The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-06-06
A k0nAlA NOTE
Usual Success of Semi.
nary Annual Concert.
excellence OF the tntertaIr msn,
Recorded BY a kss,u-tH = kohsia
Interested In a Cooa,y Work.
Especial Correspondence
Kohala. Hawaii, June ;


Editor =. c. A.: 1t will interest
some OF the readers Of this paper. the
scattered few and far between who
take an interest in the educational in
situations OF this land and are not too
greatly absorbed in stock operations
to notice aught else: and those who
labor under the impression that Ko-
hala Is asleep, because no Board OF
Trade has been established here, no
infant Stock Exchange has piped up
its plaintive wall. no dailies are pub
lished. and no facile pen writes up In
tlorid style the socials, the concerts.
the dances, the libraries, the not in
frequent giant powder catastrophes by
which the obtuse fisherman. needless
of warning or the law. loses one or
both hands and few spare teeth,
with, perhaps, a supernumerary eye
thrown in gratis. the spills from car
| riage or saddle with their disastrous
results. the new buildings. the elope-
ments and weddings that did not come
to pass, or the excellent and eminently
practical sermons that may be heard
| every Sunday by those who choose to
| drop into the church and are not
afraid of getting mortal stab in the
conscience there; say it may inter-
est an occasional one Of those who
know nothing of all this. that and the
other, TO be incidentally Informed thai
there did occur in this self-contained
little hamlet last night an event that
is expected with annual regularity.
That is to say, the concert given at
the Kohala Seminary near the close of
the term, for the benefit of the school
To attempt to discriminate and
praise one more than another would
be to tread on dangerous ground. Who
so needless as TO awaken unquenclIable
jealousies in tender hearts where all
should be lovely and serene forever
more? Who so rash, or SO base. as to
pen ill-judged, or manifestly partisan
discrimination that rightly invites the
jeering vaccinations of the self-in-
formed spectator or participation? We
beg to refrain. All was we'll done and
due recognition should be accorded to
those who generously contributed to
the success of the occasion, as well a.
to the faculty, who, at the cost OF
much time and labor prepared for, and
conducted II. But let us make an ex-
who SO creditably performed their
part in the lengthy cantata, and men
ton in passing, that both instrument
al trios We're encored, as were also
Mrs. Browns solo, Miss Jones solo TO
mandolin accompaniment by herself
during the interval, and Miss Nellie
Kinds solo, which, by the way, was a
surprise 10 those who never before
heard her voice in song. Mention
should also be made of the tasteful and
unique stage decoration of bamboo,
twined wreaths of ferns and vines and
flowers, and potted plants, including
the canopy over the throne of the
fairy queen, all executed by the facul-
ty and pupils OF the school. The feast
of music and Gov of song was follow
ed by feast q. frigid OleOlactum
lFrench for icecreamJ. sherbet and
cake, and every one appeared to have
good time. The proceeds Of the en-
tertainment, musical and gastronom'
ical, amounted to little over $50, in
dication OF very good attendance
This was the program:
PART !.
!. Girls chorus, Little Boy Blue.
MISREPRESENTATION. o. Perkin.
: Home LAM Club
= 2. Mandolin and guitar trio. Selected
Mrs. Brown. Miss Jones and
Mr.. Scott
3. Solo. "On Lido Waters" ..., Tost
M. Paetow.
4. Children's cantata, The Fairy
{ Queen" ..........,...C. II. Gabrie
e ). Solos, (a) When You Are Here
: Kate Vannah; CbD The Ring.
/. .......,.............C. b. Hawie!
ri Mrs. Brown.
G. Girls chorus, Lullaby.C. II. Gabri
Home LAM Club
PART II.
p /. Rainbow Chorus ..L. +, Bristov
I Home LAM Cub
D 2. Ladies trio, Der Blooming Mead
ow' ,.........,,.....J. B. Wekerili
Miss Hughes, Mines. Hind and
q Brown,
! 3. Solo, THE Carnival ....... Mollo.
Miss Hind,
H. Mandolin and Guitar Trio. Selected