Programme 1993 – Mid Winter Christmas Music Hall

HASTINGS OPERATIC SOCIETY

presents

MID WINTER CHRISTMAS
MUSIC HALL

AUBYN THEATRE
815 WEST ST AUBYN STREET, HASTINGS
July 1st – 10th 1993

DIRECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE AND CHOREOGRAPHER ARTISTIQUE   Madam Tessa-May Brown
MUSICAL DIRECTOR FANTASTIQUE   Madam Myra Reid
CHORAL DIRECTOR EXQUISITE   Madam Nanette Roberts
CHAIRMAN OF ACCLAIM   Paul Grosvenor Waring Esq

LADIES OF THE RESIDENT CHORUS
Kallie Giles   Glenda Rickard   Mary O’Brien
Barbara Scott   June Rogers   Yvonne Murfitt

GENTLEMEN OF THE RESIDENT CHORUS
David Mackenzie   Lance Fothergill   Ross Kennedy
Geoff Treacher   Simon Howard   Robert Miller

TERPSICHORIANS
Vanessa Blair   Rachel Anderson

GUEST ARTISTS
Madam Dianne Abraham   Miss Kerry Unsworth   Mr Ernie Stuart
Mr Wayne Lister   Miss Glenda Rickard

MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Myra Reid   Brian Rae   Eric Coumbe

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you Peter Dunkerley and Judith Goldsack Amcal Chemist for your generous sponsorship.

Critters Pet Shop, Havelock North Garden Centre, John Pryce, N.Z. Towel Service, Country Fare, Havelock Nth High School, Napier Operatic Society, Hastings Musical Comedy Company.

Dresses: Mary Lambert

PROGRAMME

1.   WELCOME TO OLDE LONDON TOWN   Resident Chorus and ensemble
2.   THE BIRD ON NELLIES HAT   Naughty Bawdy Miss Barbara Scott
3.   MY HEART AND I   Soloist Supreme Mr Ernie Stuart
4.   ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL   The Edwardian Ensemble
5.   HOW’D YOU LIKE TO SPOON WITH ME?   Luscious! Lascivious! Lovely! Miss Kerry Unsworth
6.   SEASIDE DANCE BRACKETS   Titillating Terpsichoreans
7.   MARBLE ARCH TO LEICESTER SQUARE   Delightfully De lovely Miss Glenda Rickard
8.   POOR JOHN   Poignant Pathos from Mr Wayne Lister
9.   AFTER THE BALL   Our Songstress Supreme Madam Dianne Abraham
10.   THE LION AND ALBERT   A dramatic monologue by our King of descriptive Dialogue Mr Paul Grosvenor Waring
11.   ROMANTIC SCENA   Resident chorus & ensemble & featuring the delectable Miss Glenda Rickard

SECOND HALF

1.   SCHOOLDAY SCENA   Resident chorus and ensemble and featuring those old rightfully demure schoolgirls Misses Yvonne Murfitt, Kallie Giles, Barbara Scott and June Rogers.
2.   DRY YOUR EYES   Pathos personified by Mr Ernie Stuart
3.   FOLLOWING IN FATHERS FOOTSTEPS   Saucy and charming Miss Glenda Rickard
4.   COCKNEY TAP   Terpsichoreans with the Twinkling Toes!
5.   LOVES OLD SWEET SONG   Our Queen of Song Madam Dianne Abraham
6.   FAMOUS MELODRAMATIC INTERLUDE   “The Sewing Circle”
Old Seamstress Miss Yvonne Murfitt
Daughter Miss Glenda Rickard
Wicked Landlord Mr Simon Howard
Young Hero Mr Lance Fothergill
8.   I’LL MAKE A MAN OF YOU!   Voluptuous Vivacious Vamp Miss Kerry Unsworth
9.   A PATRIOTIC SALUTE!   Reowned [Renowned] Star of Opera Mr Paul Grosvenor Waring
10.   IRISH SCENA   Resident chorus and assemble featuring Mr Wayne Lister

LONDON SCENA

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

LAMBETH WALK
Any time you’r lambeth way
Any evening any day.
You’ll find us all doing the Lambeth Walk
Every little Lambeth gal
With her little Lambeth pal.
You’ll find em all doin the Lambeth walk.
Everything free and easy, do as you dam well pleasy
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 doin the Lambeth Walk.

MAYBE ITS BECAUSE I’M A LONDONER
Maybe its because I’m a Londoner That I love London so
Maybe its 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 its because I’m a Londoner That I love London town.

ROLL OUT THE BARREL
Roll out the barrel, we’ll have a barrel of fun.
Roll out the barrel we’ve got the blues on the run.
Zing, Boom Ta rar rel Ring out a song of good cheer
Now’s the time to roll the barrel for the gangs all here.

SCHOOLDAYS SCENA

SCHOOLDAYS
Schooldays, Schooldays, dear old golden rule days.
Readin’ and writin’ and ‘rithmetic
Taught to the tune of a hickory stick.
You were my queen in calico
I was your bashful barefoot beau
And you wrote on my slate I love you Joe.
When we were couple of kids.

IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE
In the shade of the old apple tree
When the love in your eyes I could see
When the voice that I heard like the song of the bird
Seem’d to whisper sweet music to me.
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee.
In the blossoms as you said to me.
With a heart that is true I’ll be waiting for you.
In the shade of the old apple tree,

THE HONEYSUCKLE AND THE BEE
You are my honey, honeysuckle I am the bee
I’d like to sip the honeysweet from those red lips, you see.
I love you dearly, dearly and I want you to love me.
You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee

ROMANTIC SCENA

I’LL BE YOUR SWEETHEART
I’ll be your sweetheart if you will be mine
All my life I’ll be your valentine
Bluebells I’ve gathered keep them and be true
When I’m a man my plan will be to marry you.

I’M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
I’m forever blowing bubbles
Pretty bubbles in the air
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky
Then like my dreams they fade and die
Fortunes always hiding I’ve looked everywhere
I’m forever blowing bubbles pretty bubbles in the air.

DADDY WOULDN’T BUY ME A BOW WOW
Daddy wouldn’t buy me a bow wow
Daddy wouldn’t buy me a bow wow
I’ve got a little cat 1 am very fond of that
But I’d rather have a bow wow wow

IRISH SCENA

IF YOU’RE IRISH
If you’re Irish come into the parlour
There’s a welcome there for you
If your name is Timothy or Pat
So long as you come from Ireland There’s a welcome on the Mat
If you come from the mountains of Mourne
Or Killarneys’ lakes so blue
We’ll sing you a song and we’ll make a fuss
Whoever you are you are one of us.
If you’re Irish this is the place for you

MY WILD IRISH ROSE
My wild Irish Rose, the sweetest flower that grows
You may search ev’rywhere but none can compare
With my wild Irish Rose
My wild Irish Rose, the dearest flower that grows
And some day for my sake she may let me take
The bloom from my wild Irish Rose

TIPPERARY
Its a long way to Tipperary Its a long way to go
Its a long way to Tipperary to the sweetest girl I know
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square
Its a long, long way to Tipperary but my hearts right there.

IRISH LULLABY
Too ra loo ra loo ral too ra loo ra lie
Too ra loo ra loo ral hush now don’t you cry
Too ra loo ra loo ral too ra loo ra lie
Too ra loo ra loo ral Thats an Irish Lullaby.

MEMBERS OF THE WORKHOUSE

PRODUCTION MANAGER MAGNIFIQUE:   Madam Staveley Tankersley
PRODUCTION SECRETARY SUPERB:   Madam Clare Cuming
STAGE MANAGER MAXIMUS:   Mr Bob Whitburn
PARAMOUNT ASSISTANTS:   Mr Len Evans, Dion Hall, Jonothan McGregor, Miss Sharlene Whitburn
DYNAMIC DANCING DUOS:   Madam Julie Smith
SCENIC ARTISTE:   Mr Colin Campbell
STAGE & SET PREPARATION:   Mr Len Evans and Geoff Treacher
SHINING GASLIGHTS:   Mr Sam Browne with Miss Catherine Pegg, Mr David Sanders
INGENIOUS COSTUMIER:   Madam Frances Murray
SUPREME SEAMSTRESSES AND DRESSERS:   Mesdames Jean Airay, Esther Anderson, Cherie Baker, Bev Elms, Bev Hawke, Mary Lambert, Elaine Treacher
MILLINER:   Madam Doreen Ritchie
FACIAL GILDERS PICTURESQUE:   Diana Newdick, with Mesdames Lexie Brewer, Judy Dagg, Sarah Gurnsey, Dawn McCowatt, Debe McGregor
HAIR DRESSER:   Mesdames Dorothy Newnham, Karen Wright, Minnie Wright, Debe McGregor.
ACCESSORIES ELEGANT:   Madam Liz Pegg, with Miss Alexandra and Stephanie Pegg
HOUSE MANAGER:   Mr Eric Reay
HOSTESS:   Madam Margaret Regan
WAITRESSES:   Friends of the society
BARMEN:   Mr Dean Roberts, Alex Wall with Friends of the Society
CHEF DECUISINE:   Country Fare
PUBLICITY:   Mesdames Cherie Baker, Julie Evans, Merlyn Jarden
FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS:   Mr John Pryce

ESTEEMED AND VENERABLE COMMITTEE
HASTINGS OPERATIC SOCIETY INC

PRESIDENT:   Madam Staveley Tankersley
VICE PRESIDENT:   Mr Alex Wall
CHAIRMAN:   Mr Bob Whitburn
SECRETARY:   Madam Clare Cuming
TREASURER:   Mr Geoff McLeay

COMMITTEE
Fay Alexander, Lance Fothergill, Barry Hughes, Merlyn Jarden, Wayne Lister, Dean Roberts, Geoff Treacher, Julie Smith.

MEMBERSHIP

New members will be made most welcome. 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 onstage or back stage. Subscriptions: $20 single, $30 family – may be paid to P.O. Box 70 Hastings.

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