MUNICIPAL BAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22449, 19 June 1936, Page 13

MUNICIPAL BAND

Sir, —Permit me to supplement the remarks of His Worship the Mayor on this subject at a recent council meeting with a few reasons why, in my opinion, the excellent concert given in the Town Hall on Sunday evening, June 7—the best for years—was so poorly attended and why future concerts are likely to meet the same fate unless there is an alteration in management. It was very meagrely advertised (a microscope was necessary to find any announcement of it in the newspapers); citizens did not know the hall would be heated and would not leave their firesides to shiver in—as they supposed—a freezing chamber, even for a free concert, without collection. No programme was advertised, or obtainable at the performance, and the audience had to guess what was being played. In fact, the publicity part of the business was badly neglected. Judging by reports from radio enthusiasts the concert was greatly appreciated by listeners far and near, and there is no doubt that the city now has a band to bo proud of and worthy of something better than being treated as the Cinderella of the council, as it has been in the past. Musjcuh.