CONCERT IN AID OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING; HAMILTON EAST.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 749, 5 April 1877, Page 2

CONCERT IN AID OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING; HAMILTON EAST.

We find that a sum of about £37 was raised by the sale of tickets and money taken at the doors on Monday evening, m Le Quesne's Hall, at the Coucerb held m aid of the Building Fuud of the New Catholic Church now commenced upon m that township. The Hall was completely filled, every .available spice being occir

ied. As we said m briefly noticing tho entertainment m our last, it did not conclude till some time after midnight. Tbi a was caused partly by the length of the programme, which was considerably interpolated, and partly owing to tho number of encores, which testified to the eatiiifao. tion of the audience.

Tbe performance opened with an overture, aud was lollowe i by a glee from the Orpheus Glee Club, sung m gcod time and tune, and with considerable effe:t A Freuch, and then a German uong followed, both of which were well receiyed. Then a reading followed, from

Max Adeler's Hurley Burly, iv which Col. Bang, Editor of an American Back Country Buster, engages a poet to write obituary notices. The readufgr elicibep roara of laughter^bib,7hJ&^too .Sffilf readings chosen, was, somewhat- too Jdflgv and consequentlyjoe tryih| to^thel voicm? of -the reader. f$ Whatjarb fhe ! "Vpd 5 W, ayes "Saying," was nekt^hhgj: and^as the medium of inTtrp'dupiog a ybu'rigflacty : inker first appearance bef6re asHamifebni audience^ This yp^ng lad^hafa voice ,o| considerable co&pa>s, >'ud wxth ca?e and* 2 practice^will take' first-ran £" amongstrouV local amateur singers. The duet, like most of the pieces sang on Monday night, was nob altogether faultless m the matter of tun^rbut itiwaa'rsoffl'ewhutnrib^mubK' to expect that the singing could, on the occasion, have boon so good as ib might have been, had the accompanying instrument - itself - been m better "tune: - The-' piano, moreover, x naturally sharp and shrill m tone, Was 'set higher than concert pitch, causing an unnatural Btrain to the voice, which, m many songs during the - evening considerably. marred\ their effect and execution. ''The Dashing. White Sergeant "was sung 'w!tt apirifc and \ aui. mation, and was deservedly encored; the -repeat song, " f Obey;V being still more "enthusiastically received. " Then followed a comic son^j by a gentleman, and then one of the gems of the evening, "'Tb7 Lime Trees by the River." 'The singer possesses a sweet and pleasing voice,; aud sings with good taste and expression; and ( the last : .words, of the. soug jhad scarcely died" away when the audience testified their pleasure by general acclamation/ and" ; r'c'peated calls from the body of the hall brought back the fair cantatrice; with a reueaf.,, " Wrecked and saved," was given with the; singers usually effective style, and. was. followed by the duet " The Wind'ami the Harp," "Bertha," a solo by a youug lady, was amongst the pleaßantesb son 4s -of the evening. Sung m good time, ami witti a voice that requires only cultivation to render it very, agreeable. In the second part, ,"Shell3 of the cceau," was very fairly rendered by a.gen.tieman.amatuer. and was followed, by the Orpheus Olee Club, with I'Childrens Voices," .a song and chorus which was prettily and effectively executed. Then came a duett, "Flow on thou shining river," which was nicely ;ahd pleasantly rendered; and after a song or two which call fqr no notice the " Shule Agra," which was given with good taste and expresion. "The Cousius," was a lively duett, sang with. spirit by two ladies, and was received with applause: terhaps^ however, the really best performance of the evening was the rendering of the beautiful song = /'Home /they brought- her warrior dead," by thelady to whom both performers and audience were iudebted for the greater portion of the instrumental accom- ; planiments. The song was, given with ' much pathos and- expression; ' ; We must not forget to mention the comic songs of a local dominie, which on each occasion were vociferously applauded and encored.; The' son^s were all of' tbe ''same' character, "Tommy make room for your mother." A class of song -literature which has been manufactured of late years to meet the refined taites : of ; the ; musical British public, and which the pec p'.e of no other ua-tion that we know of could so keenly appreciate. The performance terminated with the ''Marselaise" and "<-»ocl save the Queen." Altogether the affair was a success fiom whatever yew we take of it.