QUEEN CARNIVAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24424, 9 October 1940, Page 9

QUEEN CARNIVAL

FRIDAY'S PROCESSION MAIM STREETS TO BE CLOSED Taking queen carnival activities in sequence. Friday’s all-in carnival street procession is the week’s principal feature, The big undertaking is being made possible by the spirit which is moulding all classes of the community —trade organisations, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, musicians, bands, orchestras and ether groups—into a fascinating stree* entertainment. By special permission cf the City Council the street area between the Exchange and Frederick street will be closed to all vehicular traffic, including the trams, between 7.30 and 9 p.m. There will be from 80 to 90 decorated floats with flesh-and-blood entertainment and pageantry. At the conclusion of the procession, which will circle the Hospital block, bands and concert parties will take up their stations at various points in the city. THE CORONATION CEREMONY At a special meeting of the Queen Carnival Executive last Monday afternoon it was unanimously decided to hold a coronation ceremony at a date in November to be allocated later. Miss Bessie Thomson (Dunedin) were Miss Helen Gardiner (Wellington) and appointed co-producers. The function will include a wealth of historical pageantry, interspersed with entertainment of a lighter character. The presentation will be in His Majesty s Theatre, and in order that all will have an' opportunity of witnessing this spectacle the ceremony will be repeated over a season of at least a few weeks. It is intended that matinees-will provide opportunity for school pupils to attend. Arrangements for the function are now well in hand, and the public may confidently look forward to a highly spectacular entertainment. NAVY QUEEN PROGRAMME Fun in plenty will be the order of the day at the Paddy’s Market, which is being organised by the women of the Navy Queen Committee. It will be held in Burns Hall on Friday, commencing at 10 a.m. There will be produce. sweets, cake, and plant stalls, and a jumble sale at 2 o’clock. Donations for the latter will be welcomed. Pun on skates will prevail in the evening at the skating rink, where an interesting programme will be gone through. Children will be allowed on the floor until 9 o’clock. Friday is the night of the big procession in the city, and the skating carnival will be an adjunct to the whole carnival spirit of the evening. Donations of furniture, etc., for the big Navy auction on October 18 are still required. It will be held in the Winter Show buildings. Persons who desire to present anything for auction are invited to ring Navy headquarters, and the, articles will be collected. The Ladies’ Navy Queen Committee is also organising a cabaret evening at the Crawford Lounge on Monday. October 14. Dancing will be on the ground floor only, the upstairs being reserved for novelty amusements. Ben Finlayson’s Band will be in attendance. AIR FORCE QUEEN The Air Force Queen. Miss Mary Pratt, was heartily welcomed by a full hall at Dunback on Monday night. The programme had been arranged by Messrs J. Himburg and A. Pettitt. and the items were much appreciated. Miss Pratt sang three songs. A quantity of produce was sold and a collection was also made for the pennant which was presented to the Queen at Balclutha last week. This resulted in the sum of £ls 5s being taken in the hall. The door takings and sale of produce will bring the total amount for the function up to approximately £SO, which is a very worthy effort from a small community. To-day Miss Pratt will be present at a concert in Tapanui. the programme for which will be supplied by a concert party from Gore, and mannequin parades in aid of the Air Force Queen funds will be held at Balclutha in the Masonic Hal! at 2.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. To-morrow there will be a fair at Herdot, at which Miss Pratt will attend, and on the same day a concert will be conducted at Roxburgh, and the Balclutha Drama Club will give a repeat performance of the play “Call It a Day,” at Balclutha. A concert at Milton bv members of the 4ZB staff, a concert at Alexandra, a casino at Balclutha. and a bring and buy sale at Middlemarch will be the principal activities on Friday, and on Saturday a garden party at Terrace Farm has been arranged by the members of the Palmerston branch of the W.D.F.U.

ARMY QUEEN ACTIVITIES In aid of the Army Queen, the South Dunedin branch of the Labour Party will present a variety entertainment in the South Dunedin Security Hall tonight, and among the well-known personalities who will be there will be “Gran,” of Christchurch. The gas range, which was to have been a prize in the' recent successful mystery bag day was not drawn at the time because the ticket which corresponded with its number was not sold. However, last week, when a lucky dip was instituted to dispose of the remaining prizes, the range found an owner in Mrs Stevens, of 28 Moreau street, St. Kilda. A successful Army Queen community sing was held in aid of Army Queen funds, in the St. James Theatre yesterday, an enjoyable programme being presented. The artists were Mr Arthur Macdonald, Mr Ted Heaney, Miss Sybil Baker (accompanist), and the Orphans’ Club quartet comprising Messrs WilsonBrown. Moloney, Clarke, and Stevens. Miss Airini Grennell also gave an item. “ Spud ” Murphy and 4ZB personalities provided their usual high standard of entertainment. The proceeds of the sing amounted to over £46. Miss Grennell made a personal appearance at the recital given by the Leech Lyric Choir on Monday night. A collection was made in aid of her funds, the satisfactory sum of £l6 11s being collected. At next Saturday night’s Army Queen Dance, which will again be held in both the Main Town Hall and the Concert Chamber, Airini will introduce her five princesses to those present, an event that should attract considerable interest. Modern dancing to the music of Mat de Laney’s Radio Rhythmics, will be held in the main hall, and oldtime dancing in the Concert Chamber, where Wright’s Orchestra will provide the music. Spectators will be admitted to the Town Hal] for a small charge.