MAORI ARTISTRY

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 18, 18 November 1927, Page 5

MAORI ARTISTRY

DELIGIEEUL PROGRAMME FOR oy! whe A pregramme such as no other part of the Iimpire could provide will be "on the air’ on the evening of Thursday; December 1, broadcast by 2YA, on relay frem Otaki Maori College. New Zealand is justly proud of her Maori citizens and of their musical gifts. A richly varicd bill of fare, affording ful. scope for the display of their vocal, instrumental, and linguistic talents has been planned Among the soloists will be Miss W. ‘fahiwi, Mrs. Roiri, and Mcsstrs P. Tahiwi, Kingi Tahiwi, and H. Mahima. ‘The instrumentalists will be) Mrs. Wills (piano), Miss May Cook (violin), Mr, P. Tahiwi (cello), and Mr. Reuben Gilbert (guitar). Concerted numbers, both vocal and instrumental, will be given, by members of the Tahiwi family and also by the college boys and school children. Much of the programine will be typically reminiscent of the old-time Maori. There will be an appropriate "opening scene," per medium of a series + of choral melodies descriptive of "Maoris at Elome,’" and by way of an equally appropriate finale there will be hear:] the thrilling strains of the haka. Be sure to "une in" for this unique broadcast entertainment,