DUNEDIN'S ROYAL CONCERT
OME details of the arrangements for the Royal Concert to be performed before Her Majesty the Queen in the Dunedin Town Hall on Tuesday, January 26, 1954, have been announced by the NZBS. Admission. prices for the concert will be, circle £2/2/-, front centre stalls £1/1/-, side and rear centre stalls 10/-, back stalls 5/-, upper gallery 5/-. The Minister of Broadcasting, the Hon. R. M. Algie, has approved of the net proceeds from the concert, without any charge for the Orchestra, being divided equally between two Dunedin bodies nominated by the Mayor of Dunedin, namely, the Old People’s Welfare Organisation and thé Dunedin branch of the Plunket Society. Allocation of seats for the concert will be from mailed applications with a limit of two tickets for each applicant. A further announcement regarding the dates on which mailed applications should be received and the procedure for the allocation of seats will be made shortly. In the meantime, those wishing to attend are asked not to send in applications or money as these cannot be accepted until booking details are completed. The programme items by the National Orchestra have been tentatively chosen by the Conductor, Warwick Braithwaite. Dunedin will be particularly interested in the inclusion ‘in the programme of a girls’ choir of 100 voices which will sing excerpts from Humper dinck’s "Hansel and Gretel" to an accompaniment by the National Orchestra under the conductorship of Mr. Braithwaite. The choir has been selected on a proportionate basis from the main Dunedin post-primary schools, and it is being given its preliminary training ‘by the chorus master, George E. Wilkinson, of Dunedin. All "arrangements for the concert are being made in consultation with a Dunedin Advisory Committee, whose assistance the Broadcasting Service gratefully ackngwiedges. Members of the\ Committee are Dr. V. E. Galway, Chairman; the Mayor of Dunedin, Mr. L. M. Wright; the Town Clerk, Mr. J. C. Lucas; Mr. G. E. Wilkinson, and Mr. C. Trim. POPS clientes
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 742, 2 October 1953, Page 5
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329DUNEDIN'S ROYAL CONCERT New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 742, 2 October 1953, Page 5
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