2YA Items

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 32, 21 February 1930, Page 10

2YA Items

HE service conducted in St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral. will be relayed on Sunday evening, the preacher being the Rev. Percival James, and the organist and choirmaster Mr Robert Parker C.M.G. The evening concert session

will be given by the Artillery Band under Captain T. Herd. Assisting the band will be Mrs. Dorothy Ross (soprano), Mr. G. Madigan. (bass), and Miss Mollie Fenton (mezzo-contralta). N Monday afternoon the second day of the Plunket Shield cricket match (Auckland v. Wellington) a description of the play will be relayed from the Basin Reserye. Mr, A, Varney wil] be the narrator and the deseription will be interspersed with items from the studio. During the news session Mr. R, McLean, speaking on behalf of Mr. W. F. Dudson, dietitian, will deliver a lecturette on ‘The Danger of Obesity." THE Ariel Singers, assisted by the 2YA Orchestrina, under Signor A. P. Truda, will provide the musical programme for Monday evening’s concert session. Mr. Norman Aitken will contribute elocutionary numbers. The songs will include a group of sea shanties and severnl selected vocal records of more than passing interest. The orchestrina will play as an overture Gounod's "Mirelle," a setection from Sibelius’ suite "Pellenas and Melisande," Saint-Saens’ "Suite Algerienne," Schuman’s "End" and Bee thoven’s "Minuet in G," Mr, 8S. Bernard will play as a cornet solo with orchestral accompaniment, "Adieu" (by Sehubert). The solo pianist for the evening will be Miss Mary Lennie, 1.1.0.1, who will play Dohnanyi’s arrangement of Delibes’ "Naila"’ waltz. ON Tuesday afternoon a further deseription of the Plunket Shield match (Auckland vy, Wellington) will -be relayed. from the Basin Reserve. At 7.40 p.m, the usual weekly talk to farmers will be given by a representa. tive of the Agricultural Department.

PPHURSDAY’ evening’s concert ses sion will be of the light "popular" type, the contributing artists being Miss Violet Roherts, Mr. Harry Matthew, Miss Lily Charles and Ajax, the latter specialising in humour of a Hebrew character, The 2¥A Salon Orchestra, under Mr, Mat Dixon, will play the overture, ‘If I Were King." Burmester’s "Wiegenlied" and "Skococo," Ansell‘s Suite "Danses Miniature de Ballet." and Rubinstein’s "Trot de Cavalerie,"’ ON Thursday afternoon Miss Flora Cormack will give another of her interesting talks for the fair sex, the suhject to be discussed being "Fashions for the Sports Girl." At 740 p.m, Hare Hongi will give a brief talk on "Maori Pronunciation." The Wellington City Silver Band will give a studio concert on Thursday evening. The band will be assisted by the Lyric Male Voice Quartet, Miss Zena Jupp (elocutionist), Mr, Lad Haywood (Mandolinist), and Mrs. Isabel Hollands (soprano). Miss Zena Jupp is a talented young’ elocutionist who has just returned from Australia, where she studied under Mr. Lawrence Camphell and Mr. Brunton Gibb, two of Australia’s leading eloeutionists. The latter, having been responsible for quite

a large number of sketches and plays from 2F'C, is well known to all who listen-in to that station. Mr. Gibb was. in Wellington in 1928, when he actesi as elocutiqgnary judge for. the Wellington Competitions. Mrs. Hollands is a Wellington singer who his just returned from Timaru, where she was prominent in the musical life of the town and district. Me. R, HOWARD TAYLOR, the well- _.. known chiropidist, will give a short’ > talk on Friday evening, at 7.40 on "Foot Health." The concert session will consist of vocal gems from the popular musical comedy "The Arteidians," pres sented by the Etude Quartet, and items by the 2YA Orchestrina under Signor A. P. Truda. The ofchestrina will play a selection from "The Arcadians," "The Jewels of the Madonna," "Part 2 of Master Melodies from. Famous Light Operas," and the musical comedy selection "Primrose." Humorous sketches will be given by Madame Eugenie Dennis and partner. During the course of the programme a felay of a "Talkie" feature showing at the Majestic Theatre will be carried out. ° QGATURDAY is St. David’s Day, and arrangements have been made accordingly for a proper observance of this great Welsh anniversary, The whole of the proceedings:‘of the Wellington Welsh Society’s St. David's Day celebrations will be relayed, the concert commencing at 8 p.m, and concluding shortly after 10 p.m, There will be a brief period of studio items, but even these will be of a national character, The programme will consist of part songs, solos, and instrumental items, all as much as possible of a Welsh nature.