1YA Mystery Night

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 6, 24 August 1928, Unnumbered Page

1YA Mystery Night

£50 Gramophone to be Won in Unique Contest on Aug. 29th.

N&E of the first recommendations made by the 1YA Musical and Dramatic Advisory Committee is now about to materialise. This recommendation was that a Mystery Night Programme should be broadcast from 1YA-a programme that would arouse the interest and curiosity of listeners owing to the fact that the names of the performing artists would not be announced, A Mystery Night Programme having been mooted, the next stage was the suggestion that it should be in the nature of a competition among listeners, and that © a prize should be given to the listener who was most successful in picking andl naming the various artists. O a prize was secured, and a £00 Edison Phonograph, donated by Kdison Phonographs Limited, is to be won by someone. There will be other competitions of a like nature-another is to be held on. September 26-but the first one for such a handsome prize is sure to arouse great interest among listeners throughout New Zealand, and especially among regular listeners to 1YA. Wednesday next, August 29, is the date of this great 1YA Mystery Night Competition, and its handsome prize. TTHE programme to be broadcast appears on page 31. It is a programme with the details incomplete, and it is the missing details that listeners ars asked to fill in. The listener who does it correctly

and carries out the conditions of the competition will win the £50 phonograph. Looking at the programme as it appears in print one cannot tell whether an item is a flute solo, a soprano solo, a baritone solo or anything else, nor who the performing artist is. It, is these details that listeners wishing to win the £50 prize will fill in.

AN interesting feature of the competiion is that a number of records will be used and the broadcasting of these records will be used and the broadcasting of these records will add materially to the perplexities of listeners who, in many eases will not know whether it is a record or a.live artist, vocal. or instrumental) they are listening to. These

records will be well-known Edison Recreations, and will be played on the Edison phonograph without any electrical pick-up. As will be seen, the programme is a very long one, providing an excellent test of the judgment of listeners. In the event of no one being correct in every instance (and it is doubtful if any one will be) the prize will go to the nearest correct answer. PPHE competition, it may be added, is being conducted under the auspices of the 1A Musical and Dramatic Committee, whose decision in awarding the prize must be accepted as final. CONDITIONS TO BE NOTED. J. The name of the item will be announced and listeners are invited to supply the NAME and CLASSIFICATION of the performer, such details to be written against the title of the item, under the above headings. 2. All entries must bear the Post Office date stamp of "August 80," and be posted to ‘Mystery -Night," 1YA, Auckland. 8. All entries must be accompanied by a coupon taken from any of the Auckland city papers, the "Pictorial News," or the "Radiv Record." 4, In the event of two or more persons ceiving correctly the same number of artists’ names and classifications, the prize will be awarded to the competitor whose coupon is accompanied by the most interesting comments, not ex- _ ceeding 50 words, 5. The award will be made by the 1YA Musical and Dramatic Committee, whose decision will be final. 6. Sign name and address clearly. SEE COUPON ON PAGE. 31.

