3YA Features

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 34, 7 March 1930, Page 10

3YA Features

"THE Rev. J. Lawson Robinson, B.D.,| the newly-inducted minister at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, will be the preacher on Sunday evening, when the service is to be broadcast. Mr. Robinson comes from Invercargill. The after-church broadcast will be a relay of the concert to be given at 4YA.

HP Woolston Band will be giving a studio concert on Monday evening -the first since the band returned from the Dunedin contest. The programme will range from marches to fox-trots, and will include a trombone solo by Bandsman BH. Williams, "Firefly." Items by the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio will be: Carl Bohm’s "Trio No, 1," a "Swedish Folk Song," a "Mazurka," and Brahms’ "Hungarian Dance No, 4." The vocal-

ists for the evening will be the Valencia Quartet-Miss Mary Taylor, Miss Lucy Fullwood, Mr. T. G. Rogers and ‘Mr. E. J Johnson. Concerted numbers to be sung will be "The Widow Malone" and "Hyening Pastorale,"’ two compositions by Lever. A wide range of solos will also be presented. THE vocalists for Wednesday evening will be Miss Gladys Brooks, Miss Alma May, Mr. Chas. R. Willianson and Mr. Fred. C. Penfold. Miss Brooks is from the studio of Mr. W. H. Dixon and Miss May is an Englishtrained singer, the wife of Mr. Frank Moran. She has a rich, resonant contralto voice. For her first appearance in radio in New Zealand she will sing "The Flower Song’ (from "Faust’’), "A Song of Long Ago" and "Mighty Like a Rose." Mr. Williamson is a fine tenor. Mr. Penfold’s baritone solos will be "The Blind Ploughman," "JT Would I Were a King" and "Spanish Gold." The instrumental portion of the programme will be provided by the Christchurch Broadcasting ‘Trio and Mr. Frederick Page (pianist). Elocutionary numbers will be given by Miss Dorothy Jenkin. A special attraction on Wednesday evening will be a talk by Mr. BH. Norman Tarry, an English writer now visiting New Zealand. He is the author of 300 short stories, three novels, eight plays and numerous lyrics. His tatk will be on "How to Write Fiction." It will not be a "high-brow" talk, but will deal with the subject in a light, interesting way. ' "THE charming Eastern song cyele, "The Golden Threshold," with music set to the words of the Indian poet Saropini Naidu, will be presented on Thursday evening. The singers will be the Grand Opera Quartet. The supporting programme will be of a miscellaneous nature. Besides vocal solos and duets there will be harp and flute solos by Mr. Harry Glaysher and Mr. W. Hay respectively, humorous talks by Mr. Alan W. Brown and a lecture by Captain H. N. Barlow on "Aviation." "THERE will be a lot of entertaining items on Friday evening when the concert programme will be supplemented by a dance music session. Soprano and tenor solos will be contributed by Mrs. Lucy O’Brien and Mr. Sydney Andrews respectively. There will be Scottish patter from Mr. H. Instone and humour of a different type from Mr. Geo. Titchener. Violin solos will be played by Miss Irene Morris and Mr. John Campbell, an artist on the English concertina, will play a number of medleys. Mr. Campbell is a very popular radio performer. There will be cornet solos by Mr. N. Goffin. The items to be played. by the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio will be bright and varied. The dance music session will continue from 9.30 till 11 p.m. ON Saturday evening there will be a vaudeville type of programme. Chief among the artists will be Ron Shand and Lettie Craydon, expert tapdancers, late of Fuller’s vaudeville circuit. Their radio turn will consist of songs, dances and stories. Steel guitar and ukulele items, with yocal refrains, will be contributed by Miss Elaine Moody’s Hawaiian Trio. The Melody Maids will sing songs at the piano with ukulele, Three baritone solos will he sung by Mr. Sydney Armstrong, ‘"‘Cloze Props," "Jogging Along the Highway"

and "I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen." Humorous elocutionary numbers will be given: by: Mr. W. 4H. Moses and a bright instrumental programme will be provided. by the Studio Octet, under Mr. Harold Beck. |