ENTERTAINMENTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2391, 5 January 1909, Page 5

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE SCARLET TROUBADOURS. The Scarlet Troubadours, Mr Edward Braiiscoinbobs Comeoy Costume Concert Company, are a h a l>RY c °'“" bination of talented people who picsent an enjoyable entertainment 1 a charming and acceptable , and who are able to keep the audience in a good humor Domthe rue of the curtain to Us fall. IDs A iedv’s Theatre was crowded • evenin' 1- when the Company made it. first bow before a Gisborne audien and everyone present was t.ioiou„ > delimited with the .programme pro teristic of an ordinary concert party - The members appear m effective ana picturesque costumes, - « spirit and animation, imroduce ac S.SJff5r7fS«W ££,Tnd theTopenine number^ theming &” T 1 collection of ditties, setjo tunetui music, which ca ,” >e Tfj -^ 1 the^singrer ot t IK ComU . c t?iued a great dSlervwhich was so pleadeal or (noiit . encore was "'yi’T o]-,,,,! 0 ]-~,,! Waltham, trho ~l,mantU.U JC j re . o , iallt baa 5 posses&cs a l" 1 T‘T “The Song of c . .;] ** 0 ,-.,1 in response to a tl , cafl £ Brought down t|Hou^ 6 •, humorous song. porker, Gertrude raixei, Playei. -\ uss - gu,, Company) c °-° ™ L Parker scope for song gave v ,- or h. and her some fine i aud% • so £ n _ treatnrent nnmbei^ ished thattue.u Summcr Day encore, and Aj! in actkm songs - was given- Maud Fane was contributed n> - u - - ;q-| 16 i vicivrlnov -.ilannei nu and Mi c “ ,-• ono of the gems Canadian Carol. nuartettc by of the evening .n as t.i Ar'ite.solmnghain. V-‘ ‘ yq e quartette, dier s iar^f^ mpa „ied tvas sung which was ] tna , ■}• TQ f the voices sotto voce the burning M ti in the softer so define. and the ise to repeated r.sbtcd t..»t l“ h..» so “p in a FlouryomJa.Si Mr Cunnmgh. 1 .i ramn tie e-xpres-°inn ia ami voice. His solo was received with deafening ajP« and, as an encore mtmwi. h- , “Far from the Land. hi Marwick delighted the audience with his eotnie song, u it.i “What Marv Did.” and the audience was so captivated with the number (hat Mr Warwick had to favor them with another item, the short monologue. “I’ve got a Job, winch was cually entertaining. A unique little lullabv song “Good Night was Miss Maud'Fane's next number, the novelty being the chorus singing, each member carrying lighted candles, which were extinguished, as the bearers were sent eft" to bed. Air I ercival MaeKcnzie charmed the auidieneo with his banio solo “A Aled.ey on National airs” and was also honored with an encore. The first part of the programme was brought to a eO.se hv a coon song by Air AA arwiek and the company, founded upon the Shakespearian story of “.Borneo and Juliet"’ the wording being distinctly coon and the melody captivating. ■ . The second part of the programme took the form of a nautical seen a “Tho Sailor’s Life,” in which the artists were dressed- and comported themselves as sailors. In this sceua-*--r* Miss Parker cleverly danced a sailor s hornpipe, and songs "ami stories weie sung and told by other members of the. Company, the final mimoer bein<y a rollicking chorus ’The bubmarino and the AA hale. By the aio of an easel, sheets of white paper and a charcoal noncil Air Afacßenzie delivered a humorous lecture on earlv art, and drew some clever cartooiis in ' illustration thereof. He also painted an impression m colors in the short time, of GO seconds, “l.ittle Tommy” was a humorous chords given by the company and ••Off we go” wait an animated finale that brought down the. curtain and • the ' house/at.-.the same -momeni and 4nt the audience home we.l pleased. Tho''Scarlet Troubadours will ap- : pear in a complete change cn pro- ;> _• gramme this evening, and. b> the Curtesy of the Alanager ol the Umou Steamship Company the .steomei wiL 1, , kept late 'll tie’.-a rting for rim "SHut-h"to-morrow- (AVednesdav) . cven;when the Company will appear in’the theatre for the third and last ifiittfii Si 'E Si IILjJIiL