A High Note For Festival Week

Festival Week

From a Nadi Correspondent Nadi Chamber of Commerce Festival Week in July ended on a high note of special lighting, decorated floats, beautiful Queens, marching girl teams and huge crowds in the township.

FIJIAN dancing and games con tinued until the small hours, as they had every night during the Festival.

Highlights were the barbecue, the motor gymkhana, the pony show, the mannequin parade (which was really spectacular), the Indian night, baby show and closing night (when 150 guests were entertained by the com mittee at the Nadi Hotel, while down in the market place about 500 Fijians danced and sang).

The band of the Fiji Military Forces opened the Festival and gave concerts on the first two days. The closing item belonged to the Lautoka marching-girls, who performed several set pieces.

The Commissioner Western, Mr. J.

A. C. Hill, opened the Festival and also presented the prizes on the final parade.

Mr. A. J. C. Foster as pre of Nadi Chamber, compered of the events and announced his mittee was going to repeat the F( in 1962.

But it would probably be fined to a three-day non-stop tainment, which he hoped attract many overseas visitors f three days.

He said this year’s Festiva been advertised overseas, an< success of the week had been o to all who attended. As a first it could be deemed a great ev the history of Nadi.

Following Nadi’s lead, L < Jaycees are planning a Cession in October and are starting pi tions immediately. Cession Da public holiday in Fiji, and memorates the ceding of Fiji British Crown.

Lautoka’s tentative progi covers many of the items in Festival, and in Suva’s Hibiscus and includes selection of a Queen.

Lautoka Jaycees are know their go-ahead spirit and have much good work in the last of years. They recently had in an air conditioner in the ma annex of the Lautoka Hospital.