WOMAN CARILLONEUR
NEW ZEALANDER PLEASES LONDON CROWDS HYDE PARK PERFORMANCE Rgcd. 9 a.m. LONDON, Wednesday. There ar.e only three women carllloneurs in Britain, one of whom is Miss Gladys Watkins, of Wellington, New Zealand. She played Christmas carols on 23 bells from the Wellington war memorial carillon in Hyde Park. She was given a warm ovation by large crowds of Christmas shoppers, and the police had to clear a way for her through the crowds. It is hoped to have the complete range of 50 bells ready by January 1 for a trial in Hyde Park before shipment to Wellington. Miss Watkins, who has been studying for a year at the famous carillon school of Malines, Belgium, will be carilloneur when the memorial is erected at Wellington.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 855, 26 December 1929, Page 9
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127WOMAN CARILLONEUR Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 855, 26 December 1929, Page 9
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