https://nginx-develop-nfsa2.govcms7.amazee.io/sites/default/files/2024-04/Singoring%201000x745.jpg
Souvenir program for 'Carols by Candlelight 10th Anniversary'
Title:
Souvenir program for 'Carols by Candlelight 10th Anniversary'
NFSA ID
489827
Year
1947
The first Carols by Candlelight was in 1938. This souvenir program was produced for the event's 10th anniversary.
3KZ announcer Norman Banks, concerned about those spending Christmas alone, had the idea for an event where the community could gather to sing carols.
Carols by Candlelight successfully transitioned to television, but the strongly religious character of the music has been toned down in recent decades in favour of Christmas-inspired pop songs.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.