Memory Lane - "Music master""

Description

Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. Billy Larkins (1896-1971) was a dance band leader and talented pianist. By the 1920s, he had formed the Larkins' Elite Orchestra, which performed around Manawatū and beyond. But he also had another identity. He was Wiremu Kingi Te Awe Awe, great nephew of Rangitāne leader Te Peeti Te Awe Awe.

Identification

Object type

Image

Content type

Born digital

Relation

Manawatū Standard

Date

January 24, 2009

Digitisation id

2026Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_044235

Format

Born Digital

Held in

IMCA Digital Archive