An Excellent Announcer

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 25, 3 January 1930, Page 6

An Excellent Announcer

Archdeacon Holbrook Pleases Listeners ‘THE _, ARRANGEMENTS made by the Broadcasting Company to let. listeners hear the Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in connection with the death of Bishop Cleary were excellent and a credit to all concerned, says the Auckland "Sun." The description of the service was earried out by the Very Reverend Archdeacon Holbrook, and a most dignified and graphic effort. it was. Listeners, no. matter what faith they subscribed to, were thrilled by the announcer’s perfect knowledge of .the form of service, and his rich Irish voice. In parts of the service, when ob¥iously it would have been out of place fore the announcer to have spoken in ordinary tones without disturbing the’ solemnity of the service, Archdeacon MHolbrook’s deep, clear whispers went on with the description and so clear was his enunciation that every word he -said was heard’ with clarity. In the background could be heard singing or chanting, yet the announcer’s voice did- not.seem to unduly obtrude itself. The whole description was carried with the. reverence the occasion demanded, and it is not surprising to hear that the cathedral authorities have received many congratulations. on Archdeacon Holbrook’s work.