MISS MISS EN'S CONCERT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2596, 2 March 1889, Page 2

MISS MISS EN'S CONCERT.

On Thursday evening, Miss MNsen, assisted by her pupils and Iricuds, gave a very successful concert in the Public Hall, Hamilton. The. stage was arranged in the shape of a semicircle, and was prettily decorated with iri'o ferns and cabbaao-tieu palms, with here ami there pict-n-rs interspersed, the whole having a vc-y rilnasi.-ijr elfeot. The hou-e, which was a very gooo. one, was very orderly. Encores ware accorded to Misses Swan aud Cissidv aud Mr .Tas. Reid, mid Mr- Maxwell was called before 'lie curtain. The maj >r portion of ihe programme, which was published in our hi*t issue, was composed of instrumental pieces by pupils of .Miss Misson, and taking into consideration the tender ages of ihe performers, they all acquitted themselves admirably. Special notice should be taken of Miss May Missen. a little mite of seven, for the almost wonderful way in which she played. Her execution would put many older pianistes to shame, and we think she might justlv be called " the Hamilton Musical Prodigy." We think that the music would have been more in sympathy with the audience had it been of lighter character, instead of classical. Miss Misseu herself in her rendering of the pianos solos "Polonaise" and " Home Sweet Home " showed great skill and execution and she gained wellmerited applause. In the vocal lists M.iss Swan was the great favourite with the audience and for her son? "The Blind Girl to Her Harp," she received an encore. This song was tint so well rendered as the others sung by this lady, her enunciation being rather indistinct, but in the " Kerry Lance " she quite carried the house with her, anil gained an enthusiastic encore, for which again she had to bow her acknowledgements before the curtain. Mrs Maxwell sang her two songs very prettily, " Killarney " being well received. Mrs Connell sang "Only Once More" in her usual finished style. Misses Smythe and Cassidy and Mrs Cross sang "Come, Birdie Come," "Take mo Home Again to Mother," and " Nobody's Darling Sleeps Peacefully Now,' - respectively, and Miss Cassidy, in response) to an encore, repented the last verse. Mr Re.id received an encore for his Scotch song, "Annie Lmrie," and, in response, sang "f> umie Mary.'' Before the commencement of the concert the Hamilton Light Infantry Bind rendered several pieces outside the hall, and as an overture played the Fantasia, "Purity," in very finished style. Taken altogether, Miss Missen has to be congratulated on the success of her entertainment, and we hope that the proceeds are as good as the merits of the concert deserve. Before the audience dispersed, the Mayoress of Hamilton (Mrs Isaac Cuates), ] resented the various prizewinners at the late, swimming sports with their trophies, and the Mayor, at the request of the proprietor of The Waikato Times, announced the receipt of a telegram from Auckland with the news of the arrest of Te Kooti and his despatch on the Chelmsford for Auckland.