AUSTRALIAN VISITORS FAVOUR 2YA WITH ITEMS

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 10, 23 September 1927, Page 11

AUSTRALIAN VISITORS FAVOUR 2YA WITH ITEMS

Listeners to 2YA were afforded an unexpected and delightful treat on the evening of the 15th, when Miss Alice Prowse, one of Australia’s most charming radio favourites, generously sang four songs to her great unseen audience. Miss Prowse is a dramatic contralto, and the happy possessor of a glorious, highly-cultured voice. Visiting Wellington, Miss Prowse was naturally desirous of seeing the Studios of 2YA, of which, after a thorough inspection, she expressed unqualified admiration. Very graciously Miss Prowse consented to sing to New Zealand listeners through a New Zealand station. The numbers she chose were: "She Wandered

Down the Mountain Side" (Clay), "Oh, Men From the Fields" (Brash), the Negro spiritual "Sing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Berleigh), and "Morning" (Speakes). Miss Prowse was accompanied by Mr. James Brash, of Sydney, who was in Wellington, en route to Dunedin, where he is to adjudicate at the Competitions in that city. Mr. Brash, it may be noted, was the composer oi the song "Oh, Men From the Fields," so beautifully rendered by iss Prowse.