3YA FEATURES

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 51, 6 July 1928, Page 7

3YA FEATURES

| -ymens's Military Band will supply the instrumental music for Monday evening, and a programme of the popular type has been arranged. The eyening’s entertainment will commence with Sousa’s rousing "Stars and Stripes for Ever." Other items will be "The

Smithy in the Woods," "Lurkish Patrol," "The Anvil Chorus" (from "Il Trovatore," "Nights of Gladness," "The Jolly Coppersmith," "Tales of Long Ago,’ and "Battle of Magenta." Some yery popular vocal artists will supplement the band items. These artists will be Miss Frances Hamerton, Miss Belle Renaut, Mr. Thorpe Cherry, aud Mr. I. R. Hawker, while Mrs. J. 8. Temple, elocutionist, will make a welcome reappearance, HERE will be considerable yariety. in Wednesday evenings programme, the miscellaneous nature of which will please all, The vocal portion of the programme will be supplied by Mr. A. G. Thompson's party, assisted by Mr, A. H. Todd, elocutionist. The instrumental items will be contributed by the Bohemian Quintet, Mr, Harold Back (‘cello}, Mr. C. S. Hansen (BB flat bass), and Mr. Angus Macintosh (bagpines). Well selected are the songs to be sung by the members of the Dulcet Quartet. Mr, A. G. Thompson will sing "The Windmill" and "I Gave You Roses." One of Mr. T. G. Rogers’s items will be "The Trumpeter," and 2% fine rendition can be anticipated. Miss Nellie Lowe will sing "Ma Curly Headed Babby," "Hindoo Song," and "Two Roses." Miss Hilda Hutt’s items will be "The Lass with the Delicate Air" and "Sleep and the Roses." A duet and two quartets will also be sung, the latter being "Comrades in Arms" and "At Eventide." The bagpipe items which Myr. Angus Macintosh will play on Wednesday evening are sure to please the many listeners who are a d- ap 23 8 9Ge Es SE the SSCA CAEP SEAL SE! CP edo. ee tO a. s2 et Se beieke et te

— — — = eqoweureestasedla of Scottish descent.. The selections to be played include a slew march ° and seme quicksteps, among the — latter being the stirring "The Cock of the North." , OCAL items from musical comedie will provide an entertainment of outstanding interest for Thursday evening. Among the compositions from which excerpts will be taken will be "The Gondoliers," "Paul Jones," "Nose Marie," and "The Mikado." The vocalists will be Madame GowerBurns, and the members of her quartet, and the numbers to be sung will be solo as well as concerted. Thursday also will mark the first appearnnee of Mr H, Nevill Smith, baritone, of Sydney. An excellent instrumental programme will support the vocal items on Thursday. contributed by the Studio Trio, Miss Irene Morris (violin), Mv W. Hay (flute), Mr 8. &. Munday (clarinet), and Mr G. CC. Wilson (horn). Miss Winifred Smith will be heard in grave and gay elocutionary items, (Continued on Page 14.)

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(Continued from page T) PRIDAY’S will be another star programme of the week. It abounds with items of a diversified and popular type. Mr Nevill Smith is singing, again, and everyone will welcome back 'to.the microphone Miss Millicent Jennings. Miss Eileen Grennell, whose) charming soprano voice has previously ‘been heard, is also on the programme. | So, too, is Mr T. D, Williams, and Mr Russell Sumner, the popular bass and tenor vocalists. The Studio Trio and Bloy’s Banjo Quintet (appearing for ‘the first time), Miss Aileen Warren pioniste), and Mr Geo. Bennett (accordian player), will provide instrumental items, Myr Jack Birch (elocutionist) will give three items-humorous, descriptive, and philosophical. Novelty turns for Saturday evening at 3YA will be provided by-the Blue and Gold Instrumental ‘Trio, by whom a musical saw, 2 violin, and a piano will be uti lised. A charming melody is the resuli, as will be evident in the ifems which will be played on Saturday evening, Saturday evening's programme will be of the usual popular vaudeville type. Vocal items will be given br Miss Mabei Thomas and Mr Dave MeGill, by Miss Anita Graham, and Mr. J. Francis Jones, Instrumental items will be rendered by Messrs Perce Skinner and Stan Birch (banjo and banjolin duets), the Studio Trio and Mr. EK. G. Williams (tenor trombone). Two elocutionary items-or they may be termed one, for the second is the sequel to the first-will be given by Mr Hiram Dunford. They tell of a domestic tragedy and its happy se-queli-""Betsy and I are Out," and "Betsy and I Make it Up." 7 SS ee A Rea = [3.5°) se

Mr. H. Nevill-Smith, who is on the way to the United States to take up important work in the musical profession, has been engaged to sing at 8YA on Thursday, July 12, and Friday, July 3, and at 2YA on Monday, July 16. Mr. Nevill-Smith is well-known in Christchurch. During the three years he has been in Sydney he has given mauy vocal-recitals, singing in three languages, He has also broadcast on many occasions from both 2BL and 2NC. He has given recituls at Govern-. ment House, and at the Royal Colonial Tustitute, He was adjudicator for the Brisbane Musical Competitions in 1927, and also at Bundaberg, Queensland. Mr. Nevill-Smith is a very successful teacher in Srdney, and several of his pupils now have broadcasting contracts. Apart from his musical gifts, Mr. Nevill-Smith is aiso an excellent watercolour artist. His work has been accepted by the Royal Art Society of New. South Wales; and by the Australian Art Society. His pictures have been hung at Government House, New Caledonia, and others are in the possession of Dame Clara Butt, Dr. Frank B. Miller, of New York, and other notable personages,