COMING TO AUCKLAND.
M |j WANGANUI BOYS' BAND. '• T •j Iwo years ajro a frroup of 400 odd boy*. 1 and one enthusiastic teacher said th'e\ ilwere goin- to start a military '.and. ?,They had no music, no instruments, -jnioney to buy any and only two of them r:could read music. Such was the be;»iii - iiiujr of the Wanjranui Technical s jßoys' Band, which will arrive in Auck- • land this week-end. r Five months from their meagre be»'''.winning the !>and was broadcasting in k"j\\ ollington. From then on concert ff.l -;lowc<l «-on.-crt. until to-dav the band under the leadership of "Mr. M. P i-1 Byrnes, MA., i« recognised as one ~i v the finest juvenile bands in Au.-tralia oi r,Xcw Zealand. t j While in Auckland the band will give yiseveral public performances, and arrange elments hase been made for the youn; r. bandsmen to be entertained during tiu riweek. that they are in the city.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 296, 13 December 1940, Page 5
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156COMING TO AUCKLAND. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 296, 13 December 1940, Page 5
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