Programme 1923 – Ladies Night

Hastings Orphans Club.

Ladies Night

at the Orphanosium
Hastings, July 5th 1923

And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs
And as silently steal away. – Longfellow

Opening of Korero.

The Ode – ‘ Homage to Our Chief’’
( with orchestral accompaniment )

Orchestral Overture –  “Mosaic”
“Oh, what a row” – Dr. Riley

Recitation –   Orphan S. C. Rushbatch
“Time and tide waits for no man” – Shakespere

Song –   Orphan F. Poppelwell
“ He’s a sweet face youth ’- Goldsmith

Saxophone Solo –   Orphan A. R. Don
“ Don’t tear it, we’ll have the piece” – Mustav Alot

Song –   Orphan F. S. Thomas
“Thy voice is near me in my dreams” – Wilcot.

Song –   Deputy-Chief C. B. McNeil
“ Of all the horrid notes of woe” – Don Juan

Community Sing –   “Let’s All Sing ”
“ So don’t stop – don’t look – don’t listen ”
– Jack Cannot

Whistling Solo –   Orphan E. T. Feeney
“ Pup, pup, pup, meat, meat, meat, anybody seen my dawg’ – Irving

Banjo Duet –   Orphans W. Knox & S. Rose
“They played on their darned lyres”
– Dr. Carmalt-Jones

Monologue –   Orphan C. Brennan
“An experienced, illustrious, ambitious and often picturesque liar ” – Mark Twain

Vocal Duet –   Orphans A. & D. Crooks
“They grew in beauty side by side”
– Dennis

Song –   Orphan R. Horsefield
“Oh, to see the thirsty plants imbibing ”
– I. M. Deadry

Conclusion of Korero.

Dancing. – Music by Orphans’ Orchestra

Cars 1 a.m.

Let’s all Sing.

“The Ode”
(Melody – Men of Harlech )

Hail our Chief! Hail our Chief! Hail our Chief!
Hail, hail our Chief!
Hail, hail our Chief!

Hail to the Chief of all the Orphans,
To thy high state now we welcome,
May thy reign be ever fertile
With prosperity.
Orphans who have gone before us,
Orphans all with voice sonorous,
All unite and join the chorus,
Greetings to our chief.

You we treat with homage,
Bow we down before thee.
Thee we’ll crown
With glad renown,
Like he who was before thee.
Now we’ll make the whole world wonder
None shall tramp thy glory under,
While we sing in voice of thunder,
Hail our mighty chief.

Community Sings

LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY.

Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee,
Wider still and wider still thy bounds be set,
God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet,
God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.

SOMEBODY WAITING FOR ME.

There is somebody waiting for me,
In an old cabin down by the sea,
In the land where I wish I could be,
There is somebody waiting for me.

SINGING IS THE THING.

Oh, it’s a fine thing to sing,
Singing is the thing;
It brightens everything when dark and and dreary ;
It helps you on the road when you have a heavy load;
Singing is the thing – to make you cheery.

EXECUTIVE :

Chief Orphan   H. G. Davies
Deputy Chiefs   B. McNeil
R. Martin
Committee – J. Anderson, D. L. Crooks T. Brennan, A. E. O’Meara E. R. Whyte
Musical Director   A. R. Don
Accompanist   L. Bryam [Bryan]
Hon. Treasurer   R. E. Sissons
Hon. Secretary   A. S. Tonkin

A A. GEORGE, HASTINGS.