Programme 1989 – Old Time Music Hall

HASTINGS
OPERATIC SOCIETY

presents

OLD TIME
MUSIC HALL

ORPHANS HALL
CNR ALBERT & MILLER STREETS, HASTINGS
MARCH 10 – 23, 1989

DIRECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE   Madame Staveley Tankersley
MUSICAL DIRECTOR FANTASTIQUE   Eric Thorpe Esq.
CHORAL DIRECTOR EXQUISITE   Madame Nanette Roberts
CHAIRMAN OF ACCLAIM   Paul Grosvenor Waring Esq.
CHOREOGRAPHER ARTISTIQUE   Madame Maree Taylor

LADIES OF THE RESIDENT CHORUS:
ALISON CLOSS   WENDY LEE KYLE   MARY O’BRIEN
JAN CUTHBERT   ANNE MOORE   NANETTE ROBERTS
VALDA GILLIES   JENNY MORLEY   CHRISTINE HUGHES
RUBY KELBRICK

GENTLEMEN OF THE RESIDENT CHORUS:
NORM COMPTON   WAYNE LISTER   ANDY PREBENSEN
JOHN DOIG   JOHN NEWLAND   GLENN WHITE

TERPSICHORIANS:
ELLINOR BARRY   MAREE TAYLOR   JOANNE SLEEMAN
LANCE BRIDGES   NATISCHE RICKARD

GUEST ARTISTES:
GLENDA RICKARD   GLEN SUTHERLAND
MICHAEL KYLE   HENK VAN HOOIJDONK

MUSIC ENSEMBLE:
ERIC THORPE   DAVE KITT   MICHAEL WILLIS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Canon Cherie Baker, Di & Steve McCarty, Napier Operatic Society, Jeanie Hall, Hastings Memorial Hospital, Hastings Musical Comedy, Ian Kerr Pharmacy, Brian O’Connor Linen Specialists, Richardson’s Pharmacy, NZ Towel Service, Feminine Follies, Sutcliffe’s Music Centre, Richmond’s Ltd., Liquorland, Trust Bank, Eastside Pharmacy, Mahora Shopping Centre and Friends of the Society.

PROGRAMME DE LUXE FOR YOUR PERUSAL AND EDIFICATION.

1.   COVENT GARDEN SCENA
Chorus and Ensemble

2.   GUEST ARTISTE
SOLOIST SUPREMO    M. Michael Kyle
“Because”

3.   THE TERPSICHORIANS
Mlles Natische Rickard, Joanne Sleeman
Mme. Maree Taylor
“In the Good Old Summertime”

4.   WEDDING SCENA
Mmes. Jan Cuthbert, Christine Hughes, Rugby [Ruby] Kelbrick, Wendy Lee Kyle, Messrs Norm Compton, John Doig, John Newland, Glenn White.
THE OPTIMIST    Mme. Nanette Roberts
THE ANGUISHED    Mme. Glen Sutherland

5.   COMIC CAPERS
M. Eric Thorpe, Paul Waring Esq.

6.   DAMSELS OF DELICACY AND DELIGHT
TITILLATING TRIO
Mlle. Alison Closs, Mmes. Valda Gillies, Christine Hughes.
“Three Little Maids”

7.   TRAGIQUE MELANCHOLIA    “Mother’s Lament”
Mmes. Mary O’Brien, Staveley Tankersley,
Messrs. Wayne Lister, Andy Prebensen,
Glenn White.

8.   DYNAMIC DUO    “My Love is Only For You”
Mme. Valda Gillies, Paul Waring Esq.

9.   GUEST ARTISTE    Mme. Glenda Rickard
SIZZLING SOUBRETTE
“How’d You Like to Spoon With Me”

10.   PARK SCENA    Resident Chorus

11.   THE TERPSICHORIANS    “Can Can”
Mlle. Ellinor Barry, Natische Rickard, Joanne Sleeman. Mme. Maree Taylor, M. Lance Bridges

INTERVAL

12.   THE PICADILLY [PICCADILLY] PALACE PLAYERS PRESENT:
“The Wages of Sin” or
“Perfidious Piecework”
Mme. Wendy Lee Kyle, Messrs. Norm Compton, Simon Howard, Wayne Lister, Paul Waring Esq.