F COUPON] Viystery Night Programme (WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29} | No. ‘Time. ITEM and COMPOSER. , ARTIST and CLASSIFICATION. : 1 8.1 "Light Cavalry Overture © ......seeeeeeeeeeees Suppe 2 8.5 "Toreador Song" (from "Carmen") ............ Bizet . 3 8.9 "The Moon Has Raised." ..cccosseecsceseeees Benedict 4 8.18 "The Farewell." -........sccecececeeeeeeees Hartmann : . _- eaeingie 5 8.17 "Seenes That Are Brightest." .............. Wallace 6 8,20 "April Morm." ..ccevee sees cceeereessencerees Batten ‘ enn vr 8.23 "Serenade." sw wee eee PTET TTeTeT TTT eT Tere. Toselli -? 8 8.28 "Softly Beams The Light" (from "Don Pasquale") Donizetti 9 8.31 Selected Item. _. -* n 10 342 "Villanelle? ("Oft’ have I seen the swift swallow.") Eva Dell ’Acqua . ~. . 11 846 "The Forestet’ ......cccseneeeeeeeseeeneees Sterling 12 8.51 "Wailana" (Traditional.) 13 8.54 "Kailima"’ (Traditional.) , + copaithepeneumnientienp 14 8.57 "Q Del Mio Dolve Ardor." .....-.ceeeereers ... Gluck a 15 9.0 "What Shall I Do?" ........ vececcccccsseess§ Purcell a | | ; 16 9.3 ‘Dream Kisses." «ws seer ee eees oo esecccces . Jerome marechinsontppmaniontuns 17 9.6 "Softly Awakes My Heart." ........+--- Saint Saeris. a heer Seana _ 18 9.10 "SRAMONA" -«-_- cece cere rere ween e cesses eran eees Wayne ; _ . | _ a -. 9.13 Weather Forecast... _ | 19 9.14 Selected Items. . . ; _ . 20 9.19 "False Fickle-hearted Mimi" (from "La Boheme") Puccini ; _ seeecpeeisnnneiipyenenanonne . . 21 9.23 "Which is Which?" | einen | _ 22 9.33 "Ma Curly Headed Babby." ........-0eeee eee Clutsam . a : 23 9.37 "Southern Skies." ........++.--- Preston and Mcleod . — 24 9.41 "Brian of Glenaar." ........-eeeeeees a uvcecens Bullard scdauriannteiaesipunerpneodihontinemctpeeansanicaselbre onioeen 25 9.45 "Look Down, Dear Eyes." ........ a ccccccccees Fisher . 26 9.49 "Hawaiian Airs" (Medley Waltz). . 27 9.53 Selected Items. . tee agin sings ns en . 28 10.38 "La Paloma." ........sceeeseeeees Yradler and Millard ‘ . ones a 29 10.7 "Hanalei Bay." ...ccccccccuncccscevenceeees Alohikea -_ e eee sninteavtnstngialegiaipaummnamisnaay, cine 3 10.11 "Diane." Lobe cee ee eee ee tees eeeteeeeacees Pollock . aibicsenippmmaers tritnentilo es 31 10.14 "Etehing Fingers." 2.0... cece cece eee eeee Smeck | | | | 32 10.18 "Can You Imagine It?" .........cceseeeeeeeee Western . 33 10.21 "Parted From Thee" ............. TT TT TTT Ty Gounod 34 10.25 "On With the Motley" (from "Pagliacci.") Leoncavallo — 35 10.29 "Hush Thee, My Baby." ..........ccceeeeaee Sullivan . cxeammnsirseninnmaannpiieantci, sinateiitopeasntiicnnnnsiinscavenenaanise eorypeeeeenaanssepeneninenienriermnimreeaat 36 10,32 "Fumnieuli-Fuiticula." 21... 2. eee eee eee eee ee Denza — ita cig sop tsctrasisnjnee-eisehoneee a ag nope! 10.36 Close Down. : RULES AND CONDITIONS : Conditions to be Noted. vumpetitors are required to fill in the column headed "Artist and 1-The name of the item will be announced, and listenérs are invited Classification." Against each of the 36 items should be placed the to supply the NAME and CLASSIFICATION of the performer, — A name of the artist (or artists), with their voices (soprano, tenor, ete.), such details to be written against the title of thé item, under the Fox the kind of instrument being played. In the case of records, the above headings. . 4 ‘information supplied should state "Record," with the addition of the 2.+Al] entries must bear the: Post Office date stamp of "August 30th," '\ kind of voice or instrument. If the space on the coupon is inadequate, | dnd be posted to "Mystery Night," 1YA, Auckland. | : competitors can re-write. The coupon is published as a guide, and its 3.-All entries must be accompanied bya Coupon taken from any- of tle use for this purpose is not compulsory. It, however, must be sent in ' Auckland city papers, the "Pictorial News" or the "Radio Record." with entry, duly signed. : 4.-In the évent of two or more persons givirig the sime number of . * artists’ names and classifications, the ptize will be awarded to the . ..... coeccccnsece somes nerereseneece conccccace See ° . competitor whose coupon is aceompanied by the most interesting a 7 eomments, not exceeding 50 words. | | Address eee ee eH oH SHEETS HASH REHSHHHH SHER SHES HHSHHH OHH ERTL HHH HHO HEE ; p.-Lhe .award will be made by the 1YA Musical,and Dramatic. Committee, whose detision will be fifial. oe License NO. sscesccoceccee; . 4 6.-Sign name and address clearly and give license number.