1YA Musical and Dramatic Committee

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 39, 11 April 1930, Page 7

1YA Musical and Dramatic Committee

A Year’s Work MEETING of the 1YA Musical and Dramatic Committee was held on Friday, March 14. Present: Messrs. F. McCallum (Little Theatre Society), C. B, Plummer (Auckland Choral Society), J. F. Montagu (Auckland Comedy Players), N. M. Richmond (Workers’ Educational Association), V. Trask (Athenium Club), L. C. Barnes (Station Director), O. M. Pritchard (Programme Organiser). Apologies for absence were received from Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Chappell, Mr. Tait and Miss Walker. Mr. McCallum was elected to the chair in the absence of Mr. Atkinson. Discussing proposals for the future, Mr. Barnes referred to the Hadyn Evening, Wagner Evening and Brahms Evening which had been arranged for. There would be a concert by the choir on April 8, and, incidentally, all the soloists would be members of the choir. That week also there would be two interesting programmes arranged by Mr. Lew James of "Potash and Perlmutter." These would be a play "Give and Take" and a vaudevile programme. , Numerous lectures were mentioned: two by Mr, Alf. Eady on the history of musical instruments; a talk on cremation; talks by Mr. Richmond on "Life and Labour in the Nineteenth Century and on the Problems of Capital and Labour"; talks on Maori pronunciation, on stamp collecting, on tramping clubs; talks on old English laws and old English music. As this was the last meeting of the present committee, Mr. Len Barnes took occasion to express his personal thanks to the members for the help they had given him. He said that he had enjoyed working with the committee. He had had experience as a committeeman, having served on 2YA Musical and Dramatic Committee, and he appreciated the position from that point of view. He added that he had come up to Auckland as a stranger, and he was grateful for all the help the committee had given him. He welcomed members of the committee along at the studio at any time. The committee in turn passed a vote of thanks to Mr. Barnes for the good work he had done during the year and expressed pleasure at having had the opportunity of working with him. The first meeting of the new committee will be held on Friday, April 11.