"A Merry Christmas to All"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 23, 20 December 1929, Page 7

"A Merry Christmas to All"

Seasonal Broadcasts ORE people than ever will ‘be listening-in this Christmas season, seeking entertainment from the broadcasting: service. The Christmas programmes have been planned to make the widest possible appeal to all, From Handel’s "Messiah," and "Midnight Mass" to the veriest radio vaudeville, all fields-even the racing fields-will be covered during the season. Christmas week will see new sets, new listeners, and new pleasures for old listeners. The- New Zealand broadeasting stations will all do.their bit to make the coming Christmas season a merry one, cee oy . ON the Monday before Christmas, at 1YA a very bright concert will be provided by Miss. Lola Solomon (soprano), Mr. Frank Sutherland (bassbaritone), Miss M. Clouston (elocutioniste), Mr. Dan Flood (humorist), The Snappy Three (vocal and instrumental), and Ingall’s Hawaiian Quartet. At ®2YA there will ‘also be an entertainment of outstanding merit. The vocalists will be Mrs. Walter Fuller (soprano), Miss Ngaire Coster (mezzo-contralto), Mr. Roy Hill (tenor), and Mr. 8. DB, Rodger (baritone). Mr. Cedric Gardiner will give elocutionary items, and an excellent instrumental programme will be provided by the 2YA Orchestrina, under Signor A. P. Truda. _ There will also. be a brief organ recital by Mr. Heriry Mount, the talented organist, at St. Gerard’s Redemptorist Church. 8YA will have a band concert that evening. The vocalists will be Miss Winifred Barrett, Miss Merle Parry, Mr. Sydney Armstrong and. Mr. Robt. W. Rofe. Mr. -James Laurenson will give a character sketch of "Scrooge." 4YA has the well-known Irish opera, "The Lily of Killarney," scheduled. The vocalists will be the 4YA Harmonists and a specially engaged orchestra will play. ON Christmas Eve, Tuesday, all stations will present appropriate programmes, which will continue till midnight. Christmas carols will be featured. Prominent on IYA’s programme will be elocutionary items by Mr. Joe Clark, selections from Dickens’s "Christmas Carol." Other elocutionary numbers of a humorous nature will be given by Mr. A. McElwain. A yoeal programme will be provided by the Lyric Quartet, while the Studio Octet, under Mr. Erie Waters, will supply the. instrumental music. 2YA has incorporated in its programme a Christmas play, "The Stranger," to be produced by Mr. Victor Lloyd. Mr. J ock Lockhart, the well-known 38YA Scottish humorous entertainer, will be contributing songs and patter. The Tramways Band has also been engaged for the latter portion of the evening, playing carols, and at midnight the celebration of Midnight Mass will be relayed from St. Gerard’s Redemptorist Church. Programmes of a similar nature will be followed by 3YA and 4YA. , Ee TS