COMPETITIONS SOCIETY
A meeting of tho executive council of tho Wellington Com petitions Society was held las,t evening, Mr. H. Hatch presiding over a full attendance of members.,lt was resolved that the items i'or church"-aud firms! choirs, also all children's choruses, be'own choice instead of .test items. In response, to a. request it was decided to .include a class for a prepared speech in the syllabus, subject to be selected by the committee. An offer to'give a gold medal for this class was made by a member of the executive and accepted with., thanks; The Railway Department wrote stating that competitors, etc., would be entitled to travel at: excursion rates from any station in the Dominion. The appointment of^ Madam Baird (Auckland) and Mr, Thomas' Harris (Auckland), adjudicators iv the dancing and elocutionary sections, respectively, was confirmed. It was resolved that separate judges be appointed for vocal and instrumental music, and Mr.: VV. H. Dixoh, late of Suffolk (England), was appointed for the vocal section; and Mr. Kabt. Parker (Wellington) for the pian,o section. Mr. H. Hatch was requested to act as the society's representative on the musical aud dramatic committee for the. Radio Broadcasting Company at 2YA.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 55, 8 March 1929, Page 14
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