"WEDDING MARCH" BY RADIO

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 51, 6 July 1928, Page 3

"WEDDING MARCH" BY RADIO

38YA COMPLIES WITH A REQUEST : WHEN seyen o'clock chimed from SYA, studio on Wednesday evening, June 27, at the close of the children’s session, the announcer intimated that the station would not then close down. Special circumstances, he said, surrounded the next item and made it of a particularly interesting nature. At that moment a happy ‘couple were being married in Invyercargill, and the next broadcast from 3YA, Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March," would form part of the marriage ceremony. The announced said that this was the first time there find been such use made of a broadcast in New Zealand, and he was sure he was voicing the wishes. of all . listeners when he wished the couple long life and every happiness, One of the contracting parties was an Invercargill man, and the lady hailed from Greymouth. The selections chosen were then broadcast, They were Mendelssoha's "Wedding March" and the ‘Bridal Chorus," from Wagner's "Lohengrin," While en route to Greymouth, the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerr, called in at 8YA to thank the station director for his courtesy, and te tell him how well the broadcast had fitted in with the ceremony, Mr, and Mrs. Kerr were shown orer the station, and displayed the keenest interest in all they sav.