Reefton

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 21, 28 May 1908, Page 30

Reefton

(From our own correspondent.) _ • ' May 14. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward arrived in Reefton on Saturday afternoon, May 9', and "were met at the railway station by the reception committee and warmly welcomed. On April 24 there was a. very large attendance at the Convent School concert in the Theatre Royal. The concert opened with a well-played duet by Misses M. and R. McKittrick. The following item was a cantata entitled ' Scot and the Fairies, 1 in which the characters were taken by Misses M. Scarlett and S. Kirwin, Masters W. Dunphy, L. Horton, J. Muldoon, JL. Dew, R. Kirwin, and J. Kirwin. The remainder of the pro-

gramme was as follows :— Song, the infant class \ march and song, the junior boys ; ring drill by the junior girls ; vocal duet, "Masters Knowsley and J. Minihan ; 'The jesters' frolic, boys; dance, junior* girls ; vocal duet, Misses Rivers and Malloy ; descriptive song, girls ; recitation', Master Leigh Dew ; chorus, senior girls ; .pianoforte solo, Miss Malloy; ; vocal duet, Misses 'M. Osborne" and D. Sunderland ; violin solo, - : Miss Dorothy Sunderland;. , dance, ' Gavotte,' Misses Scarlett; Muldoon, Rodgers, Rivers, McMahon, Osborne, and Rodden. - The concert closed with the farce, 'A Musical Surprise,' which was —taken part in "by Masters Dunphy, Horton, Knowsley/ and Misses M. Malloy and G. Duncan. During the evening the Rev. Father Galerne thanked the audience for their patronage. Altogether a- most pleasant evening was spent.