Letter: Colour harmony
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: The festal gown for the Cambridge Doctor of Music is exotic and beautiful: cream damask, lined with dark-cherry satin. The proctors admired and approved Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's style of dress when she was awarded this degree honoris causa on Tuesday: it complemented her gown perfectly, and she appeared equally exotic and beautiful ("Dame Kiri Strikes a different note", 9 July).
We have heard no note of discord on this issue whatsoever, within the university.
D J H GARLING
Senior Proctor
OLIVER RACKHAM
Junior Proctor
The Old Schools
University of Cambridge
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