CARNIVAL CROWDS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20822, 5 June 1939, Page 9

CARNIVAL CROWDS

SHOW ATTENDANCES EXHIBITION HALLS THRONGED IDEAL WEATHER CONTINUES A true carnival spirit was in evidence at the Waikato Winter Show on Saturday evening, when all the balls of the exhibition were thronged with visitors. Throughout the day the show, favoured with ideal weather, had attracted large crowds, the Blcusloe Hall and its annexes being packed, and the door receipts swelled considerably as the attendance grew in the evening. Several special trains brougnt visitors throughout the day, while the town also contributed its quota. During the afternoon and evening the free entertainments in Bledisloe Hall delighted large audiences, while in the outer area Ihe side-show .proprietors also benefited considerably as a result of the fine weather. .Most of the passage-ways between the sideshows and on the balcony in Bledisloe Hall were tightly packed with patrons in the evening and at time dilliculty was experienced in approaching some of the stalls Health and Fitness Display The trade exhibits continued to attract a large measure of interest, while the health and fitness display and the bacon section were also crowded. The growing interest in photography was exemplified by the visitors to this section of the exhibition, while the display of school work, in which a comparison with similar displays in America may be gained, also attracted many visitors. To-day being a public holiday, visitors began to arrive in the town during the morning, and late in the day the traffic grew' to huge proportions. Despite the number of counter-attract-ions the show was once again the great centre of attraction and, with special trains bringing visitors from many parts of the province, the large crowds gave promise of a new high level m door receipts.

PRIZE-WINNERS’ CONCERT WINTER SHOW FUNCTION HIGH STANDARD MAINTAINED Drawing the best of the competitors from the annual Waikato Winter Showelocutionary and dancing competitions into the one programme, an enjoyable concert was held in the winter show' concert chamber on Saturday evening, when the prize-winners entertained a large audience. Typifying the high standard which had prevailed throughout the competitions, the performers gave a glimpse of the form which had gained them the honours against keen competition and the items were well received. The programme was as follows: Operatic dancing, Colleen Campbell, Joyce Thornley, Coila Barrowman, Anita Copeland; national dancing, Roie Dooherty, Daphne Hunt, Diane Rhodes, Margaret Thomas, Nancy Howell, Elaine North; elocution, Ainsley Sparrow, Pam Linder, Lynette Webb, Margaret Thomas, lan Seddon, Misses Joan Prendergast and Shirley Burton; skipping dances, Eddie Smith, Nancy Howell; tap dances, Diane Rhodes, Elaine North, Patty Allen, Lance W’hisker, Eddie Smith; Reel O’Tulloch, Roie Docherty, Joyce Dick, Nancy Howell and Anita Copeland. The results of Saturday’s judging in the national dancing competitions were as follows: Highland Fling, Nola Fleming, 1; Elaine North, 2; Audrey Cameron and Peter Mills, equal, 3. Sailor’s hornpipe. Iris Symes, 1; Nola Morris, 2; Muriel Gulland, 3. Irish jig, Peter Mills, 1; Elaine North, 2; Nola Fleming, 3.