PUPILS’ RECITAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 December 1940, Page 7

PUPILS’ RECITAL

PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WELL VARIED PROGRAMME.' An enjoyable entertainment was presented by the junior pupils of Miss Merle Dickson, A.T.C.L., in the Savage Club’s Hall on Saturday evening. The programme provided a good variety of entertaining items, and the talented young performers were warmly applauded by a large and enthusiastic audience.

The following items were presented: “An Apple for the Teacher,” soloist. Yvonne Saunders, ballet. Tap class; recitation, "Dressing Up,” Beryl Henderson; “The Princess and the Enchanted Rose,” Peggy Bubbers; recitation, “Brave Billy,” Bruce Unsworth; “Little Shepherdess of Devon,” Alyson Scott and Noeline Blackwood; recitation, “Old Sunshine,” Pat Saunders; skipping dance, Kathleen Wiltshire; The Land of Story Book. Book Fairy, Bernice Lee, Little Red Shoes, Florence Pickering. ’ Dolly Varden, Joan Whit■taker, Peter Pan, Marion Dagg, Sleeping Beauty, P. Bouzaid and B. Unsworth, Red Riding Hood, Alyson Scott; operatic dance, Yvonne Saunders; Spanish dance, Shirley Watson; song, “Peter Rabbit,” Noeline Blackwood; “The Mischievous Messenger,” Joan Whittaker; recitation. “The Greenstone Tiki.” Melva Seed; “Over the Rainbow,” soloist, Yvonne Saunders, ballet Toe Class, Bluebirds. Gabrielle Eastwood, Judy Rich, Bernice Lee. Pat Bouzaid, Alyson Scott, Marion Dagg, Bruce Unsworth; “Flirtation,” Nalda Valier and Yvonne Loader; musical monologue, “The Menin Gate,’’ Dawn Couper; "Mary Mary," Judy Rich; one-act play, “Not a Word.” Pat, Dawn Couper; Stella, Yvonne Saunders; Ann. Beryl Henderson; Tom, Norma Saunders; Fairy Queen, Melva Seed; first fairy, P. Saunders; “At Dawning.” Sun, Peggy Bubbers; Sun-i beams, Operatic Class; “The Artist’s] Dream,” Shirley Watson and Bibi But- j ler; character recital, “Kate at the) Pictures,” Yvonne Saunders; “Cupid,”, Bernice Lee; operatic dance, Ann Me-. Dougall; acrobatic ballet, soloist, Noeline Blackwood; ballet, acrobatic class; recitation, “Uncle John’s Pig,” Norma Saunders; tap dance, Kathleen Condon; song, “A Serenade to the Stars,” Yvonne Saunders; character sketch, “Marigold.” Beryl Henderson; “Snake Charmer,” Kathleen Wiltshire; skipping dance, Noeline Blackwood; “The Four Seasons,” spring, Joan Whittaker and Florence Pickering; summer. Beryl Henderson and Peggy Bubbers; autumn, Bibiana Butler; winter, Shirley Watson: recitation, “If Life were a Play,” Dawn Couper; “You’re my Little Dutch Doll,” Noeline Blackwood; “The Broken Rendezvous,” Beryl Henderson; “Give a Little Whistle,” tap class.

At the conclusion of the performance supper was served, and a presentation was made to Miss Dickson by the parents 'of the pupils.