SPLENDID CHOIRS
SYDNEY EISTEDDFOD
"AMAZING HOSPITALITY"
Two people well known in musical circles in Wellington returned by the Marama from Sydney today. They were Miss Myra Sawyer and Mr. H. Temple White. Miss Sawyer has been under engagement to two of the Sydney broadcasting stations and Mr. White, while also doing'some broadcasting work with Miss-Sawyer, was the chief vocal adjudicator at the Sydney Eisteddfod. The Eisteddfod, said Mr. White, attracted. 8000 -entries, including singers and dancers from New Zealand who did; very well and to cope with this large number of competitors eleyen halls were employed. The organisation was excellent, the proceedings running very smoothly throughout. There were about eight judges in the musical sections,*, continued Mr. White. The principal solo contest was the grand opera aria event, for which there were two prizes pf £50 each, one for men arid the other for women. The competitors comprised 70.women and 52 men. , . .-''..'■ Referring to the standard of the competitors at the Eisteddfod, Mr. White said it was very much on a par with the standard at the metropolitan festivals in New Zealand, except as regards choirs, which were far ahead of anything in New: Zealand. He judged 28 choirs in the different, sections. The inter-State choral contest for choirs of 80 voices was won by a Melbourne choir under the conductorship of Mr. George English. : In addition to adjudicating at the Eisteddfod, Mr. White examined the candidates for the vocal diploma at the Conservatorium, Sydney, and did some' broadcasting with Miss Sawyer. They were given receptions by the Royal Apollo Clvjb and the Royal Philharmonic Society, and Miss* Sawyer sang before both these organisations, receiving an invitation tcj sing for them should she revisit Sydney. Miss Sawyer intends to do this on some future occasion. She said she thoroughly enjoyed her broadcasting work and. she thinks Sydney a wonderful city. ■'I have never met with such amazing hospitality as was accorded us," said Mr. White. "They treated us like royalty.", ~ .. !'■.■. ■-.'.-'
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1936, Page 11
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330SPLENDID CHOIRS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1936, Page 11
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