School Music Festival
Sir, —A member of the large and appreciative audience, at the schools’ music festival, I cannot allow the remarks of your correspondent “Brian Macdonald” to pass unchallenged. Apart from the fact that they are most uncharitable and in bad taste, in view of the vast amount of voluntary work put into the performance, not only by the fine band of teachers but also by the children themselves, they are also a reflection upon the writer’s ability to appreciate the spontaneous and unaffected renderings we heard. What does your correspondent expect of a children’s choir? As a satisfied parent, I am surely expressing the sentiments of the vast majority of listeners, when I say “thanks, a lot” to the children and their teachers for a most enjoyable evening’s musical entertainment. May these splendid festivals continue .and grow, despite the very small and, may I say, insignificant minority as represented by your corresnondent. —Yours etc. NOT A HIGGLER. Greymouth, August 16.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 August 1949, Page 2
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