Programme 1937

FRIVOLITY MINSTRELS
Inaugurated 1898.

OPERA HOUSE  –  GISBORNE

SATURDAY & MONDAY
OCTOBER 23rd & 25th.
1937.

PRICE 3D.

Earney & McKenzie Print

PROGRAMME

INTERLOCUTOR:
GEORGE BULLIVANT

BONES:
PERCY SPILLER
JACK ATKINSON

TAMBOS:
VERNON McCUTCHEON
JACK HAWKE

CIRCLE:
WALLY IRELAND, CECIL NEAL, ERIC POYNTER, GORDON AMNER, JACK BURGESS, BILL CLOTHIER, HERBERT MARSHALL, WILL KEEN, RUSSELL SPILLER.

Stage Manager: JIM BAKER.

1. Overture –   “Passing of the Regiments”   – Orchestra
2. Opening Chorus –   “Let’s keep the Party Bright”   – Company
3. Song –   “Back Again”   – Bill Clothier
4. Comic –   “And so do all my Pals” –   Vernon McCutcheon
5. Song –   “Goodbye”   – Will Keen
6. Sextette –   “Bingo Farm”   – Company
7. Military –   “St. James’s Park”   – George Bullivant
8. Ballad –   “Granny’s Song at Twilight”   – Eric Poynter
9. Comic –   “Let’s have a basinful of the Briny”   – Jack Atkinson
10. Patriotic –   “Gentlemen, the King”   – Herbert Marshall
11. Sextette –   “The Gag Song”   – Happiness Boys
12. English Success –   “Bathing in the Sunshine”   – Gordon Amner
13. Comic –   “Nobody loves a Fairy when she’s Forty”   – Wally Ireland
14. Finale –    – Company

INTERVAL.

15. Overture – Frivolity Minstrels’ Orchestra will play the March “Ma Creole Belle”
16. The Harmony Boys appear in Vocal and Instrumental Melodies
17. Miss Peggy Black presents a Spanish Dance.
18. Admiral George Bullivant and Ship’s Company in – “Meet the Navy.”
19. Wally Ireland and Percy Spiller present “A Lesson in Courtesy.”
20. Herbert Marshall, sings “The Gay Highway.”
21. Miss Peggy Black and her N.Z. Ballet of Sun Kissed Beauties
22. Wally Ireland, comedian, introduces ” Raspberry the Cow.
23. George Bullivant and Vernon McCutcheon appear in an old-time number – “I Love that dear old Home of Mine.”
24. Cecil Neal and his £150 Piano-Accordian will entertain.
25. Jack Hawke in a dramatic interpretation of “The last of the Moas”
26. Will Keen presents the N.Z. Success – “The Old Sundowner.”
27. Miss Peggy Black will appear in a “Skirt Dance.”
28. Erico & Jerico present a Mexican Serenade.
29. W. P. Mitchell, baritone, sings “Here is My Song.”
30. The Frivolity Minstrels’ Orchestra plays a March – “Philo Senate.”
31. Grand Finale – “The Honeymoon Hotel.”   – Company

“NATIONAL ANTHEM.”

ORCHESTRA.
Piano: MRS. BROMLEY HILL (Musical Directress).
Violins: N. Etheridge and W. P. Mitchell.   Flute: A. Clarke.   Clarinet: F. Lloyd.   Saxophone: R. P. McKenzie.   ‘Cello: J. McCarthy.   Trumpet: A. Boston.   Trombone: P. S. George.   Drums: Vic. Viggers.

During the 39 years of their existence, the “FRIVS.” have given performances in the following places:-
Bay View
Cambridge
Clive
Dannevirke
Elsthorpe
Eltham
Eskdale
Featherston
Feilding
Fernhill
Greenmeadows
Greytown
Gisborne
Hamilton
Hastings
Haumoana
Havelock
Martinborough
Masterton
Meeanee
Napier
New Plymouth
Omakere
Onga Onga
Opotiki
Otane
Paki Paki
Palmerston N.
Pakowhai
Papakura
Porangahau
Port Ahuriri
Pukahu
Puketapu
Puketitiri
Putorino
Rissington
Rotorua
Ruataniwha
Sherenden
Stratford
Taihape
Taradale
Taumarunui
Taupo
Tauranga
Te Aute
Te Pohue
Tikokino
Wanganui
Waikoau
Waipawa
Waipukurau
Wairoa
Westshore
Whakatane
Whakatu