CONCERT AT KERRYTOWN.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2296, 22 December 1891, Page 3

CONCERT AT KERRYTOWN.

The annual concert in connection with the Kerrytown Convent school was held last Friday evening in the schoolroom. The room was prettily decorated, and the attendance was as usual very large. The programme, which was a long and varied one, was gone through faithfully, every item being so well rendered that it would be difficult to choose the most meritorious. It was admitted by all present that Friday evening’s performance was the best ever held in the school. The sixigingwas excellent, the dialogues spoken with good elocutionary effect, and the dramas were acted in a ipanner that would reflect credit on adults. The following is the programme: —Part I. ; Overture, “Silvery Waves,” Miss Debbie Hoare; full chorus, “ Castles in the Air” ; duet, “ Darby and Joan,” Misses M. Goughian and A. Day; solo, “ Oft in the Stilly Night,” Miss B. Goughian. Drama/ 4 The Rod Chignon ” —Characters : Miss Precise (Principal of a Ladies’ Acfidemy), Miss Hoare; Pupils : Miss Rice, Miss D. Hoare; Miss Gray, Miss S. O’Driscoll ; Miss Bc7m, Miss E. Louney: Mia- J one g ? Mis g 0 ! CCugman; Mrs Lofty, Miss Lizze Snare. Song, comic, “ Gamon;i 1 ,0 Tea,” Miss M. BrosnahfPt j dialogue, 44 All about a Bonnot, d Miss B. and Master M. Goughian; solo, 44 Dublin Bay,” Miss Nora O’Drisooll; dialogue, 44 The Gridiron,” Masters Foley, Brosnahan, and Driscoll; song and chorus, 44 Mr O’Reilly,” Miss Julia Hoare ; recitation, 44 The Spanish Bull Fight,” Master Patrick Keane. Part H.: Overture, 44 Knights of St, Patrick,” Misses J. Scannell and J. Goughian; solo, “Kathleen Mavourneeu,” Miss Hoare. Cantata, 44 Red Riding Hood’s Rescue.”—Characters : Red Riding Hood, Miss J. Goughian; Mother, Miss Nora O’Driscoll; Woodman, Miss M. Brosnahan ; Wolf, Miss E. Fleming; Robin, Miss M, Goughian ; Roses, Misses N. Heflernan, E, Fleming, A. Hoare; Buttercup, Miss Maggie Hoare; Grand-

mother, Miss Sara Day; Fairie Queen, Miss E. O'Keefe. Full Chorus, All the Children. Drama, "He Would be an Author."—Characters : Mr Fitzgammon (Author), Master Michael Coughlan; Mr Catchpenny (Collector of Charities), Master J. Scannell; Mr Solfa (Singing Master), Master J. O'Driscoll; Mrs Brown (Landlady of Boarding House), Miss H. Connell; Sam. Muggins (Servant Boy), Master J. Connell ; Volunteers, Masters Mair, Kelly, Driscoll, Lyons, Scannell, and Perry. Duet, " Whispering Hope," Messrs Hoare and Coughlan; song, " Ring the Bell, Watchman," Master P. Swaney ; solo, " Maggie's Secret," Miss Debbie Hoare. Drama, " The Way he Managed It."—Characters: Misses C. Coughlan and M. Brosnahan, and Masters Hugh Brosnahan and C. Foley. Duet, " Hunting Tower," Misses Maggie Hoare and Julia Coughlan ; duet (piano)," Titania," Master D. Hoare and Miss M. Hoare; solo, "Ye Banks and

Braes," Miss B. Coughlan; recitation, " The Cow and the Piper," Master C. Foley; duet, " Gold, Gold, Gold," Miss M. Hoare and Miss D. Hoare; chorus, •' Farewell, but Whenever," all the children.