13.   STILL LIFE
Mme. Maree Taylor, M. Lance Bridges
assisted by Mlles Ellinor Barry, Natische Rickard
“Living Statues”

14.   POIGNANT PATHOS “If Those Lips Could Only Speak.”
Paul Waring Esq. and Mlle Joanne Sleeman.

15.   COMIC COUPLE
Messrs. John Doig, Wayne Lister
“Swing me Just a Little Bit Higher”

16.   GUEST ARTISTE    Mme. Glen Sutherland
VIVACIOUS & VERSATILE
“I Want to Sing in Opera.”

17.   TRIBUTE TO AMERICA    Resident Chorus

18.   TALENTED TWOSOME
Paul Waring Esq., M. Eric Thorpe
“Mud, Mud.”

19.   BARBERSHOP QUARTET
Messrs. Henk van Hooijdonk, Wayne Lister,
Mmes. Glenda Rickard, Glen Sutherland

20.   RENOWNED STAR OF OPERA
Paul Grosvenor Waring Esq
“The Holy City”

21.   FINALE
PUB SCENA    Company and Chorus

COVENT GARDEN SCENA

Let’s All Go Down The Strand

Let’s all go down the Strand
Let’s all go down the Strand
I’ll be leader, you can march behind
Come with me, and see what we can find
Let’s all go down the Strand
Oh what a happy land
That’s the place for fun and noise
So let’s all go down the Strand

Maybe It’s Because I’m a Londoner

Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner
That I love London so
Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner
That I think of her wherever I go
I get a funny feeling inside of me
Just walking up and down
Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner
That I love London Town.

Wot Cher

Wot cher all the neighbours cried
Who’re yer goin’ to meet Bill?
Have yer bought the street Bill?
Laugh, I thought I should ‘ave died
Knocked ‘em in the old Kent Road.

Lambeth Walk

Any time you’re Lambeth Way
Any evening, any day
You’ll find us all
Doing the Lambeth Walk.
Ev’ry little Lambeth gal
With her little Lambeth pal
You’ll find them all
Doing the Lambeth Walk
Everything’s free and easy
Do as you darn well pleasey
Why don’t you make your way there
Go there, stay there,
Once you get down Lambeth Way
Every Evening every day
You’ll find yourself
Doing the Lambeth Walk.

WEDDING SCENA

Why am I Always the Bridesmaid

Why am I always the bridesmaid
Never the blushing bride?
Ding dong, Wedding bells
Only ring for other gels
But some fine day, Oh let it be soon
I shall wake up in the morning
On my own honeymoon.

I’m ‘Enery the Eighth I Am

I’m “Enery the Eighth I am I am
I got married to the widow next door
She’s been married seven times before
Ev’ry one was a ‘Enery
She wouldn’ have a Willie or a Sam
I’m her eighth old man named ‘Enery
I’m ‘Enery the eighth I am.

Waiting at the Church

There was I waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
Waiting at the church
When I found he’d left me in the lurch
Lor how it did upset me
All at once he sent me ‘round a note
Here’s the very note
This is what he wrote
“Can’t get away to marry you today
My Wife won’t let me. [“]

PARK SCENA

By the Light of the Silv’ry Moon

By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon
To my honey I’ll croon love’s tune
Honeymoon, keep a shining in June
Your silv’ry beams will bring love’s dreams
We’ll be cuddling soon
By the silvery moon

Lily of Laguna

She’s my lady love
She is ma dove ma baby love
She’s no gal for sittin’ down to dream
She’s de only queen
Laguna knows
I know she likes me
I know she likes me
Because she says so
She is de Lily of Laguna
She is my Lily and my Rose

TRIBUTE TO AMERICA SCENA

Camptown Races

The Camptown ladies sing this song
Doo-dah, doo-dah
The Camptown racetrack, five miles long
Doo-dah, doo-dah-day
I come down therewith my hat caved in
Doo-dah, Doo-dah
I go back home with a pocket full of tin
Doo-dah, Doo-dah-day
Gwine to run all night
Gwine to run all day
I’ll bet my money on the bobtail nag
Somebody bet on the bay.

Oh Dem Golden Slippers

Oh dem golden slippers
Oh dem golden slippers
Golden slippers is’e gwine to wear.
Bekase dey look so neat
Oh dem golden slippers,
Oh dem golden slippers
Golden slippers is’e gwine to wear
To walk de golden street

PUB SCENA

Down at the Old Bull & Bush

Come come come and make eyes at me
Down at the old Bull and Bush
Come come drink some port wine with me
Down at the old Bull and Bush
Hear the little German Band
Just let me hold your hand, dear
Do, do come and have a drink or two
Down at the old Bull and Bush

My Old Dutch

We’ve been together now for forty years,
And it don’t seem a day too much
There ain’t a lady living in the land
As I’d swap for my dear old Dutch.
There ain’t a lady living in the land
As I’d swap for my dear old Dutch.

