Palmerston North

New Zealand Tablet, 23 March 1911, Page 527

Palmerston North

O np i V ia St - 1 a trick s Day concert, held in the )peia House, was a particularly enjoyable function. The in i enc ? wa .® a Veiy "°T d one, and was most demonstrative i lit I before ft a .PP. reciat . 10 . nof the excellent talent that was Em h t 't -i s suiting the occasion, the songs were chiefly of an Irish national character. The programme (s,.\s the local Standard) opened with the pretty Chorus, Meeting of the waters,’ which was particularly well renlered by the girl students of the convent. The voices hi ended well together and showed that the girls had reconed careful and thorough training from the Sisters 1 nose young ladies also opened the second half of the proain me with Steer my barque,’ for which they were accorded an encore Mr. T. J. Rodgers sang ‘The dear saim 6 " \W™t ’ ’ Tim 111 r + es ß onse to an imperative encore Vl T .‘~ ff v, - SGnt The next item was a piano solo by Miss Alice Rainbow, and this young and talented player o-ave a most delightful and finished interpretation of a bright hut very difficult collection of Irish airs. Mrs. Broad was in W ’ G,l v as beaUffuh firstpa 1 mimber ‘Dear home m.m, was beautifully given ,and was one of the ‘star’ i|ems of the evening. Complying with an insistent recall Mrs Broad contributed the simple but pretty piece £ \n emblem ’ The appearance of Madame Groome was the signal for applause, and for her delightful sinking of the over-popular ‘Kate .O’Shane ’ she paid the peniltv of an m ore. Madame in tho . second part contributed ‘ Tho The eff ‘TRv a of r r ff thlS n > in l ber * he was also recalled. ami m I rq -. of Iv.Harney,’ by Messrs. G. C. Keeblo -ii ! ,I • J Rodgers, was well rendered, and elicited 'loud Site* applailSC - ‘ Kathleen Mavourneen» was Miss in? r ll s programme number. Although apparently sufferg from nervousness at the commencement, she made an excellent recovery, and had to submit to a most spontaneous double encore, her return numbers beiim .‘ The dear ifffS vi\r- , / , n - Ml. Iveeble s fine rendering of Moore’s H r.Gel hoy was rewarded with a demand for more to which he responded with ‘.Youth.’ Miss Louise Croncher’s appearance was greeted with applause, and her ma"nificAn+ rendering of the, exceedingly ’Willi bracketed f.ombe™ e If,"’, Melody in G (Bach) and D’Ambrosia’s ‘ Canzonetta i drew forth , a spontaneous appeal for an encore to wliic.i Miss Croncher bowed her acknowledgments but this would not satisfy the audience, and the latter ’item was repeated Mrs. Broad again delighted those presen? with her finished rendering of the popular ‘ Killarnev ’ and S an encore sang ‘All through the night.’ ThSTonchidiim item of an excellent programme was the qnarS u ; rose of summer,’ splendidly rendered by Mrs Broad MiS Rawlins, and Messsr. Keeble and Rodgers Hi pamments were played by Mrs. Rodgers Misses T?of 1 ' and Rawlins, and Mr. Gunter, ’ s Rainbow