENT AT TEMUKA.

i The entertainment given by Timam Amateurs in the Volunteer Hall, 'temuka, last evening, under the auspices of St. Saviour’s church, passed off successfully. Thera was a very large audience, the arrangements were excellent, and the entertainment all that aould be desired. When the Curtain. rose the Eev. Mr Hamilton returned thanks to the audience for attending, to those who had come from Timaru, and to those who had provided refreshments.

! The following programme was gone through Part I.: Overture, Misses Baldwin and M. Lovegrove; song, “Anchored,” Mr A. Barlow; song, “ Two Little Lives,” Mias Baldwin ; song, (comic), Mr Gurr; song (gipsies), ■, The Company; song, “ Pierrot,” Miss A. Mee; song (comic), Mr Pinckney; song (with chorus) , “ Old Folks at Home,” Miss C. Lovegrove. Part II.: “ The New Moon. ” (a : fanciful extravaganza). Dramatis person® —Dodo (King of the Froaporoua isle), Mr E. Jones; Prince'Amaranth (his son), Mr C, Strouts; Taximodius (the Prime Minister), Mr A. Barlow; PodophylUn (the Court Physician), Mr C. Hassell; Queen Dulcibella, Miss Lovegrqve; Lady Bianca, Miss G. Lovegrove; Luna, Courtiers, etc. Of the first part Miss Mee’s song deserves special mention, although she was not recalled. 1 She sang in good voice, with excellent expression, and fair action. Mr E. W. Gurr was splendidly received after his long absence, and had to respond to an encore by singing his old favorite “ Our Jack’s Come Home To-day.” The chorus, by the company, was encored. It consisted of a group of gipsies, singing beautiful airs while going through the intricate mazes of a country dance, or some dance bearing a family likeness to it. The dresses were picturesque, and the general appearance most effective. Mr R. Pinckney kept the audience in roa'rs for a considerable time with a song telling his troubles with a cold in the nose. His get-up and general appearance was gorgeous. Miss Lovegrove has a rich contralto voice and sang excellently, and had to respond to an encore. The piece played for the second part was most amusing, and the various parts were well filled. In it kings, queens, courtiers, and princes become tired of their position in life, and at the first appearance of the new moon wish for changes of condition. The king becomes a farmer, the queen a cook, the doctor becomes king, and so on, and they have funny times of it until the next moon appears, and they wished to be back to their places. The language is often good in this, and several songs were sung to popular airs. Mr Jones deserves great credit’ for his excellent and clear enunciation, as well as for his acting. He was very good. The Misses Lovegrove, too, were excellent, and all the other characters were well represented. After the fall of the curtain a liberal supply of refreshments was handed round and partaken of, and subsequently the hall was •cleared, when a dance was held, and kept up until the wee sma’ hours,