Don’t Dilly Dally

My old man said follow the van
And don’t dilly dally on the way
Off went the cart with me home packed in it
I walked behind with me old cock linnet
And I dillied and dallied,
Dallied and dillied,
Lost my van and don’t know where to go
I stopped on my way to have the old half quartern
And I can’t find my way home.

Knees up Mother Brown

Knees Up Mother Brown
Well Knees up Mother Brown
Come along dearie let it go
Ee-i-ee-i-ee-i-oh!
It’s your bloomin’ birthday
Let’s wake up all the town
So knees up, knees up
Don’t get the breeze up
Knees up Mother Brown

MEMBERS OF THE WORKHOUSE

STAGE MANAGER MAXIMUS: M. Russell Anderson
PARAMOUNT ASSISTANT: M. Patrick van Hooijdonk
SCENIC ARTISTES: M. Chris Green with Mme. Dorothy Newnham
STAGE AND SET PREPARATION AND OPERATION: Mlle. Kath Phillips, Messrs. Dick Dudman, Simon Howard, Geoff Treacher, Gordon Vogtherr, Bob Whitburn, Carl Wright
SHINING GASLIGHTS: M. Robin Barker
INGENIOUS COSTUMIERS: Mmes. Sonia McKenzie, Mollie Evans, Agnes van Hooijdonk and Mlle. Jean Campbell
TERPSICHORIAN RAIMENT: Mme. Bev Elms
FACIAL GILDERS PICTURESQUE: Mme. Dawn McCowatt with Mmes. Jean McRae, Diana Newdick, Michelle Schroder, Minnie and Karen Wright
ACCESSORIES ÉLÉGANT: Mme. Elizabeth Pegg with Mmes. Moira Reay, Karen Fowles, Gilliam Marshall, Pam Winfield and Mlles. Alexandra Pegg, Melinda Reay
LE RESPONSIBLE DU FOYER: Messrs. Eric Reay, John Kelbrick, John Stewart
LE HÔSTESSES: Mmes. Annette Mitchell, Christine Stewart, Eileen von Dadelszen
LE SERVUESES: Comely Friends Of The Society
LE GARÇON: M. Alex Wall and Friends of the Society
CHEF DE CUISINE: Mmes. Frances Murray, Jeanne Hall
LA SERVANTE: Mlle Ngaire Hawke
PUBLICITÉ: Mmes. Merlyn Jarden, Helen Date, M. Geoff Treacher

ESTEEMED AND VENERABLE COMMITTEE
HASTINGS OPERATIC SOCIETY INC.

PRESIDENT:   Geoff Treacher
VICE PRESIDENT:   Staveley Tankersley
CHAIRMAN:   Bob Whitburn
SECRETARY:   Ray Jarden
TREASURER:   Len Evans
COMMITTEE
Jean Campbell, Alison Closs, Helen Date, Mollie Evans, Merlyn Jarden, Sybil Reay, Christine Stewart, Russell Anderson, Dave Austin, Henk van Hooijdonk, Alex Wall.

MEMBERSHIP
1989/90 Membership is now due and new members will be made very welcome by existing members. Your subscription (which helps keep your Society active) entitles you to newsletters, functions and preferential bookings. It also enables you to take part (if you so wish) both on stage or back stage. Subscriptions: $10 single, $16 family – may be paid to PO Box 70 Hastings.

HAWKE’S BAY
REGIONAL OPERA TRUST
PRESENTS:
Malvina Major
in concert
HASTINGS
MUNICIPAL THEATRE
SEPTEMBER 16, 1989

SESQUICENTENNIAL PRODUCTION
La Boheme

HASTINGS
MUNICIPAL THEATRE

APRIL 28 – MAY 5
1990

STARRING:
ROBYN LYNCH-BURNARD
ANTHONY BENFELL O.B.E.

SUPPORT YOUR OPERA TRUST
Membership: $20 single $35 family
P.O. BOX 1015 NAPIER (members receive regular
newsletters Plus preferential & discounted bookings.)

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