CHORAL SINGING

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 5

CHORAL SINGING

THE HARMONIC SOCIETY

fi '■ w >:? ar " Proved a difficult period for tile H ellmgton .'Harmonic Society, according to^the nineteenth annual report, to be presented to the general meeting tomorrow night, and the committee considers it is gratifying for the society to have come through so well. Enthusiasm onthe part, ot a tew of the active members was responsible, for the list of subscribing members being kept at. the 1932 level, the number at the end of the year being 150. Ine report-states that it is becoming more and more apparent that the.,.society has to depend mainly on its ■ subscribers for us support, and the necessity is emphasised for each member to get at least one new member each year. The ranks of the choir have been kept up very well, and the enthusiasm of members for the work has been very pleasing. Twenty new. active members were admitted during the year; and at the end of the season there wore 50 on the roll. The usual three subscription concerts were given during the season, but, although the dates' were fixed well ahead, the society was rather unfortunate in having serious "opposition during the weeks on which at least two were held, and the cfiect was apparent in the cash receipts. The high standard set in the past ■ was well maintained. In addition members of the choir had participated in other public entertainments. Since sufficent new music was added to the library in 1932't0 carry .the. society/through last year no new pieces have been obtained. . The report. states that the society's finances are in a healthy position despite the' adverse circumstances and the counter-attractions to the concerts,. Appreciation is •expressed-ef. the -efforts t>f all who have assisted the society. _Jlr.- R. Semple, M.p; for .Wellington Last, will deliver pre-sessional addresses in the Taia Hall, Kilbirnie, tomorrow, at 8 p.m., and in the Realm Hall, Hataitai, on Thursday, March 1. Jlr. Semple will review the work of the lnst.session of Parliament and will make special reference to the increased rate of exchange and its effect upon the country, the Central Bank, and the general administration of the Unemployment Fund, i