CHURCH CONCERT AT CAMBRIDGE.
i A coN'oimr in aid of t.ho funds of St. An-irew's Church whs Riven in tlio Public ( Hull en the evening of Anniversary Div, and pissud off pleasantly, although the audience was not a large or demonstrative one. It was fully expected that Miss Runnier—a member of tiie conceit company that lately visited \Viiiltuto--wniild have taken part in the performance, but she unfortunately missed the str»\nier on which she was to liuve returned from the. .South, where .-ho has been visiting, and con-.; quently she could not reach C-unhridge in time. However, th-i vacmcy was amply filled by a number of Tu A-.vainutu friends (Mesdame.i Loinr, Burgess i<.n<.l Andrews. Miss and Mr who h;',d kmdi.v journeyed to (' -imbi i'lgn to a,,-isS in tinIt Wiis c\tivm.:ly kind ol them to so willingly Mipp'iy *.!i-j '"ti> pi.;c s required, anil wo n-ist tlritsMiiM l.hny over be in need of help that tin; inu.it:.. , friends of St. Andrew's will respond with alacrity. Owing to a misun lurstandinc, tho To AivHiiintti aineisrs appnariyl under ;i great dividvauUgo, for it. was only at the last iiKitnant that (.hoy had ;in (ipportunity of trying tlioii , piecs over with thu accompanist, and indeed there was only just time to hurriedly rush through them once, and anyoue who is ill the habit of singing m public will be well aware of ihe enormous handicap they therefore laboured under. Taking these matters into consideration, the St. Andrew's people should be dnibly grateful to them. Another l.idy visitor, Miss Taylor, of Auckland, likewise assisted, the remaining performers being members of St. Andrew's choir. Tlip following wastheprogramm-": Jubilee chums, "Swing Low " and " My Lord What a Mourning,' .Vlotett party; song, "Ah che Lα Mortc;," Mr Giliner"; nart song, " The Belfry Tower," Glee Company ; song, " Parting," Miss Burgess; duet, "Maying." Alias Taylor find Mr U-ilmer; song, " The (Jutpost," Mr Burgess; song "Apart," M a Long; song, "The L "iiasWeuvin," Mr SV. Chambers; duet, "When the Win.) Blows in from the Sea." Mr and Mrs Burgess; piano dwet, " Diabelli's di'et D, ,, Misses Archer; part song, "Tho Cuckoo Sings in the Poplar Tree," Glee company ; song, " The Devout Lover," Mr W. Chambers; song "Tho Old Cromona." Miss Burgess; violin obligate by Mr Uui'roks ; song, " When Night is Darkest,' Mrs Burgess; duet, "Tel Rimonti," .Miss Taylor and Mr Gilmor; song, "Darby and Joan," Mrs W. O. G irland ; jubilee chorus, " We'll Overtake the Army " and " We ain't got Weary Yet," .Mntßtt party. Mr Cambers was encored tor his rendering of "The L'lncshoreman" and substitulfid "The SforiiiHend, but^ tingem of the evening was undoubtedly " Te'l Rimenti" by Miss Taylor and MrGilmer; These performers wore encored for th>-ir tirst duet, but cmtentad themselves with bowing. The Glee company consisted "f thaTe Awamiitu fnends and Mr and Mrs Garland; tho Motett pirty was a portion of the Church choir. The juhilee choruses wevo :--hly accompanied by Miss Webber on an American organ kindly lent by Mr ,7 as Webber.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2896, 5 February 1891, Page 2
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495CHURCH CONCERT AT CAMBRIDGE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2896, 5 February 1891, Page 2
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