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Show AUSTRALIANS ENJOY COMMUNITY SINGING WELLINGTON. X. Z. Sept 2 I Cyril Mee, who trained community song leaders for the American troops I during the war, iK,s visited this city and introduced the idea of community communi-ty singing. It caught on at once. . A meeting of prominent Wellington business bus-iness men was held a I his Instigation, Instiga-tion, the mayor presiding, and those present fi.rmed tin niseivs Into a committee to introduce the scheme. "it met with Immediate success," says the New Zealand Herald "the attendance at the first sing number- log about 8(10 amf :it the lost no fewer than 4000." The sings are held in the town hall ' from midday until 2 o'clock one day eac h week The-e la an accompanist and a piano and a song leader who acts as conductor. Leaflets are distribute, l wllh 12 or 14 choruses or songs known to everybody. every-body. The loader announces whh h will be sung gives them a start and Off they go. There Is nothing whatever what-ever of a commercial proposition about it. A collection Is taken as the people pass out and they contribute from a penny to sixpence, according to the amount of enjoyment they got out of it. The money is used for tho hire of I the hall, piano, advertising and prlnt-I prlnt-I lng. It Is hoped soon to get a book-i book-i let printed containing 50 community songs Hymns are not sung but Just the good old fashioned with a few tOSMp.," I pie cheerful. |