Notes from 3YA

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 27, 18 January 1929, Page 15

Notes from 3YA

WH VERY talented young artist from the West Coast, Miss Bertha Adkins, will make her first radio appearance on Monday evening. This young lady has been trained by the Sisters of the Greymouth Convent, and she has the distinction of being a Fellow -of Trinity College, London, The songs chosen for Monday evening are the very pretty "Eriskay Love Lilt" (one of the songs of the Hebrides), "Ships of Aready, and "Lie There, My Lute’a trio of fine songs which will show the versatility of the young singer. R. ARTHUR COUCH, tenor, of Rapaki, who has several times st for 83YA, will introduce Maori evening’s programme. The first of his items, "Beneath Thy Window," will be sung in Maori. Afterwards will follow Alfred Hill’s "Home, Little Maori Home." The third number will be "If I Might Come to You." Other singers on Monday evening will be Miss Rita Lucas (soprano) and Mr. Sydney Armstrong. both very acceptable artists. Humorous elocutionary numbers will be given by Mr. Jack Darragh. HE instrumental music of the evening will be supplied by the Studio Trio and by the Woolston Brass Band under Mr. R. J. Estall. In view of the coming contest, the band is in splendid form, and the class of programme chosen is.one of. their best. A cornet solo will be played by Bandsman FE. P. Dunn, with band accompaniment. MISS SCOTT, chief assistant at ~~ Christchurch Publie Library, 8 lecturing on books during the absence of Mr. E. J. Bell on leave. She speaks on Monday at 7.30 p.m.

Miss MERLE MILLER, the brilliant Lyttelton vocalist and pianiste, who has just returned from the Sydney Conservatorium, where she has had a distinguished career, will sing on Wednesday evening, Her numbers will be "Softly Awakes My Heart" (from Saint-Saens’ "Samson and Delilah") and the "Gypsy Song" from "Carmen," HE same evening (Wednesday) Mrs. Ross Brodie, of Rangitata, who sang so well at a recent Sunday evening concert, is appearing again. She will ‘sing "Mignon," Massenet’s "Plegie," and the pretty old Jacobite air, "The Skye Boat Song." r. L. C. QUAND, a very fine tenor inger whose rare appearances at 3YA are a great treat, will help further to make Wednesday’s programme one of outstanding merit. On this oceasion he will be associated with Mr. P. Angus, a fine baritone, and: Miss Myra Edmonds, who will give songs at the piano. Miss Edmonds is a versatile performer, being an accomplished elocutioniste as well as singer, IT’ the miscellaneous programme which has been arranged for Thursday evening there will be found something to please all tastes. The vocalists will be Madame Gower Burns, Mrs. A Harper, Mr.. Hrnest Rogers, and Mm. J. Filer, who form the Grand Opera Quartet. One of the songs to be sung by Madame will be the celebrated "Valse Song’ from "Romeo and Juliet." Wlocutionary items of different types will be given by Miss

Winifred Smith, and a very interesting programme will be contributed by the Studio Orchestra under Mr. Harold Beck. BURNS Night will be celebrated on Friday, when a Seottish concert will be followed by a dance music session. The vocalists will be the Radiolian Quartet, and the instrumental music will be provided by the Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra, ON Saturday evening the "Gypsy Troubadours" will present a vaudeville programme, two hours of uninterrupted enjoyment. This will be similar to the entertainment which was given by the Gypsy Tronbadours on Saturday, January 12.