Entertainment.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3799, 2 March 1881, Page 3

Entertainment.

An entertainment in aid of the funds of the St: George's Sunday School was given by the scholars, under the leadership of Mr Gerring, in the schoolroom lasts evening. There was a good attendance, the room being three parts full.

The proceedings commenced bya selection from Cbilperick on the piano by ' Miss Airey, which was nicely rendered, and well received by the audience. A number;-,of the scholars followed with ■■''Gome let us haste away/ which was sung very sweetly. Miss Mary McQuade then gave a 1 recitation "My

Dead Doll," in good style. "There was an old woman who lived in a shoe," was the next item, and was encored vociferously. Misses Hunter and Murri3h sang "The Golden Stair," and Master Ernest Adams read "The Bachelor's Dream," in a clear and distinct voice. Misses Alexander and Gillespie followed with a duet on the piano, which was well received, and " Where does the wind yo," was sung by a number of scholars. Mr Gerring then «aye a.very amusing reading "Paddy Flinn, or the miseries of dining out," imitated the bewildered Irishman to perfection, and received well-merited applause. Miss Kate McGregor then sang " Still I love thee." After two more songs several of the children represented a tableau of the surrender of the keys of Calais, the characters being very well sustained. A charade in three acts, in which the principal dramatispn^sonce were sustained by Misses Harris and Cleveland, and Messrs Johnson, Culpitt, and Gerriug followed. " God Save the Queen " brought the entertainment to a close.