Hawera Concert

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 11, 27 September 1929, Page 7

Hawera Concert

a Fine Programme for Relay on Monday A CONCERT organised by the com- "" mittee which has installed radio receiving equipment in the Hawera Hospital will be broadcast on relay on Monday, September 30. The purpose of the concert is to raise further funds for the permanent installation of a microphone in the Opera House, and to connect it with the hospital so that the many local concerts, plays, ete, may be enjoyed by the patients. The receiving equipment in the hospital is working excellently, and the radio programmes are always thoroughly enjoyed by the patients. The official opening takes place on the 24th. An excellent programme, contributed by the best talent in the district, has been arranged as follows:- | Orchestral, "Martial Moments" (Winter), Hawera Amateur Orchestral Society, Herbert Webb, conductor. Bass, Mr. McDonald, "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind." Violin, Miss Betty Sturrock, A.R.C.M., L.A.B., "ondonderry Aix" (arr, O’Connor Morris). Haka, Hawera Savage Club haka team. Mezzo-soprano, Mrs. J. A, Rankine, "Softly Awakes My Heart" ("Samson and Delilah"), (Saint-Saens). Tenor, Mr. Baird, "Annie Laurie." Male Quartet, Melody Four (Messrs, MeDonald, Bellringer, Okey, Hooker), "Gone are the Days" (Hall). Recital, Miss Instone (selected). Jontralto, Miss Mary Barnes, "Oh, My Heart is Weary" (Goring Thomas). Baritone, Mr. Harold Ackroyd, "Hyven Bravest Heart" ("Faust") (Gounod). Ladies’ Choir, Sole and Chorus, "O Sing to God" (Gounod) ; soprano soloist, Miss Constance Reilly; contralto soloists. Mrs. Sunderland and Miss Olive Grindrod: chorus of 25 ladies’ voices, under the baton of Miss Daisy Reilly, L.A.B. Speech, Mr. Harold Dickie, M.P., Patea. Orchestra, Overture, "Jolly Robbers" (Suppe), Hawera Amateur Orchestral Society, Herbert Webb conductor. Baritone, Mr. Bellringer, "Serenade" (Toselli). Contralto. Miss Mary Barnes, "Stri-de-la-yampa" ("Tl Trovatore"). Instrumental Quartet, Mr. and Mrs, A. Bonetti, Miss Doris Hawkins, Mr. Norman Lester, "Petit Duo Symphonique" (Tours). Tenor. Mr. Baird, "Farewell in the Desert." Soprano, Miss Constance Reilly, "La Pastorella Delle Alpi" (Tyrolese) (Rossini). Violin. Miss Betty Sturrock, AR.C.M.. T.A.B.. "Danse Wspagnole" (Grandos) (arr. Kreisler). vos Baritone, Mr. H. Ackroyd, "Largo Al Factotum" ("Il Barbiere"’) (Rossini). Recital, Miss Instone (selected). Mezzo-soprano, Mrs. J. A. Rankine, "The Flower Song" ("Faust") (Gounod). Male Quartet, The Melody Four," (a) "Request" (Brenay), (b) "Come,. be My H-um" (Watson). Official accompanist, Mrs. Doris. McQuinn.