Veterans' Concert

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 17, 6 November 1931, Page 5

Veterans' Concert

Unique Programme For 3YA | A CONCERT by artists who were leading performers in Christchurch during the ‘nineties, up to. the time of the Boer War, is to be given from 8YA on Friday evening, December 4, The programme will be contributed by :- Mrs. F. Wilding (mother of the late Anthony Wilding of tennis fame), well remembered as a fine pianiste, Mrs. W. F. Tait (soprano). Mrs. E. W. Pigeon (mezzo-soprano). Mr. W. J. Trewern (tenor). Mrs. H. Bowker (nee Emily Lake, soprano). Peter Hockley (baritone). H. H. Loughnan (Ohristchurch’s lead ing ’cellist in the ’nineties). Dr. T. L. Crooke (pianist, well-known in musical circles for the past forty years). Mrs. John Russell (pianiste). The concert will be in the form of a musical evening, Mr. HD. R. Webb being the host. Two nonagenarians, Mr. Geo. Harper and Sir Arthur Dobson, will be present, and another old resident of Christchurch, Mr. Selwyn Bruce, will entertain with reminiscences.