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1940-10-05 Vocal

5th October, 1940

Held in the Alfred Hall

Solo (Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions) "Claribel" (Michael Head)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Henry	Hitchcock	Grenville	Victoria	86.00	1st
Harold	Usher	Warracknabeal	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Leslie	Robertson	Ballarat	Victoria	84.00	3rd
Frederick	Houghton	South Melbourne	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Alan	Munro	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Mezzo-Soprano Solo "Secrecy" (Wolf)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gladys	Hargreaves	Bendigo	Victoria	88.00	1st
Eleanor	Weare	Kew	Victoria	87.00	2nd
Jean	Thomson	Northcote	Victoria	84.00	3rd
Kathleen	McClure	Horsham	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Eileen	Stadler	Brighton-Le-Sands	New South Wales	80.00	Honourable Mention
Pearl	Newell	Wilkur South	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Soprano Solo (a) Light Soprano: "I hear a Blackbird in a Tree" (Arlen) (b) Dramatic Soprano: "Midsummer" (Worth)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Edna	Esnouf	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	89.00	1st
Mavis	Kruger	Northcote	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Mary	Bowd	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Amy	Baker	Jung	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Eunice	Thomas	Salisbury	South Australia	83.00	Honourable Mention
Enid	Crocker	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Wenda	Sicree	North Balwyn	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Baritone Solo "My Sword for the King" (Michael Head)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Charles	Lomas	Geelong	Victoria	89.00	Equal 1st
Michael	Crehan	North Melbourne	Victoria	89.00	Equal 1st
Frederick	Ladner	Coburg	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Hardy	Tweeddale	Burwood	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Henry	Hitchcock	Grenville	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention
Jack	Clinton	Abbotsford	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention
Leslie	Robertson	Ballarat	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention

Vocal Duet (Mixed Voices) - Own Selection

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Isobel Walsh and Frank Mithen	Carlton and Kew	Victoria	87.00	Equal 1st
Enid Crocker and Godfrey Beckwith	Ballarat	Victoria	87.00	Equal 1st
Winifred Whitten and Roy McGowan	Malvern and Kew	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd
Edna Esnouf and Frederick Williams	Moonee Ponds and Williamstown	Victoria	85.00	Equal 3rd