Saturday's Marching Will Be Striking Display

Chronicle (Levin), 10 March 1948, Page 4

Saturday's Marching Will Be Striking Display

With a' total bf 38 giflfif' niSrching teams taking part and three bands supplying the very 'hecessaf y nliisic, the Leviri Pafk- Domain on Saturday will be the scene of the biggest open air gathefing yet held in the Horowhenua. Uniforms bf the teams this season are mdre cblqurful and heatiy desigiied thtto pre'viously, and some outstandihg costumes will be worn. Led by the Horowhenua Highland Hand, the march past of the . 38 teams wfll commenee at 1 p.m., V Captain L, R., Baigent, M.B.E., of/ Palmerstoh North, takMg the salute as the. parade passes the grandstand. Wheil thb parade is formed up . the Levin Municipal Band will play the National . Aiithem, two of the local boy scouts breaking the Union Jack and N.Z. Ensrgn at the same time, . The official opening by Mr, D. Fitzgerald, patron oi uie jdorowhenua Associaticn, will follow, he being supported by the DeputyMayor of Levin, Mr. D. J. Gardiner. Then Will follow the marching Championship. 1 At 3 p.m. Mr. -A. E. Harper, Assistant Under-Secrb- • tary of the Department ,of internal 1 Affairs, will aiTive and with Mrs. .Fitzgerald, -will officiate at .the presentatidn of trophies. .Other ciistmguished visitors for the day will include Major Rangi Logan, chief judge, from Otane, while Miss Phyllis Stewart, of Wellingtoh, ahd I Miss Joan Brabner, of Pahiatua, | who led Priiigle's tbam to maiiy successes; wfll judge the costumes. A .new procedui'e will be adopted with the costume . judging, thi's being done while tlie team is ' on the march. • With record en«tries, all events wfll be kept strictly to schedule, and teams. must be at the startirig pbint all the time. At the conclilsion of the Contest the highlight of the day will take place. this'heing * the serpentine march involving-456 girls. With the mahy differeilt coloured costumes this will make a sight to remember. Photogiaphs" of^ teams taking part and tropffles to be awarded are on dispiay in the B.B.C. window. With over 500 people to provide with - lunch and tea, the Parents' 1 Committee is faced with no small jtask, but as usual the members l have this part of the day well in. hand. : " ao night there' will be a dance irf the ■ Regent Hall, wheh visiting teapis and bandsmen wfll,be t$he •g]-(es,ts , of » the association. I . ^ .