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METHODIST CONCERT
ENJOYABLE ENTERTAINMENT
Some weeks ago members of the
Presbyterian Church staged an en
| joyable concert in the Katanning
Katanning Town Hall, the programme
including vocal, instrumental and
repertory items. On Thursday even
ing last the Methodist community
presented its annual concert to a
highly appreciative audience in the
Town Hall, and undoubtedly gave
I excellent account of itself. Features
which were common to both entertain
ments included the performance of
the new town orchestra which was
formed a short time before the Pres
byterian concert, and the talent dis
played in the repertory items. This
is noteworthy in view of the fact that
amateur theatricals have been dorm
ant in Katanning for six or seven
years, and illustrates clearly that if
someone will take the lead, the town
in a short space of time could have a
repertory society second to none on
the Great Southern, and a capable
orchestra to assist in the matter of
1 producing musical comedies when the
I time came.
The programme pn Thursday even
ing included a series of well-rendered
and well-dressed company songs, of
I which, perhaps, "what shall we do
with a drunken sailor" (the drunken
sailor role played effectively by .Mr.
W. Sampson) and "Harbour Lights"
were the most spectacular of the
group. In the latter a descriptive
effect was obtained by a complete
black-out on the stage and the twink
1 ling of electric torches held by mem
bers of the company. Miss Thelma
Wanke rendered the song solo very
capably. Among the soloists who
contributed towards the success and
variety of the concert were Misses
Joan Barker. Thelma Wanke and P.
1 Anderson tend Messrs. H. Robinson/
W. Sampson and J. D. Holmes, prac
tically all songs rendered being en
hanced with choruses by the company.
One item of particular merit was a
duet Interpretation of "Believe me if
all those endearing charms," sung by
Miss T. Wanke and Mr. H. Robinson.
Further variety was given by Messrs
Kippin and Redshaw, of WoodaniUing,
| with a mouth-organ castinet duet, a
"Sailor's Hornpipe" dance by Misses
| M. Blythe, C. Collingwood and B.
Sampson and a violin solo by the Rev.
A. Maeliver.
Two overtures and an entr'acte
were rendered by the new town or
chestra wich undoubtedly put the final
lustre on the performance. Their
items included a march, waltz and '
selections from a well known musical
comedy. The orchestra comprises
Mrs. J. D. Holmes (piano), Messrs A.
T. Crouch (cello), J. F. Wanke
(stringed bass), H. Mouritz (cornet),
I J. Holland (trombone) and the Rev.
[ A. Maeliver and H. W. Baker
(violins).
The repertory side of the pro
gramme included, first, a one-act play
"The New Servant" which embraced
two characters only—Mrs. Jack Ron
aldson (Mrs. L. Hutchinson) and Miss
Kitty Smart (Miss E. Cook). Both
artists in this piece gave a neat and
fluent interpretation of the roles—
their choice being a happy one, fqr
both were perfectly at home, and
obviously experienced at. repertory
I work.
The main effort of the evening was
"Pamela's Rebellion," a three act play
I with 15 in the cast. It told of a
young woman "Pamela" (Miss E.
Codk) who was notified by the family
lawyer (Mr. G. Wolfe) that she would
inherit a fortune from her dead uncle
provided that within a year she mar
ried a young adventurer from Egypt,
Derek Harvey (Mr. W. Sampson).
Incensed at the provisions of the will
she sets out to choke the young man
off, convinced that he is sure to be a
good-for-nothing fortune hunter. But
when he comes to stay with her aunt
Mrs. Lister (Miss J. Fleming) Pamela
finds he is handsome and manly. She
is obliged to carry through the role
when all the time she wishes to
change her tactics. Pamela goes
through with it and the "dowdy" dis
I guise she has put on and her pmjtani
jcal ways quickly prove effective. She
1 asks Harvey to sign a declaration
refusing to marry her and he quickly
assents, knowing that his half of the
fortune will go to her. In the mean
time he has fallen in love with a
photograph on the drawing room
table—a portrait of the real Pamela,
alleged by Mrs. Lister to be a "Miss
Smith." Before leaving Harvey asks
Mrs. Lister to arrange a meeting with
Miss Smith in a London cafe. This
she gladly does, and a happy ending
I comes.
Amusing scenes in the Lister house
I hold were created by the maid (Miss
IK. Barker) and milkman (Mr. El
Barker) and milkman (Mr. D.
Rogers), while other visitors to the
London cafe, their conversation and
mannerisms all help to make the
story. Among these were Lady de
Vere (Miss A. Cox), Algernon (Mr.
G. Howe), Mr. and Mrs. Brown (Mr.
L. Rogers and Miss T. Wanke),
Hezekiah Popple and Marie Popple
(The Rev. C. R. Phillips and Miss T.
Wanke), the manager (Mr. H. Robin
son) and waitresses (Misses G. Sibley
and G. Curnow). Hezekiah Popple's
1 amazing table manners and antics in
| the cafe and the admonitions of his
wife lent comedy touch" to the play,
which went through smoothly and
without a hitch.
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