4YA AT ITS BEST

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 22, 16 December 1927, Page 7

4YA AT ITS BEST

PROGRAMME ORGANISA- | Ao ORGANTSA DUNEDIN’S BEST TALENT Au important departure has just been made in regard to the pro: gramme organisation at 4¥A, This siation has now been brought into line with the other three, and en: gagements have been entered inte with many of the feading ar‘fsts in the southern city to appear regulatly befere the microphone. Dunedin can beast of many fine singers, and listeners will in fut« ure be able to rely on hearing "the best that can be secured for radio. Fhe concerts will be of a high standard of merit, and Dun: edin will be able fo demonstrate to the rest of New Zealand what a wealth of brifliant artists it possesses. In future Tuesday night will be the band night in Dunedin. ‘Fhe two leading brass bands, the St. Kilda and the Kaikorai, . both well-known throughout the Dominion, wilt be heard each week alternately, with fine popular programmes interspersed with vocat and elocutionary items. 4¥A broadcasts on five evenings and two afternoons each week, and all the more importaut, sporting fixtures are relayed. On Sunday, at 5.4 p.m, "Big Brother Bill,’ who is the darling of thousands of kiddies, will con: duct the children’s soug service, when he will be assisted by little folks of the Anglican Sunday Schools, They will sing well: known hymns. . Followiug the relay of the service from. the Methodist Central Mission, the St. Kilda Band will, if the weather is fair, give another Sunday concert performance at its seaside rotunda. ‘This will also be broadcast. A fine performance may be expected, for the band is in excellent form for the forthcoming contest. On Tuesday evening the Kaikorai Band, under Bandmaster E. Franklin, has atranged a most interesting programme of popular items, Five of Dunedin's foremost artists will assistMiss Anita Winkel (the well-known elocutionist}), Mr. R. Wilson Brown (4 versatile comedian), Mr. j. B. McConneli fliumorous. monologues and.a recitation}, Mr .Alfred Walmsley (one of New Zealand’s finest tenors}, and Mr. Reg. Richards (a leading young bati-_ fone in Dunedin}. |

Thursday’s programme at 4YA. will be of high ordér. For that evenmp’s entertainment more of Dunedin’s leading talent has been engaged,. Miss Rita Holmes (the favourite sop-, rano), Miss Winmie McPeak {a cot tralto of outstanding ability, and a possessor of -a beautiful. .broadcasting voice), Mr. Fred M. Tuohy (a ‘fine operatic baritone}, Mr. E. G. Bond {well-known to listeners. for his mag-| nificent bass rendering), will be singing. At. Fhuesday's concert music will be played by Miss Alice Wilson, pianiste, one of the few young fadies who have attained F.T.C.4, letters. Miss Wilson’s choice for this programme comprises works by Liszt, John Ireland, and Palm: grou. Mr. Malcotm Robilliard, Dunedin's feading ‘cellist, will play, in his usual artistic style, Saint Saens’s beautiful solo from "Samson and Delitah," "Softly Awakes My: Heart,’ and other numbers. . Fo lend a lighter touch to the programme, on Tuesday Pastor W. D. More wilt deliver a humorous address at 8.45 p.m. Big Brother Bill wili be on the air on Tuesday and on Friday at 6 o’clock. Fhere will be plenty of ‘joy for the little folks. Big Brother wants all little listeners to learn and join in the "Happy Ditty" entitled "Het’s All Sing," which goes to the tune of "Three Blind Mice’: -- Ect’s all sing; let's all sing. Make the rafters ring; make the rafters ring. Ie don’t care whether it rains or snows, or whether the old clock stops oF goes,. There’s nothing iw worrying, goodness knows; So le#’s all sing. Mr. Les. Dalley, the. people’s fayourite tenor, and the most successful competitor in the recent competitions, will be singing on Friday evening. Mr. Dalley has chosen three of the older numbers, including the charming old "Mary of Argyle." Miss Roma Buss {soprano} and Miss Mollie Andrews (mezzo-soprano), two of the best-known and most pleasing young artists, will also be on the programime on Friday. Mr. J. B. Macpherson, possessor of a most delightful bass voice, is another acquisition to Friday’s programme. His numbers will be three of A. A. Milne’s charming verses, set to music by Fraser Simson. Miss Sheila Neiison, one of Dunedin’s foremost elocutionists, will entertain with monologues and recitations, both serious and humorous, on Friday night.