Music will help those who cannot hear it

Music will help those who cannot hear it

The Wellington Deaf Society urgently needs new premises, and 51 American Barber Shop singers will help to raise the $200,000 needed to buy them. The society has $80,000 saved from 53 years of street appeals. Noel Ramsey, a volunteer worker, is disppointed ticket sales for the concert has been slow.

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1991-009
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Contact, 23 May 1991
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