Rabaul’s King’s Birthday Choir Competition
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THIS photograph shows native choirs, which took part in the King’s Birthday Competition, massed on Rabaul’s sports ground.
The Choir Competition has been held each year since the war—so we can almost state that it is an annual event; this is the third year. Each year the choirs have increased in numbers, and in quality, until this year 3,000 natives par ticipated and each choir was limited to 60 members.
There were choirs of all little tots, who won everybody’s heart; choirs of bigger boys and girls, from schools; and the vil lage choirs of men and women combined.
The most popular of all were the girls from the Vunapope Mission dressed in their New Look outfits of white blouses and blue skirts. This choir was conducted by a native mission sister.
The Village Choir Shield was won by Kabakada Village Choir (two songs in native language); second place, Nodup
Village (one song native language, one in English); third place, Matupit Village (two songs native language).
The School Choir Shield was won by Central Boys’ Catholic School; second, Vunapope Catholic Girls’ Technical School; third, Tavui Government School. —From Our Rabaul Correspondent.
—Photo by C. H. Meen.