"COME LISTEN TO THE BANDS."

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20729, 14 December 1932, Page 14

"COME LISTEN TO THE BANDS."

SUNDAY'S CONCERT IN THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS. The concert to be given in the hos- ] pital grounds on Sunday afternoon as part of the Christchurch Ilotary Club's Christmas appeal on behalf of needy families in and around Christchurch, and also of the orphans, will be note- ; worthy and memorable. Of special interest is tho fact that all tho City Bands, both brass and pipe, will take part, and will assemble in Cathedral square at 2 p.m., and march, each at an interval of three minutes, to the hospital grounds. The public spirit shown by the bands cannot bo too highly praised. Hardly any public function is complete without band music, and the Ilotary Club is indeed fortunate in having secured the cooperation of tho City bands for such an important gathering as that of next Sunday afternoon. It is estimateu that about 200 bandsmen will contribute to the programme, tho first item ou which will bo tho always popular march, "Colonel Bogey,' which will be given by the massed bands. Equal in their pleasure-giving qualities will bo the contributions to tho programme by the members of the lloyal Christchurch Musical Society, under the conductorship of Mr A. U. Thompson, in the absence, in England, of Mr W. H. Dixon, tho society's conductor./ The choruses to be given include two from Haydn's "Creation"— "Awake the Hart" and "Achieved is the Glorious Work"—and also ttiere will bo given the carols, "O, Come All Ye Faithful" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." The public of Christchurch have had several years' experience of the Ilotary Club's Christmas appeal, and there should be now no question as to tho worthiness of the object in view. Of the prevalence of distress in the City and surrounding districts there is ample evidence, as there is also ot the inadequacy of the means to cope with jt. Many who once were well-to-do aro now, owing to the adverse economic conditions ruling, amongst those needing assistance. With the generous aid of tho public and by their contribtuions at Sunday's concert in the Hospital grounds, and on the street day to be held on Friday. *>©- combor 23rd, the Rotary Club hopes to bring a ray of hope and gladness to ono thousand homes, and to enable the recipients to realise that Christmas still possesses its old-time spirit of jovousness, and still arouses feelings of sympathy in the hearts of those whose lives are cast in pleasant places. The orphans are not to be forgotten; each child is to receive a Christmas card and a Christmas box of one shilling.