INVERCARGILL.

New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 10

INVERCARGILL.

The .fierce gale of wind 'and downpour of rain which came on shor Lly . before eight o'clock on Friday evening (says the ''Southland Times')- must have adversely, affected the attendance at the concert given by pupils and friends of the Convent school. There was however, a very fair attendance, and those who 'did r : put in%appearance were delighted with the dainty en- . tertainment presented.. Some people enjoy nothing bet1 ,ter than children s - performances, and when there is-the ■ happy- circumstance -added that everything, is well done the enjoyment is very ..widely distributed. The children ol the Conveat school arid their teachers did every- , thing well, and . .therefore pleased everyone who listened to .their songs and- saw their ' pretty dances The items on--the programme showed some nice variety - Choruses > by ,lhe girls, recitations, pianoforte duos . ■nursery-land • revels, ,and club swinging were all rendered ;m capital . style, while a few tableaux were admirably staged in r all ihe glamour of the limelight The piece de resistance was the operetta ' Bubbles ' a very , pretty and itai'dng composition. . The curtain' rises on .a little maiden seated blowing 1 soap bubbles, after the idea of the celebrated picture by Millais. ' She falls asleep and _is visited by a dainty band from Fairyland who in. rhythmic measures pass before her their lairy footsteps enteiing into her dreams. Suddenly the .maiden awakes, the fairy-bubbles vanish, the Queen .alone remains. Wondering, the little maiden asks what were the lovely forms she had seen and the music" she had heard while sleeping. The Queen explains that she reigns over the fairy-bubbles. She recalls her little .subjects, they surround the maiden, and tell her that once a little cripple child who was sad and lonely had been comforted by blowing soap-bubbles and watching with joy then- beautiful colors as they rose into ' ™tf air * 'p°d sent us.' sai-d the fairy-bubbles, 'to comfort and. cheer that lonely child-;, how he laughed and clapped his hands with glee as -he our cay colors dancing, before hiiu ! Sb.ydii -see even our seerrAngly -useless lives are full, of 1 purposes-even" bubbles need not be empty." The children - entered into v the of the play, and gave their parts with a remarkable appreciation of their meaning.' The audience - was - quite demonstrative in its approval," and apparentiL'^rF 0^ , was Soroughly Pleased," Thd entertaintnent ■was repeated on Saturday evening. •-' :••