Christchurch Jubilee Celebrations

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 45, 25 May 1928, Page 7

Christchurch Jubilee Celebrations

SPECIAL BROADCASTS BY 3YA

N Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, "May 26 to May 29, Station 3YA will have a very busy time broadcasting the celebrations in connection with the Diamond Jubilee of Canterbury.. Proceedings will commence at noon on Saturday, when there will be a civic welcome to all visitors to the city. This ceremony will be relayed from the Council Chambers. During the afternoon the principal Rugby football match will be described. Christchurch by night, its illuminations, street scenes and street noises, ‘will be told by wireless. There will be band music and community singing in Victoria Square, while during intervals in the evening’s proceedings items will be broadcast from 3YA studio. On Sunday three church services will be broadcast, and the day’s proceedings will conclude with a sacred concert relayed from the Municipal Concert Hall. On Monday, 3YA will go on the air at 10.30, at which hour the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Jubilee Memorial Art Gallery (presented by Mr. R. E. McDougall) will commence.

At noon, in the Winter Garden, there will be an official luncheon to the Prime Minister, party leaders and prominent visitors. The speeches will be relayed. At 1.30, the ringing of the Cathedral bells will be broadcast. Then will follow a description of the grand procession through the streets of the city. Afterwards, at 4.30, there will be a relay of the speeches made at the high tea given to the pioneers who came out on the first eight ships. The evening session will consist of a description of the grand military tattoo and fireworks display on the Show Grounds at Addington, interspersed by items from 8YA studio. Dance music from the People’s Jubilee Dance will continue till 11 p.m. On Tuesday, which will be "Children’s Day," 8YA will go on the air at 1.30 p.m. to describe the school procession through the city, At 2 o’clock there will be a massed display in Cramner Square, and this also will be described. The Diamond Jubilee celebrations will conclude with a grand entertainment in the City Concert Hall, when there will be a special choir and orchestra, and the best of local talent will be heard. At 10.30, ringing of Cathedral bells and singing of "Auld Lang Syne."