MUSIC IN HAWAII.
MR. FRITZ HART RETURNS. ORIENTALS AS LISTENERS. Returning to Melbourne after spending four months in Honolulu, Mr. Fritz Hart, of the Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne, is a through passenger 011 the Aorangi. He has been acting as gudst conductor of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra.
"This is the fourth successive year I have conducted in Honolulu," said Mr. Hart, "and each year the orchestra becomes more popular. Things are much better in the islands and there seems to bo a general feeling of buoyancy everywhere.
"A most noticeable feature of the audiences we had was the predominance of Orientals. They filled approximately 25 per cent of the seats and showed extraordinary interest. The Japanese especially are most intelligent. I hey make perfect citizens, though one cannot help thinking that they remain Japanese at heart. "Another refreshing thing about Honolulu is the intelligence of the American girls. They are extraordinarily well read"mul knowledgeable. The men, 011 the other hand, are too busy with business and sport to worry about such things as music. But as a whole Americans are the kindest and most hospitable people in the world."
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Auckland Star, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 9
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