JUVENILE SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1834, 7 November 1884, Page 3

JUVENILE SOCIETY'S CONCERT.

'The ■ Groylown Juvenile Society's concert on Tuesday night was, as was expected, one of the most successful ever given in the Town Hall. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chair and spoke in very high terms of the benefits to be derived by such societies as the one the concert was for the benefit of, A fter passing a few well-chosen remarks on the hall decorations, programme, and audience, he said lie thought it was not right, as his name was not on the programme, to take up too much time, so he would call upon Misses Nation and Hornblow, and Messis Nation and Holmian to open the concert by singing a jubilee chorus entitled "Bright Sparkles in the Church Yard." which they did, and sang it in such a style as to receive a good round of applause. Tho next item on the programme was a song and chorus "The American National Guard" by Mr J. Hobman and Messrs Udy and Hawke, which also received loud applause. Next came a son» "The White Squall" by Mr Downard" who sang it in very good style and received a good round of applause. Then came the Minstrels in full plantation ;" rig," and brought down the house with " 0, dem Golden Slippers." Next Miss Gallagher played a very pretty selection on tho pianoforte in her usual happy style, and received loud applause. " Heart of my Heart" by Mr Procter of Carterton was well rendered and was of course accorded a good round ofap. plause*- A-song by the Minstrels en.

, .titled "Only to see.hor Pace" was a I sign for the boys to show'their appreciation ot this part of tho- performance. I The Minstrels later on sang " I had only Eighteen Pence,":. "Keepin the Middle ot the Road," "Waiftill the clouds roll by,'? and " Dreaming of Home and Mother," all of which received applause. "Two' o'ulook in the morning" by Mr was well received as was a song byMr, Potts of Carterton, who contributed two or three during the evening and was obliged to respond to one. Mr Downard was applauded for "The Midshipinite"as was Mr Proctor for " Twickenham Ferry, A substitute for " Sooner or Later," " Auld Lang Syne" by the audience, brought the concert to a close, and the hall was cleared for a dance which lasted about two hours, lhe second part of the programme was set apart for tho benefit of the ladies, viz., a leap year dance, and of course caused great amusement, Miss Nation and Mr Potts accompanied the singers, and the music for the dance was provided by several willing hands. Mr Bright acted as M.C. with his usual ability. Altogether we hope to hear of a good round sum being handed over to the Society for their picnic.