The Sentinel=record., 1917-03-25
SPRING FESTIVAL WAS
 4 BIC SUCCESS
PEOPLE RESPONDED IN NUMBERS TO EFFORTS OF THE LADIES
 IN RAISING FUNDS.

Surprisingly lovely and full of in- terest was the Spring Festival" staged last evening at the Auditorium theater to large and appreciative audience, the assemblage including a fashionable gathering of both local and visiting society.
 This gorgeous, spectacular dancing pageant was given under the auspices of the City Federation of Women's , Clubs as benefit to swell the enter tainment fund being prepared for the biennial meeting here in 1918 of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and was directed by Miss Hattie May Bennett of Denver, Colo, to whom chief credit is due for the splendid success Of the entertainment which i was, in fact d triumph for her.
 The opening number. "The Kit tens called for hearty applause. so cunning were the I5 tiny tots par tieipating. Miss Jean De Lamarter. l a wee tot Of Grand Rapids. Mich. was iperiect in the role of the lost kitten.
 The Minuet, of Louis XIV. period. was perfectly executed by ten attrac. tive girls and boys.
 The Italian dance, "Tarantello." was Ia pretty effective dance given by 12 pupils selected from Miss Lemlys class Of trained dancers.
 Miss Jessamine Stevens. charm ing little visitor. scored a success in two numbers, "Mendelssohn's Spring song, and in the Butterfly Dance"
 Her toe dancing eXcelled and her , technique was marvellous in one so young. Miss Bennett thinks she has "a bright future in this branch of art
 The Irish Lilt,' q difficult nation. al dame of "Onld Erin ' was favor ite immediately with the audience. If
 was snappy and effective as executed last evening by eleven winsome little maids.
 Miss Bonnie Iemly. always a grace. { ful and charming dancer. was par. ticalarly so last evening when she executed two effective dances. "pup- : pen Fee" in which she was as 1.-the as fairy, and "Flora's Dance" beauti- tul number executed with that dainti- ness characteristic of her.
 The "Pavlowa Gavotte" danced by Miss Jaanita Gillian and Mir William Moon was one of the particularly pleasing numbers Miss Gillian also gave the Dance of Ocean" which was one Of the features Of "The Sun
 Ballet The first number was ner I first effort in this line of dancing
 Following an intermissiou. Part 2, The Sun Ballet" a wonderful panto- mime, was given, and proved 10 be the
 most gorgeous spectacular dramatic | performance ever staged in a local
 theater This pantomime included 15O
 participants, who in action and cos.
 tune represented the various char acter- and groups of characters clsv. ! erly and entertainmgly.
 The principals were. Mr. Fuz Wald. 1 rip. as Darkness; Miss Ruth Williams
 as Earth Miss Juanita Gillian ls 1 ocean Miss Bonnie Lemly as Flora. | Miss Willie Greer as Time and Miss | lNean Gillian a9 the Sun All of these
 characters were clever but particu-
 larly SO was Mr. Fi,zhueh Waldrip.
 The Suns Buys were represented
 by seven petite maids l-2 years of
 age, Nho were dainty in ballet frooks
 of yellow tarlctjn
 "The Snow Flake Dance" presented
 a beautiful contrast to the sun 1 Rays Their costumes were of spot,
 less white and their movements were of the floating, ethereal kind Twelve | lovely maidens executed this efiec-
 tive group dance
 "The Rain Drops Patter." dance
 by nine pretty girls, in music accom- paniment and movement produced an 1 effect most desirable
 Dance of the Poppies" wa~ a pretty
 feature in which nine maidens clothed , in poppy red typitied the flowers
 most admirably
 The dances of the winds followiu1 as they did in Qut. k succession, were delight to the eye and proved a fit, 1 ting climax The beautiful costumes used in each group representine the Dance of the East Wind W>ance O. the West Wind. Dance Of the Soutl Wind and Dance of the Nor.h Wind" were appropriately lovely and ! the dancing very plea iug. The ta vorite and most dramatic of these was the Dance of the North Wind" which