EXHIBITION CABARET

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 3, 28 September 1939, Page 7

EXHIBITION CABARET

Dance Band Conductor From London MR. MANUEL RAYMOND Mr. Manuel Haymond, musical director to Frascati’s well-known London restaurant, who has been engaged to organize and conduct the orchestra at the Centennial Exhibition eaburet, has arrived at Wellington with two key members of his orchestra, lie will recruit the rest of the 12 players in New Zealand. Even before he left London he received cabled requests from Netv Zealanders for positions. Mr. Raymond, formerly well-known in Wellington as Manuel Hyman, left New Zealand in 1929. He was musical director of the Dunedin Exhibition, and was afterwards at the Adelphi Cabaret, Wellington, and the Ambassadors, Sydnev. He has conducted at many of the principal Txntdon cabarets and places of entertainment, including the Ritz the Savoy, the Dorchester, Romano’s, and Frascati’s. “I will introduce some new tunes and several good novelty dances,” said

Mr. Raymond, "but I am keeping them up my .sleeve ac present. I want to have tile same standard here as I have hud at Home, and there should be no dillicultv, as the musicians here are of a high standard. All they need is a little coaching."

Mr. Raymond expects to start practising in about two weeks. Conditions in England had been very good for musicians, lie said. When war broke out, however, he understood that places of entertainment were closed at 6 p.m. They were now often again, however.- The mor,-tie of the nation must be kept up, and the public given some amusement.