Shannon

New Zealand Tablet, 11 April 1912, Page 26

Shannon

(From an occasional correspondent.) - s - ; ' •: f - April 2. A concert in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day was held here on the evening of Monday, March 18, and, as usual, it was very largely attended. Too much praise could not be given to Mrs. Dalton (of Wellington) for the able manner in which she acted as accompanist. Mrs. ‘Costello (formerly of Dunedin) sang with much ; taste and- most .sympathetically . ‘Lenore,’ and as an encore gave the comic song ‘ Going to Kildare. Misses Robinson and McLaughlin gave a duet, The cousins,’ which was, greatly appreciated. , r Miss McLaughlin also sang the old-time favorite, ‘ Sally Horner,’ and Miss Robinson, in character, gave ‘ The flower girl.’ Miss McDonald performed a Spanish dance, which- was warmly applauded. Miss Mumford treated the audience to fine old song entitled ‘ If air the stars were mine,’ 5 and in- response to an undeniable encore- gave * Killarney.’ Mr. s ,Yates, in his perfect Scottish imitation', created great amusement; and was obliged to respond to a very hearty encore. Mrs. Dupree sang An emblem ’ very pleasingly. Mr. J. Curran danced an Irish jig in costume, in his best; style, and responded to. a recall with a hornpipe. Mrs. Hall sang . ‘ The last rose of summer ’ in such a sympathetic manner that an encore had th- be responded to. Mr. J. S. Stansell sang Bom, Bom-Bay,’ and was heartily assisted by the audience in its chorus. : . To give a full ; list ; of all the , interesting items of the evening’s entertainment would fill too much of your space, but mention must be made ' of * The Gotham Quartet ’ by . the ‘ Shannon Amateurs,’ full of local allusions, which so pleased the

audience that the item had to,be repeated. v ■ The - con cert resulted in a substantial sum, which is to 7 be expended on the ornamentation of the v Shannon church, which, I am happy to say, is now out of debt.