JUVENILE RECITAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1939, Page 8

JUVENILE RECITAL

MISS DICKSON’S PUPILS. AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME. The juvenile recital given by the pupils of Miss Merle Dickson, A.T.C.L.. in the Opera House last night drew a crowded house. The performers acquitted themselves in a most creditable manner, showing that their tuition had been skilfully carried out. The audience greatly appreciated the e excellent bill of fare presented and 1 warmly applauded the clever perform:l ers. Miss Dickson was warmly cone gratulated by many of the audience - at the conclusion of the recital on the splendid programme submitted. At the conclusion of the recital the parents made a presentation to Miss s Dickson in appreciation of her work. r The programme was as follows:— s Raining Sunbeams —solo song and tap, - Yvonne Saunders; ballet, Melva Wickens, Dorothy Faulknor, Hazel Flaws, Kathleen Wiltshire, Pat Saunders, / Norma Saunders, Kathleen Condon. " Gwen Cottle. Norma Brown, Rita '■ Crew, Ngaire Marsh, Doreen King; 3 Little Sir Echo —song and dance, Noeli ine Blackwood; echo, Peggy Rubbers; ballet, Alison Scott, Bernice Lee, Flor- - ence Pickering, Ona Jacobsen, Keitha Catherill, Marion Dagg, Shirley Yates. Evelyn Cottle, Pat Bouzaid, Ann Marsh; recitation —“Betty McGee,” ' Beryl Henderson; operatic dance, Erin " O’Rourke; sailor scene, song. Ngaire t Marsh; duo. Norma Brown and Ngaire - Marsh; ballet, Margaret Wickens. Melva Wickens, Nalda Valier, Dorothy , Faulknor, Gwen Cottle, Yvonne Loader, Rhonda Brown, Rita Crew, Norma ; Saunders, Kathleen Condon, Pat Saunders, Peggy Bobbers; “One Day When We Were Young,” Yvonne . Saunders; Skipping Dance, Hazel ; Flaws; “In the China Shop.” Bimbo, > Dawn Couper; Gracia, Yvonne Saunders; Guino, Norma Brown; Old Bimbo, Eunice Brader; China Figures—Dresden Boy, Melva Seed; Dresden Girl. ' Beryl Henderson; Cupid, Noeline Blackwood; Love, Peggy Davies; First ’ Lady, Pat Saunders; Second Lady, I Norma Saunders; “Swing Your Way i to Happiness"—Ngaire Marsh; The Dancing Lesson, Gavotte. Florence Pickering: song, Peggy Davies; ballet—Alison Scott, Keitha Catherill. ■ Joan Whittaker. Evelyn Cottle, Beryl ’ Henderson, Hazel Flaws, Noeline , Blackwood. Shirley Yates, Marion Dagg, Tui Morris, Bernice Lee, Mavis Ferris, Ona Jacobsen, Margaret Wickens, Erin O’Rourke, Norma Saunders; recitation—“ When We Were Poor,” Yvonne Saunders; Acrobatic Ballet— Ngaire Marsh, Peggy Cottle, Peggy 1 Bubbers, Kathleen Wiltshire, Tui Morris, Margaret Wickens, Joan Whittaker, Florence Pickering, Noeline Blackwood, Beryl Henderson, Rita | Crew, Pat Saunders; Nursery Rhymes I —Fairy, Gwen Cottle; Mother Goose, (Peggy Davies; Baby, Ann Marsh; BoPeep. Evelyn Cottle; Peter PumpkinEater and his Wife. Tui Morris and Rhondij Brown; Where are you Going my Pretty Maid?, Shirley Yates and Margaret Wickens; Jack and Jill, Nalda Valier and Dorothy Faulknor; Miss Mufl’et, Alison Scott; Spider, Peggy Cottle; Tulip Time, Duo, Margaret and Melva Wickens; Tulips. Junior Tap Class; Dutch Girls, Senior Tap Class; Spring’s Awakening—Princess, Peggy Davies; Butterflies, Pat and Norma Saunders; Sunbeam. Beryl Henderson; Winter, Dawn Couper; Fairy, Noeline Blackwood; Prince, Yvonne Saunders; Jack Frost. Peggy Bubbers; North Wind. Kathleen Wiltshire; Fairy Dancer, Joan Whittaker; Tap Dance —Norma Brown; The Chocolate Soldier’s Daughter—Daughter, Rhonda Brown; General, Rita Crew; ; Drum-Major, Tui Morris; Song, Ngaire , Marsh; Acrobatic Duo—Ngaire Marsh and Peggy Cottle; “When my Lady ' Dainty Goes Walking”—Joan Whit- > taker; recitation —“Mothers,” Peggy i Davies; operatic ballet—Duo, Alison t Scott and Bruce Unsworth; ballet, operatic class; musical monologue—- " Playmate,” Dawn Couper”; “You’re ‘ as Pretty as a Picture,” Noeline Blackwood and Yvonne Saunders; After the r Ball—Norma Brown; Christmas Eve , Cabaret—Tap duo, Norma and Pat Saunders; waitress trio, Kathleen Con- c don, Rita Crew, Melva Wickens; skip- I ping dance, Kathleen- Wiltshire; tap f dance, Gwen Cottle; cabaret duo. Beryl Henderson and Peggy Bubbers; Christ- .. mas song, Peggy Davies. The accom- 1 panist was Mrs W. G. Perry. a