IN THE BOSTON MANNER
It is a common saying in America that the most correct English is spoken "down Boston way," which may help to explain the success of John Holbrook, master of ceremonies for Pageant of Music, heard from the ZB stations every Sunday night. He was born at Cape, Cod, Massachusetts, though early in life his parents took him to Canada and he studied medicine for two years at McGill University. About this time Boston traditions began to assert themselves, and young Holbrook conceived an enthusiasm for racing automobiles, motor boats and aeroplanes and exhibiting show horses. He also found time to win an impressive display of medals for pistol shooting, and for three years ran a school for fancy skiing, being runner-up himself for the title of world’s champion ski-jumper in 1926. Back in the United States, he first managed a motor distributing firm, then a stock company. Then he was offered a job on the staff of a Boston radio station, and he has been in radio ever
since. He went to New York to do a guest performance and the NBC listened to him and immediately acquired his services. After three months with the NBC, the American Academy of Arts and Letters presented him with the Diction Medal. John Holbrook will be heard from Station 3ZB on Sunday, August 24, at 9.15 p.m., compéring a programme contributed by Anna Fiora (soprano), Willard Amison (tenor), Gloria La Vey (soprano) and Frederico Russelli (tenor).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 113, 22 August 1941, Page 13
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247IN THE BOSTON MANNER New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 113, 22 August 1941, Page 13
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