ENTERTAINMENT AT KERRYTOWN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2141, 23 December 1890, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENT AT KERRYTOWN.

The annual entertainment in connection with St. Joseph’s Convent School was held last Friday evening, the attendance being, as usual, very large. The following programme was gone through:—Overture, ‘ Hutarrenrict ’ (Spindler), Miss Lixzie Hoare; song and chorus, ‘ God Defend New Zealand’; recitation, * Boys’Eights,’, Master D. Hoare; solo, ‘Kitty McGee,* Miss M. Brosnahan ; drama, ‘My Aunt’s Heiress,’ Characters— M rs Smith, Miss Hoare ; Her seven daughters; Anna Maria, Miss K. Coughlan ; Jemima, Miss M. Goughian; ' Sophia, Miss E. Murphy; Matilda. Miss E. Louney; Arabella, Miss D, Brosnahan; Clementina, Miss H. Hoare; Jane, Mies M. Hoare; Mrs Betsy Brown (peorrelation),Miss Mary Hoare; Mrs Alexander de Courtcy Smith (rich aunt), Miss D, Hoare; Sippitta (servant to Mrs Smith), Miss Barry. Song, ‘ Apothecary Doctor,’ Miss Julia Hoare; recitation, ‘The Old Man in the Wood,* Master S. Coughlan; solo (piano), ‘Royal Irish Quadrilles,’ Misa Julia Scamiell; solo, ‘ The Old Log Cabin in the Lane,’ Miss Nora O’Driscoll; recitation, ‘ Bingen on the Rhine,’ Master M. Coughlan ; song, ‘ Christmas Chimes,’ Misses M., D., and L. Hoare, and Coughlan ; duet (piano), ‘ Osborne Quadrilles,’ Master Denis and Miss Maggie Hoare; song, ‘ Pickles are We,’ Misses Day, Coughlan, Swaney, Hoare, and O’Connell; cantata, * The Fairies,’ pupils; dialogue, ‘ The Irish Schoolmaster,’ Master Connell, P. Scannell, J. Scannell, J, O’Driscoll, J. Lyons, and D. Scannell; full chorus, ‘ Let Erin Remember ’; solo (piano), ‘ Knights of St. Patrick,’ Miss Coughlan; duet, * Music and Her Sister, Song,’ Misses M., D., and M. Hoare, and Coughlan; dialogue, ‘ Ignorance is Bliss,’ Masters Coughlan, Fleming, Driscoll, Misses O’Driseoll, O’Connell, and Coughlan; solo, ‘ Barney O’Hea,’ Miss Hoare; duet (piano), ‘ Echoes from the Green Isle,’ Miases J. Scannell and J. Coughlan : dialogue, ‘ The Henpecked Husband,’ Mias M. Brosnahan, Masters J. Scannell, D. Scannell, and J. O’Driscoll ; song, * Eobinson Crusce,’ Master P. Swaney ; drama, “ The Omnibus.” Characters: Mr Ledger, Master Richard Hoare; Miss Julia Ledger, Miss L Hoare; Pat, Maloney, Master H Brosnahan; Master Tom Dobbs, Master T Fleming; Mr Dobbs, Master j M Coughlan; Mrs Dobbs, Misa B ; Coughlan; Misses Dampers, Misses 1 1 K and M Coughlan; Farrier’s Boy, ~ Master Kelly, Song, ‘ Love Not,’ ■ Miss Hoare and Miss Debbie; recitation, ‘Dr Toa de Blousterburg,’

Master Foley; solo, ‘ We’d Better ’Bide a Wee,* Miss Goughian; re citation, ‘ Death of King Conor Mac Nessa,” Master P Keane; duet, ‘ Convent Bells,’ Misses Hoare and Goughian; dialogue, ‘Wanted a General Servant,’ Misses Goughian, Perry, O’Keefe, L Hoare, Katie Goughian, and D Hoare; finale, ‘ Auld Lang Syne,’ The entertainment was the best ever held in Kerrytown, the singing, the acting, and the speaking being exceptionally good. There was no hitch from beginning to end, and it was the moat even juvenile performance we have seen, every one of the various items being well rendered. The entertainment reflected great credit on both the pupils and the teachers, as indeed it would be difficult to improve on it.