WAIHI

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 18, 2 May 1907, Page 23

WAIHI

(From our own correspondent.) April 27. Last Sunday the Very Rev. Father Brodie was in Auckland to assist at the re-opening of St. Patrick's Cathedral. His place here wes ta en by Father Williams. Father Brodie returned to Waihi and was present at the entertainment given by the s.foool children, and left again next morning for AucklanJ, so that Father Williams will officiate in Waihi until Father Brodie's return. The annual entertainment by the pupils of the Waihi Convent school was given last night in the Academy of Music. INo'twithstamdMi.* that there were several counter-attractions there was a large attendance. The' excellent manner in which the pupil", girls and boys, acquitted themselves, showed that the Sisters of Mercy must have devoted a great deal of time and trouble, to say nothing of patience, in preparing, them for the entertainment. Every it"m of 'the . following programme was well received : — Selections, ' Bohemian- Girl ' and 'Sea song,' by Waihi Orchestra; choruses by girls, ' Come o'er the moonlit sea,' ' Tripping through the meadows,' ' Calm is the wave,' ' Emerald Isle,' and ' The seasons ' ; by boys, ' Gay and happy ' ; by infants, ' The windmill ' ; action songs by girls, ,' A butterfly ball,' ■' Quakeresses,' and ' Tambourine March ' ; dances, minuet and Highland reel. Several pianoforte duets were interspersed thro' gh the programme. The, music was supplied by Miss Garvey (piano) anil Misses 'Stanley, Simmons, and Anderson Violins). The Very Rev. Father Brodie returned thanks to all those who had assisted in the success of the entertainment. He paid a high tribute to the Sisters who had trained the children, and congratulated the Orchestral Society on their success in their numbers rendered that evening.