ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2726, 2 January 1890, Page 2

ALEXANDRA .

School Concert.—Never did our Public Hall look better internally than last night, r,he occasion being a. concert and Christmas tree for the juveniles ot Alexandra. The tree was a fine specimen of the pine f .milv, decorated with flags and illuminated with 150 small coloured wax candles, and, to add to its attractiveness, some 130 prizes, consisting of dressed dolls and toys of all descriptions, which young folks delight in. What puzzled the oldest of old identities was, where did all the children come from in our apparently deserted village? It did ssem, indeed, impossible," but there they were, a more happy contented ani well dressed and finer looking childipncoull not be found in the island. The prize-i wen? many of them really handsome ar ieies, and great was the giee of the successful ticket holders on receiving them. To Messrs Chappell, Tom E'inoh, junr., Miss E. Wills, and Miss Finch, is due, I am informed, the greatest credit in getting up this, the most important part of the utf.ir-. The singing of the children was good, thetiim bwing kept most admirably, and the wav th«y acquitted themselves must have delighted th--ir instunts, Mrs Helps, Mrs J. Aubin, and Vliss E. Wills. A recitation by Master A. Morpeth, a little mite of a feilow, was, for his age, a wonderful pif-ceof elocution and mammy. He recited the lines, "Excelsior," right through without hning at a loss for a word. The piano duet by the two small children, Edith Roberts and Lily Anbin, was also exceedingly well I played. Miss Adele Aubin, another wee mite, also sang a song with the sweetest of voices, and with the cleared enunciation, not a word of the song being lost, to the audience. Miss Eva Bayliss also sang with great success. Miss Blanche Finch s song, "Willie's Dead," was sung with much taste, expre-sion and feeling for so young a child. Miss Bertha Sage s song, was also much admired. Mr C. Tisdall couducted the concert in a most efficient manner. At the conclusion of the distribution ot the prizes and concert, the now useless tree and seats were removed, and the children for some time enjoyed themselves dancing, Mrs Helps kindly providing the music. Afterwards the adults took the floor and all enjoyed themselves till early morning. The following was the full programme: — Part 1: Pianoforte duet, " Kathleen Aroon. Edith Roberts and Lily Aubin; song, "Vacation Comes To-morrow," school children ; recitation, " Excelsior, A. Morpeth; song, "Sparrow on the House-top Adele Aubin; song, "Eyes Will Watch For Thee," Bertha Sage; song, "Little Eva," school children ; distribution of prizes Part II: Pianoforte solo, "Quick March," E«!ith Roberts; song, "Summer Comes With Cheer and Gladness," school children; song, "Won't You Buy My Prntty Flowers," Eva Bayliss ; song, The Skipper and His Boy," F. Steele; song, "Close the Shutters. Willie's Dead, Blanche Finoh ; song, "Laughter," school children.