Hancock Park
Dunedin City Council :Pyrotechnics. "Willowing sprays of molten gold". Hancock Park, Mo...
Date: 1958
By: Dunedin (N.Z.). City Council
Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1958-02
Description: Programme of a fireworks display in honour of the Queen Mother's visit. A list of 56 firework and military salute items are listed and include: Roman candles, rockets, shells,mines, Jack-in-a-box,revolving fountain, Prince of Wales Feathers, Mystic trees, silver fountain; hummers, Feu-de-joie, tourbillions, Falls of Niagara, barrage of Goblin Guns. The supervisor was Jeffrey Barnett. A variety show was held as a prelude to the fireworks and included performers of the group The Rondoliers : Iain Kerr, Betty Elliotte, Minna Dawson, Roul Raper, Hazel Connor, Peter Dawson, Ken Smith, Arthur Barnett's Choir, Caversham-Green Island Band, Dunedin Ladies' Brass Band, Dunedin Highland Pipe Band, Burns Highland Pipe Band, NZ Champion Highland dancers (Enid Johnson, Yvonne Hill, Robin Hislop, Mary-Pat Casey) There is an introduction by John M Elliotte, director of the Otago Development Council, and a history of pyrotechnics by Peter Dawson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, each 285 x 225 mm.