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8:10 Today in New Zealand History

The story of Charles Thatcher who first appeared on stage in Dunedin on 1 March 1862.

8:14 Cheer Boys Cheer (Thatcher/Garland)

Phil Garland
CD Kiwi CD SLC 261

8:20 Wreck of the Penguin

Journalist Charles Wheeler introduces an interview with purser Arthur Thomson, a survivor of the wreck of the Penguin on 12 February 1909. 5'17"

8:29 Rock of Ages (arr Leidzen)

Male Voices of the Songster Brigade of the Whangarei Corps of the Salvation Army. Recorded 1968.
LP Kiwi LC 57

8:34 Homework:

8:36 Bookshelf: Sole Survivor -biography of John Walton

The sole survivor of HMS Neptune. By Norma Hudson
The Memoir Club
ISBN 978-1-84104-184-1

8:37 Interview with John Walton from documentary HMS Neptune.

On The Quarterdeck (Alford)
Band of the Royal New Zealand Navy CS
LP EMI HSD 1031

8:46 Scenes That Are Brightest by Ray Copland. Episode 4

Peter Sledmere reads from the novel following the story of the Collard family and the production of the opera Maritana in Napier in 1928. 10'24"

8:57 Waikaia Is My Station (Garland)

Phil Garland
CD Kiwi SLC 265

9:00 News

9:05 As I Remember

Kapiti Coast Holidays by Pat Menzies of Paraparaumu Beach, read by Maureen Garing.

9:17 Ballad of Minnie Dean (Henderson)

Helen Henderson
Introduced by Lynley Hood

9:23 Homework:

9:26 Auditions

Some 1950s announcer auditions from candidates who never made it.

9:37 Old Time Dance Medley

The Swingalongs

9:41 New Zealand Book Project

Noel Waite of Otago University talks about the History of the Book project and his recent history of Whitcoulls.

Books for a Nation - The Whitcoulls Story by Noel Waite
Whitcoulls
ISBN 978-0-473-13504-1

Next workshop being planned for later in the year and will focus on 1890-1930 and 1830-1890.