CARNIVAL WEEK

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 273, 2 November 1932, Page 7

CARNIVAL WEEK

SOME CHIEF FEATURES DECORATIONS IN THE TOWN. FOUR DAYS’ FESTIVITIES. It is only those who are directly connected with the organising of the Hustings Carnival who can, at least at the present moment, realise what a great undertaking the Carnival Committee has taken upon'itself, and ho» determined the organisers are that Uiv event shall be a success. One cannot go to a meeting of any of the committees without leehng the great spirit of enthusiasm that has taken holu oi every one of the workers concerned, and it is the intensity of that spirit, and the steadiness with which it is maintained, that makes, it incredible that the carnival will be* anything else but immensely successful. Every Hastings resident will remember the carnival Hast year, and will have the most pleasant recollections of that very gay event. This year’s carnival, however, will be something infinitely more ambitious, and will last for four days, the most important of which will be Thursday, December I. Ou that day the racecourse will be the acene of festivities throughout the afternoon and the evening, and it should bo the gayest day that Hastings has ever known. The whole of the programme to cover the four days has been prepared but there are yet one or two minor adjustments to be made before the exact details can be published. Indeed, the truth is that the Carnival Committee and its sub-committees were faced with a' surfeit of good things in the way of carnival attractions, and when the'first full programme was presented to the committee it became obvious that some of the items would have to be eliminated and only the best left in. A special committee was therefore appointed to do the work of selection, and that work will be completed within the next few days. A determined attempt to create 1 among the people as a whole the joyous spirit that is indispensable to the success of the carnival is being made by means of arranging special features and among them is a proposal that all business people and their staffs shall wear carnival dress during the afternoon and evening on Wednesday of Carnival Week. The response to that proposal has already been most encouraging, and the first move was made by several of the largest concerns in the town whose principals and staffs enthusiastically and spontaneously agreed to wear fancy dress as requested. It is proposed to erect six arches in the main street of the town, and the financing of them has been arranged by means of donations from the business firms' and by a contribution from the Carnival Executive. The arches are being designed by Mr Eric Phillips, and will be gaily decorated with flowers, bunting, aud by other means. Trees, ferns, and plants will be used to decorate the streets and large quantities of flags will be used to add to the decorative scheme. Another scheme already decided upon, and designed to create a spirit •f friendly rivalry among the shopkeepers in the town, is the awarding of diplomas for the best window displays. For the purposes of the scheme the business centre of the town will be divided into eighteen blocks, and a diploma will be given for the best display in each block. A similar scheme has been adopted on similar occasions m other towns in New Zealand, and has been found to be immensely successful in adding to the attractiveness of Hie shops. Tn those and in other ways the Carnival Executive have planned to make the town bright and gay for Carnival Week, and by creating a carnival appearance to arouse the carnival spirit.