MUSIC AND ELOCUTION.

Waikato Times, Volume 108, Issue 18139, 2 October 1930, Page 6

MUSIC AND ELOCUTION.

CAMBRIDGE COMPETITIONS ’

THE CHOIR CONTEST. , ■ ' i.V ’ ■ WON BY CAMBRIDGE CITIZENS. . •. The Cambridge Competitions Society’s musical and elocutionary festival was continued yesterday. The main attraction of the evening session was the adult choir contest. Four choirs competed, and were afterwards massed and rendered the test selection “Moonlight,” under the baton of the adjudicator, Mr Will Hutchens. It was a very fine performance. The attendance at the day sessions was well maintained and there was a large audience to hear the evening programme. The Results. The results were as follows: — Piano Duet, own selection: Misses Mona Easter and Mavis Boyce (Cambridge), 80, j.; Misses Alison Simpson and Joan Maberly (Cambridge), 76, 2. Recitation, boys and girls under 10, “Block City”: Joyce Martin (Cam- ' bridge), 77, 1; Lloyd Nesbit (Hamilton), 76, 2; Gwenda Speight (Cambridge), 75, h.c. Operatic or Dramatic Solo (ladies): Miss Gladys Barton (Auckland), “One Fine Day,” 81, 1; Miss Dorothy Symonds (Hastings), “When I am Laid in Earth,” 80, 2; Miss Maud Giles, (Cambridge), “O’ del Mio Dolce Ardor,” 76, 3. Song, boys under 16: Travers Hayes (Cambridge), “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” 1; Clive Boyce (Cambridge), “Cradle Song,” 2. Character Sketch, ladies and men: Miss Margaret McCathie (Cambridge), 81, 1; Mrs Hettie Pain (Otahuhu), 80, 2; Mrs W. J. Ward and Miss Melya Jenkins (Cambridge), h.c. Shakespearean recital, ladies—“ Juliet’s Love for Romeo.”: Miss Iris Andrews (Hamilton) 82, 1; Miss Phyllis Torpy (Hamilton), 81, 2. Bass Solo 1 , “The Curfew”: Mr A. Watts (Manurewa), 75 points, 1; Mr J. Fricker (Hamilton), 69, 2. Vocal Solo, without copy and accompanied by self: Miss Edna Stuck (Te Aroha), 78, 1. (No second). Choir contest, anthem, “Moonlight” and hymn “Fierce Raged the Tempest” Cambridge Citizens (Mr A. G. Boyce, conductor),'-154, 1; Beresford 1 Street Congregational Church,) Auckland, (W. Gemmel) and Matangi Methodist Church (A. Bryant), 149, 2; Waikato Winter Show Philharmonic Society (T. S. Webster), 147, 3. Tenor Solo, “Arise O Sun”: Mr, Cyril Wood, 173, 1; Mr F. Baker, 169, 2.

Vocal Solo and Accompaniment: Miss Maud Giles and Miss F. Mitchell (Cambridge), 93, 1; Greta Monroe and Veronica Pope (Auckland), 92, 2. Recitation, boys and girls under 16, Cambridge Competitions Society’s Scholarship of £lO 10s, “Apple Blossoms” (Martin) and own selection: - . Gladys Bluck (Cambridge), 161, 1; Ruth Speight (Cambridge), 160, 2; Frances Morgan (Cambridge), and Edna Morgan (Cambridge), 3. Competition Jottings. The president, H. L. Possenniskie.Y mentioned last night that the society/ had the proud record of never having had a protest entered in regard to DCs decisions. 7 Mr Bryon Brown paid a high c/oxa- . pliment to the performers in/ thp,_j ohampionship class for recltatiesi xor ,~~ boys and girls under 16. He said .that .! . it had been an excellent section/and was worthy of any programme. Quite half-a-dozen of the contestants were worthy of a first prize, and all were good. • The society has decided that bouquets will not be handed to performers on the stage at the prize-winners’ concerts to-morrow. Flowers may be handed to the secretary, who will see that they are received by the performers. This is a lead that might well be followed by other societies. In delivering his awards last night, the judge of the elocution olasses, Mr Bryon Brown, spoke of the affectation sometimes heard. Some schools, he said, seemed to think that affected speech, such as' “taime” for “time,” was a sign of culture. Mr Will Hutchens, judge of the music section, made a trenchant remark in delivering his judgment regarding the choir contest. “Why sing- ‘Peace, be still,’ pianissimo?” he asked, “when the words in the hymn are ‘Thy word above the storm rose high, Peace, be ’ ■still.” If the words rose higher than the storm they should certainly not be sung pianissimo." “All the competitors made Juliet too sophisticated,” said the judge, Mr Byron Brown, in referring to the Shakespearean recital for ladies. Juliet’s Love for Romeo.” “They should remember that Juliet was only sixteen, and had practically never seen a man before, and it was her innocence that made her voice her love for Romeo with such abandon.” Demonstration Concerts To-morrow. The competitions are beipg continued to-day. To-morrow afternoon and to-mor-row night the prize-winners' concert* Thrill Ha Halrl