Last of the 1957 Song Quest District Finalists
ERE are the last of the district finalists in this year’s Mobil Song Quest. Selected to represent Whangarei district is Wendy Adams, well known to 1XN listeners and in local musical circles. She was Northland’s district finalist in the 1956 Mobil Song Quest. Mrs Daphne Verwey, winner in Nelson district, also has a link with Whangarei, where she was born 23 years ago. She made her first radio broadcast from a southern station, however-3YZ Greymouth, While she was in Greymouth she joined the Operatic Society
there, and took part in three of their performances. For the last two and a half years she has lived in Nelson, keeping in vocal training as a pupil of Miss Linette Grayson. The Dunedin district finalist, Mrs Treasure Spencer, is interested in all types of music, but admits a special fondness for oratorio. She has been studying singing with the well-known concert artist Mary Pratt for about six years, in between keeping up a home and looking after a_ three-year-old daughter. She broadcasts regnlarly as a soloist, and is well known
as a guest artist singing with the Dunedin Studio Orchestra under Gil ~Dech. The 3ZB district finalist, Miss Heather Smith, of Kaiapoi, is one of a family all of whom are keenly interested in music. She is an L.R.S.M., and holds many awards and medals for her singing. She has been guest artist, and soloist for several societies, including the Christ®hurch Liedertafel and the Christchurch Royal Musical Society, and has been heard in broadcasts from 3XC and from all three Christchurch stations. Terence Wilson, district final-
ist at Gisborne, is eighteen years old, and at «present a student at Auckland University College. In the past he has broadcast several recitals from 2YZ Napier, and was also a member and soloist of the Napier Orpheus Choir. In 1956 he was awarded the Executive Diploma of Music Bursary to study for three years at A.U.C. His present curriculum includes vocal training, piano, double-bass, and languages.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 945, 20 September 1957, Page 7
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338Last of the 1957 Song Quest District Finalists New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 945, 20 September 1957, Page 7
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