Reporter's Diary

Press, 10 May 1980, Page 2

Reporter's Diary

■ Not. in harmony STREET musicians and classical musicians could be expected to be out of tune with each other at the best of times. In Auckland, str.’.’.at notes are being struck between buskers and the As ociated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. Buskers playing ukeleles and guitars in Vulcan Lane are up-.ettin.. members of the board, whose office overlooks the lane. The board has written to the Auckland City Council objecting to the buskers in the street below, s.. Ing, “The present tuneless strum-

ming and vocalising which hardly ceases all day is ;extremely annoying and contributes largely to any errors which occur when compiling examination sc.hec.ilfs and tours.” So far, the.board’s is the only objection the council has received in response to its trial pc iod of allowing busking in the city. Still singing THE William Morris Group will this evening celebrate 25 years of singing at most of the eventide homes and senior citizens’ clubs in Christchurch. Under the lead-

ership of Mr John Thompson, and accompanied by Mrs Irene Anderson and Mr Major Lummis, the singers have given their time generously to rehearse and perform. They will celebrate the occasion with a dinner party at the Russley Hotel. Press-ganged EXPLAINING the history and theory of the Chapel Royal Service, the latest issue of the Christchurch Cathedral newsletter has brought to light an interesting piece of history. Christchurch Cathedral will hold a Chapel Royal service at 11 a.m. tomorrow to coincide with the University of Canterbury’s course on “Purcell in Perspective” this week-end.

“Purcell was closely associated with the Chapel Royal, and the special service will feature his festival Te Deum Laudamus, Jubilate Deo in D, and the Bell anthem.” Outlining the history of the Chapel Royal, the newsletter mentions a press-gang system that existing under Richard 111 (1483-85), and which remained in force for two centuries. “Representatives of the Chapel Royal were now definitely entitled to travel about the country listening to all the best cathedral choirs, and robbing them of any boys \ hose voices marked them out as fit to sing before the king.” Specially for Muni AMONG the abundance of

Mother’s Day advertisements this week was one that really stood out. One firm — either ascribing to the attitude that people buy presents for others that they really want themselves or making some small acknowledgement. to Women’s Lib. — advertised chainsaws as an ideal gift for ’ 'other’s Day. Bounced back A WOMAN in Nottingham, England, has threatened to sue its city council because a brick lobbed by her son at the council office bounced back from a plastic window and injured him.