The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-04-16
A SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE

There have been entertainments anG
entertainments given by the pupils oil
the public school of this place in the
past, but OF all those entertainments
not one has ever given more salts
faction to an audience than that OF
last Friday evening, when the young
sters of the primary and intermediate
departments presented the catchy and
fetching little operetta, Mother Goose
4 Company" preceded by other fea-
lures that only contributed to add to
the excellency OF the entire perform
ance And what an audience it was !!
The Orpheum was crowded almost to
the limit of its seating capacity, and
seldom has there been crowd, large
OF small, in that building that more
thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment
presented to them. Moreover, it was
a warm and appreciative audience,
and If it had had it's way every num-
Der would have been repeated over and
over again. 1t would not be denied
an encore in several instances, and a
single repetition hardly satisfied the
well pleased on lockers.
As rule person attends school
performance given by the midget con-
tigency with great deal of apprehen-
sion of disappointment. 1t is, gen.
orally speaking, difficult for the
youngsters to memOrize, or to remem-
Der the stunts that are assigned to
them, consequently the audience is
bored with hating, hesitating declam-
alton, and confusion of errors in
positions the children are supposed to
occupy on the platform, growing out
Of nervousness on the part of the
children half paralyzed with stage
fright. 1t is usually a tax on the
nerves to sit through such an enter
tainment. That of last Friday even
ing was altogether different. 1t was
delightful disappointment to those
who attended with the expectation OF
seeing and hearing the same old
thing. The program was something
out of the commonplace, and further
more the children knew their parts,
were free from all timidity, and did
far better than is often done by much
older heads. 1t was the ease, and
grace in which every movement was
accomplished, and the familiarity with
the lines to be sung or said that made
cess.
The drills, the dancing, the panto-
mime, the songs were exceptionally
we'll carried out and rendered. The
flower drill, the Dutch drill and the
wreath drill were very pretty, the
Dutch drill especially bringing down
the house. The operetta was simply
immense, the little people in their
various casts performing their several
parts most admirably. Little Boy
Blue, Little Jack Horner, Little Miss
Moffutt, with her great big spider, in
deed every representative of charac-
ters in the old familiar nursery rhymes
did splendidly. 1t would be unfair to
specialize where all did their parts So
we'll, and each and every one of the
children taking part deserve special
praise for the manner in which they
carried out their various roles. The
stage settings for the operetta were
very neat and attractive, contributing
materially to the effect and pleasure
OF the performance.
1t Is only just to pay tribute of
credit to the teachers, Miss Gooding
and Miss Miller, for the success of the
entertainment. To train little chill
dren to perform as those children did
on this occasion requires infinite tact,
patience and skill in management and
Instruction. The training and pre-
paration represented a vast amount of
labor. 1t was a labor of love, how
ever, and the ladies no doubt feel
amply repaid by the great success that
rewarded their efforts. They were the
recipients of many congratulations,
and they were fully entitled to all the
concentrations that were awarded
them.