Local Talent
T is too soon yet to make any comment on the general standards of Variety Round-up, whose stated aim is "to give most New: Zealand towns a chance to show off their talent." A laudable objective, no doubt, perhaps formulated partly to attract those who believe that there are masses of gifted flowers wasting their sweetness on the country air. But, so far, little has happened to substantiate this. The opening Auckland programme, featuring mainly well-established radio artists, had a professional polish not yet quite matched elsewhere. Perhaps there lie ahead bright gems of variety. But if there are to be many programmes like that from Wanganui, I am afraid that I shan’t stay the course. I have no desire to be unkind to qa city which I am sure has ample talent, yet its contribution to Variety Round-up reminded me of nothing so much as the parish concert beloved of parodists. One singer, with a good, but hardly variety-style, voice, sang painfully outdated songs to the accompaniment of what I finally decided was either dubbed-in artificial laughter or a wrestling crowd next door. Another, claimed as "the King Country Elvis Presley," had his namesake’s defects, but none of his vitality. More half-hours like this could set our fadio | back 20 years.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 948, 11 October 1957, Page 24
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214Local Talent New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 948, 11 October 1957, Page 24
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