HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
The singing of Christmas carols was heard for the first time in seven years by the United Kingdom High Commissioner, Sir Patrick Duff, and Lady Duff at a Christmas party held last evening at their home in Wadestown. The last time they heard carols sung was in England in 1938, and immediately after war began the hosts of children who had joined in the timehonoured carolling each year, were evacuated to the country,
For them, last evening's performance by a choir of 24 boys and girls from St. Luke's Anglican Church, Wadestown, was a delightful return to the memory of pre-war Christmas. Many guests were entertained at the party, and all enjoyed the experience of watching from the darkened house and listening to the choir as they approached the house carrying lighted lanterns. •
In a room lighted only by the lanterns .the guests sat around the carol singers, who sang a number of popular and some lesser-known carols, and later joined in several Christmas games. The vicar of St. Luke's,- the Rev. L. N. Watkins, was in charge of the choir. •
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 148, 20 December 1945, Page 12
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