Notes from 2YA

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

Notes from 2YA

Miss NORA GREEN, contralto, will contribute to Monday evening's programme. She is always a very acceptable artist. Her numbers on this occasion will be "The Little Waves of Breffny," "The Lake of Innisfree," "In Summer Fields," and "My Dearest Heart." Madame Emily Briggs, the talented mother of a talented daughter, Miss Jean Briggs (a regular 2YA artist), will sing "Secrecy," "The Post,"

and "The Lorely." The male voices will be those of Mr. Frank Skinner and Mr, 8. B. Rodger, tenor and baritone respectively. The former will sing Quilter’s setting of "Who is Sylvia?’ and "Angels Guard Thee." Mr. Rodger will sing Blumenthal’s "My Queen" and Hawley’s "The Sweetest Flower that Blows." Blocutionary numbers will be given by Mr. Cedric Gardner, AN Australian visitor who " be contributing to Mon evening’s programme will be Miss Pauline Rodgers, of Sydney. She is a pianiste. The selections to be played by her will be selections from Brahms and Donizetti. STATION 2YA is celebrating two anniversaries next week-that of the founding of Wellington province and that of Robert Burns’s birthday. The first falls on Tuesday, January 22, and the’ broadcast celebrations will commence at 2.30 p.m. with a relay from the Early Settlers’ Hall, where the occasion is to be‘ honoured by the Wellington Barly Settlers’ and Historical Association. This will be be a yery interesting programme. In the evening many New Zealand items will be featured on the programme, these items being given we Th ek the Mellow Fellows. Included in numbers will be tales of Hone Humorous sketches will be given by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Russell. A special attraction on this programme will be the appearance of Miss Ethel Friend, a Sydney contralto now on a visit to New Zealand. Miss Friend is a vocalist with an Australian reputation. Her songs will be: "Annie Laurie," "Go Down to Kew in Lilac Time," and "The Barly Morning." On Thursday evening the Welling: ton Caledonian Society will celebrate the memory of Robert Burns, This will take place in the Caledonian Hall, and the whole of the proceedings wiil be relayed by 2YA. OR operatie night. on Friday a programme of high merit has been arranged. Though the names of some.of the best known of such works, grand and light opera, appear on programme, the entertainment is not entirely of an operatic nature, items of a miscellaneous nature will be introduced. The artists will be Mrs. Hllison Porter, Mrs. 8S. Kennedy, Mr. Edwin Dennis and Mr. McEvoy. There will be elocutionary numbers by Madame Eugenie Dennis. The orchestral programme includes the overture "William Tell,’ ‘"Liebestraume," "Le Roi S’Amuse" and "Der Freischutz." N excellent programme has been arranged by the Melodie Four as their share of Saturday evening’s vaudeville entertainment. The Melodi Four are, of course, always Other performers will be Mr. James McKenzie (novelty pianist) and Mr. W. McKeon (humorist). A diversified programme will be presented by the studio orchestra.