RADIO PROGRAMME

Hokitika Guardian, 5 June 1931, Page 8

RADIO PROGRAMME

(Supplied by the Radio Broadcasting Company of N.Z. Ltd.) FRIDAY, JUNE sth. Miss Doris Moore (contralto) and be tlie vocalists at IYA this evening. Mr George Barnes (lyric ten&'r) will The Twa Macs will contribute twenty minutes of Scottish humorous songs. The instrumental portion of the programme will be provided by the - IYA Orchestiwl Octet, under Mr Harold Baxter.

A feature -of 2YA’s propramme this evening will lie the appearance of Mr Terence O’Brien, Irish tenor. He will be heard in four songs “A Blown Bird -Singing, »’ “Duna,” “My Wild Irish Rose,” and ‘‘The Rose of Tralee.” Mr J, A. Blackwood, exponent of the piano-uccordeon, will play three numbers. There will be items by Miss Gwenda. Weir (soprano), from IYA. Mr Clement May, elocutionist, will be heard in the second of the ■series of recitals from “Tlh Sentimental Bloke.” Also on the programme' will he the Orchestra. Mr Sidney Williamson’s Male -Voice Quartet—Messrs C. R. Williamson, S. Williamson, J. J. Hah and ,T. C. McLean—will be heard from 3YA. The solos will be “Father O’Flynn,” “The Devout Lover,” “Down the L a ne,” “My Old Shako,” “The Tw o Grenadiers” and “Night.” Miss Adeen Warren will contribute pianoforte solos. Other instrumental numbers will bo given by Mr Lyndon Christie (saxophonist) and the Studio Trio. The programme will include a half hour’s gramophone lecture-recital by Mr Karl Atkinson on “Choirs of Many Lands.”

“Lyric Gems of Scotland” will be the title of a lecture-recital which will form the. chief feature of 4YA’s programme. This is to be given by Mr John Leech, assisted by Mrs T. D. Pointon (soprano) and Miss Muriel Caddie, L.T.C.L. at the piano. The supporting miscellaneous programme will he provided by Mi’s E. Stone- (contralto), Mr H. P. Desmoulins (baritone). Mr G. Christie (cornetist), Mr W. J. Sinton (xylophonist), Mr J. B. Flynn (humorist) and the Bluebird Hawaiian Trio. SATURDAY, JUNE Oth. The concert to he given by IYA this evening will feature the first radio appearance of the All Star Marimba Band. Humorous items will be given by Mr Russell-Wood. Mrs W. F. Preston-Thomas will sing contralto, arid Air W. Coleman, tenor 'solos. Popular songs, sung by Neville and Son, will also add to the variety of the programme. All the artists are performing before the microphone' for the first time. 2YA’s artists to-night will include Mr Rex Harrison, who will he heard in four songs with orchestral accompaniment, “O Night of Life,” “Harbour Night Song,” “Mine Enemy” and “The Trumpeter.” Miss Christina Young (soprano) will feature Alfred Hill’s latest Maori song “E Aide e Tama e Moe;” Mr Victor S. Lloyd will relate one of nis “experiences.” The Salon Orchestra will supply the incidental music. Standon ami Gibson, two novelty artists, will he heard in a budget of up-to-date songs. Selected electrical recordings will be included in the programme. Both 3YA and 4V.V will relay from His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, the Dunedin Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s presentation of Moncktonts light opera, “A Country Girl.” Air Thos. J. Kirk-Burnnaiul will be the musical director and Major F. H. Dampen the producer.