Notes from 1YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 27, 18 January 1929, Page 14

Notes from 1YA

SUNDAY evening’s church service will. be relayed from the Pitt Street Methodist Church, the preacher being the Rey. Lionel Dalby. Following the church service, vocal solos and duos will be rendered by the two talented Tauranga artists, Madame Cora Melvin and Mr. Norman Day. This will be the first appearance of these two artists since June last, when the station was fortunate enough to secure their services during the midwinter school holidays. Mrs. and Mr. Day are again visiting Auckland, and the station has taken the opportunity of engaging them again for studio performances. ON Tuesday eyening Madame Humphrey Steward’s Operatic Party will contribute a programme of Operatic arias selected -from the most popular and well-known operas, Madame Humphrey Steward is well known in musical and teaching circles in Auckland, and on this occasion will be assisted by the brilliant Auckland harpist, Miss Mavis Grevatt. Also performing on this programme will be Mr. Frank Sutherland, whose resonant voice will be heard in a variety of grand opera selections. Blocutionary items will be rendered by Mr. Thomas Harris, who is now an established favourite among literary listeners. Instrumental numbers will be played by the studio orchestra, while the Majestic Theatre orchestra, under the direction of Mr. J. Whiteford Waugh, will be heard on relay from the Majestic Theatre, while the programme will be further enhanced with piano-

forte solos contributed by Mr. Cyril Towsey. "TINHE Maori-His Food," is the subject of Mr. A. B. Chappell’s weekly talk on Tuesday evening. "THE New Zealand Four"’-Messrs. James Simpson, Roy Dormer, Eric Mannall and Duncan Black-will make their initial bow as a combination before the microphone on Wednesday evening. The concerted numbers will be "While I Have You," "Little Cotton Dolly" and "So Do I." Solos, "While I Have You" and "I Know of Two Bright Eyes" will be sung by Messrs. Simpson and Black respectively, and the same vocalists will contribute "The Twins,’ as a duet. Messrs. Dormer and Mannall will sing "Down the Vale." Mr. Dormer’s solo will be "The Arrow and the Song." WBlocutionary items to be given by Miss Maisie CarteLloyd will be a scene from "Within the Law," "Making up One’s Mind" and "Married." Two organ recitals, each of twenty minutes’ duration, will be given by Mr. Arthur BH. Wilson from the Baptist

Tabernacle on Wednesday evening. He will play a wide variety of numbers and will be assisted by Mrs. ©. BE. Turley, whose vocal items will be "Let the Bright Seraphim’ and "The Bells of Aberdovy," the latter being a very pretty Welsh air into which Mr. Wilson will introduce bell effects, HE vocal portion of Thursday’s musical programme will be provided by Madame Mary ‘Towsey’s Quartet, whose concerted numbers will be "Drink to me Only" and "The Last Rose of Summer." One of Madame’s solo numbers will be "On the Banks of Allan Water." Miss Edna Peace Is singing another Scottish number entitled "Douglas Gordon. Mr. John McDougall is singing "Land of Long Ago," and Mr. John Bree’s solo contribution to the programme will be Pergolesi’s "Tre Giorni.’ With Madame Mary Towsey, Mr. Bree will sing in the duet "I Would that My Love." A feature of Thursday evening’s programme will be a forty minute’s debate, "Autocracy versus Democracy." A vaudeville programme will precede the dance music session on Saturday evening. Contributing will be "The Snappy Three," whose opening vocal number will be "Anything to Make You Happy," a very appropriate item and giving the cue to the rest of the programme. Banjo duets will be played by Messrs. Higgott and Morrison. The Auckland Trio will contribute "Irish Pictures" and Godard’s "Finale Trio in F"’ The gramophone records will include the humorous and catchy tuned "Song of the Prune," and the "Story of Lady Godiva," as told by John Henry and Blossom.