IMAGE
Larsen's Tours Limited :Guide Rangi's Arawa Concert Party from Rotorua. Programme. See New Zealand ... with Larsen's Tours.. [ca 1950].
- Date
- 1950
- By
- Larsen's Tours Ltd; Chalmers, Barry Lionel, 1950-2009; Grubb, Dora Grace, 1909-1992
- Reference
- Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1950-02
- Description
A programme for a Maori concert performance featuring powhiri, love ditties, poi dances, action songs, haka, Maori games, poetry (patere), waiata, combination poi, toutou (war dance). There is a photographic portrait of Guide Rangi in the centre of the programme side.
Soloists and named performers are: Wiremu Keepa, Ani Patiti, Kere Ratema, Hep Waretini.
The non-programme side advertises Larsen's bus tours of the North Island, with an illustration of a bus and of a hostess with a microphone. There is also an illustration of a carved wooden figure, a woman performing with poi, and a cloaked man performing with a taiaha.
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet..
Physical Description: Photolithographs on both sides of sheet 202 x 340 mm, folded to 135 x 85 mm.
Provenance: Donated by Mr Barry Chalmers, Wellington, in 2005. Previously owned by Mr Chalmers' aunt, Mrs Dora Grace Grubb (1909-1992).
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Programmes and other ephemera relating to Maori concerts, festivals and entertainment. 1950-1969].
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on folded pamphlet., Ephemera, Photolithographs, Advertisements, Theatre programmes, Photolithographs on both sides of sheet 202 x 340 mm, folded to 135 x 85 mm.
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