3YA Notes

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 29, 31 January 1930, Page 15

3YA Notes

HE Rev. W. Greenslade will be the preacher at Hast Belt Methodist Church on Sunday evening, when the service is to be broadcast. A studio concert will follow, the contributing artists being Miss Myra Edmonds (mezzo-soprano), Mr. A. G. Thompson (baritone), Mr. Harold Beck (’cellist), and the Broadcasting Trio. There will also be a number of specially selected records which will include several spirituals, as well as an orchestral rendition of the "Peer Gynt Suite." ON Monday evening, at 7.15, there will be the fortnightly book review by Mr. Bi. J. Bell. HE} Woolston Band, now playing right up to contest form, will provide the main portion of the programme on ‘Monday evening. Included among the items will be two marches, "Sons of the Wild" and "The Mouse," a humouresque, a selection from "La Traviata," a fox trot, and a humorous variation, "The Keel Row.’ There will be a trombone solo by Bandsman B. Williams, with band accompaniment, "Drinking," and a cornet solo by Bandsman R. Ohlson, also with band accompaniment. Further instrumental num‘bers on the evening’s programme will

be contributed by the. Christchurch Broadcasting Trio. There will be a fine supporting vocal programme, the singers being Miss Khura Hart-Stew-are, Miss Colville, and Mr. A, Gladstone ~ Brown, while humorous numbers will be given by Mr. J. J. Flewellyn. ISS MARY O’CONNOR, soprano soloist in the Christchurch Roman Catholic Cathedral, and a particularly fine radio performer, will be providing two songs on Wednesday evening’s programme, a solo from the opera "Tales of Hoffman" and Lane Wilson’s "Car-, mena." Miss Dulcie Mitchell will be" singing, among other songs, "Alas' Those Chimes" (from "Maritana"’), which Wallace wrote in Sydney while listening to the bells of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral. Mr. H. Blakeley will also present an operatic number, "My Hnglish Rose’ (from "Merrie Hngland’’) and the eld favourite, "Tom. Bowling." Mr. J. Graham Young will sing "Il Balen" (from "Il Trovatore") and two of the "Indian Love Lyrics." Concerted numbers by the ‘vocalists will comprise an old English air, "My Little Pretty One’ and Caldicott’s "Message." Several duets will also be sung. Two piano solos will be played by Mr. Fred Page. Miss Winifred Smith will give two recitations. _A very interesting orchestral programme will be presented by the Studio Octet under Mr. Harold Beck. At 7.80 on Thursday evening there will be a review of the January issue of the Journal of Agriculture. An excellent programme, with numerous classical numbers, will be presented on Thursday evening. Mrs. Hisie Sharp (mezzo-soprano), who has previously delighted radio listeners, will be singing again. Miss Nancy Bowden (contralto) will sing "The Linden Tree," "Sapphic Ode" and "Like to the Damask Rose." That fine tenor, Mr. Harold Prescott, and baritone, Mr. Leslie Fleming, will also be singing. Mr. Prescott’s items will be "The Toilers," Toselli’s "Serenata," and Sullivan’s "Once Again." There will be’ recitations by Mrs. Marion Drysdale. The selections to be played by the Studio Octet under Mr. Harold Beck will include "Remembrances of Brahms" and Massenet’s "Scenes Pittoresques." ; A FEATURE of Friday evening's programme will be the dance music which is to be played by the: Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra. The numbers will comprise the very latest tunes to reach New Zealand, for the Bailey-Marston Dance Orchestra is not only one of the most efficient of such combinations in New Zealand, but also specialises in presenting the most up-to-date dance tunes. The supporting vocalists for thie evening will be Miss Betty Sutton, Mrs. J. A. Stewart, Mr. Douglas Suckling (a fine tenor who has not been heard from 3YA for some time), and Mr. A. G Thompson (a very popular

baritone, recently returned from a trip to England). WBlocutionary items wil be given by Miss Ruby Boot. "THRED popular old Scottish songs will be sung by Mrs. R. ©. Penman on Saturday evening: ‘The Hundred Pipers," "Be Kind to Auld Grannie," and "We’re All Scottish Here." Three old favourites will also be sung by Mrs. D. W..Stallard: "Who’s Dat Calling So Sweet," "The Sweetest Story Ever Told’ and "Sweet Chiming Bells." Other artists for the evening will be Mr. Les. Stewart (singer of popular songs), Miss Lily Kinsella (recitations to own accompaniment), Mr. Les. Grummitt (a very clever improviser on the piano), Mr. W. H. Moses ‘(elocutionist), Miss Irene Morris (violiniste), and the Broadcasting Trio.