A Christmas Party
OR 25 minutes the other evening 1YA broadcast the annual Christmas party held at the New Zealand Institute for the Blind. A few carols were sung by the children’s choir, a few greetings spoken, and a three-tiered cake was cut; after this the microphone was disconnected and the party doubtless became more riotous. It was a homely, natural session, and the intention seemed, very wisely, to make listeners feel that they were sharing a party, rather than being present at a carefully planned demonstration. The NBS does well to allow us to be reminded in this simple but strangely effective way that within this Institution many people of all ages are working hard to build useful and perhaps even happy lives in spite of their handicap. One may pass daily the big brick buildings beside the Parnell tramline without ever trying to form a picture of the community they house, just as one may take normal sight for granted until the Institute’s Christmas party sends its greetings over the air "to the blind and the sighted."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 286, 15 December 1944, Page 8
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179A Christmas Party New Zealand Listener, Volume 11, Issue 286, 15 December 1944, Page 8
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