TUESDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 46, 30 May 1930, Page 14

TUESDAY

Silent Day at 1VA. King’s Birthday Programmes. At 11.45 a.m. the station will go on the air to broadcast the results

of the Auckland Racing Club’s winter meeting at Ellerslie racecourse. Gramophone items will be interspersed between the announcement of the results. A particular feature of this evening’s programme is the special engagement of a hass-baritone, Mr. Barend Harris. This sreat artist comes to New Zealand with a very fine reputation, both as a platform singer and as a radio artist. Another new artist on this evening’s programme is Miss J. R. Laird, a New Zealander who has studied for many years in London and gained experience on the concert platform. She was also one of the fortunate members of the B.B.C. Choir. Her items will include "The Flower Song" (from "Waust"), "One Fine Day" (from "Madame Butterfly"), and "Vii Che Sapeti" (from "Figaro"’). Blocutionary items will be given by Miss Maisie CarteLloyd and the Orchestral Oetet will play, among other numbers, Amy Wood-forde-Finden’s delightful suite "A Pagoda of Flowers." RUGBY BROADCAST 2YA’S Feature Items. "THE match between the British team and Wellington will be broadcast this afternoon. A representative of the Department of Agriculture will speak to "The Man on the Land" at 7.40 p.m. The evening concert at 2YA, which will be of a popular nature, will be. contributed to by the Salon Orchestra,! | Miss Gretta Stark (who will sing ex-\, cerpts from musical comedy), Mr. W. Bosher, a light baritone (who is making his first appearance before the microphone), Messrs. Ajax and Bejax (Hebrew sketches) and the Shand and Austin Novelty Duo. The items to be given by the Salon Orchestra will include a selection of ballet’ music from Meyerbeer's operas, an orchestral arrangement of "Three French Songs," part 2 of Higg’s arrangement of "Sullivan’s Melodies," and a selection entitled "The Dante of the Tea Dolls." At the conelusion of the studio programune a novel relay will be carried out. Items from the Senior Cadet Ball played by what is believed to be the only combination of its kind in New Zealand( that. is, a Ladies Jazz Band) will be broadeast. The _ band in question, the Blue Revellers ’ Dance Band of Wanganui, have been specially engaged by the promoters

(StmiiMiimiia iran tte QNE of Auckland’s most popular singers,:Miss Millicent O’Grady, lyric soprano, has now removed to Christchurch, and will be heard from 3YA. She will make her debut to a Christchurch audience on Wed-_ nesday, June 4, as soloist in the concert to be given in the Civie = "Theatre by the Christehureh = Orchestral Society, Her items will be: "Lo, Here the Gentle Lark" (to orchestral aeccompaniment with flute obligato by ' Mr. W. Hay), and "Ah! Fors’. e lui" (from Verdi’s "La Traviata"). The Christchurch Orchestral Seciety plays under the baton of Professor Oddone Savini and is a particularly fine ecombination of sixty players. OD Hit tit Hib Sit did die tt) HiT ttt At TTT TT) TD RiSligiigiipiugiine At ot i SE dD

of the Seniqr Cadet Ball, and from a all reports are considered equally as good as any male combination. The Programme From 3YA. At intervals from 11 am. 8YA will broadcast results of the trotting traces at Addington. A popular concert and dance programme will be broadcast in the evening. Specially to mark the King’s birthday, a talk will be given on "The World’s Progress during the Reign of H.M. King George V., with special reference to scientific development." During the evening the relay of ringside description of the Carey-Hughes boxing match will be carried out. , The concert programme will be contributed by Mrs. Maud Wood (mezzo-soprano), Miss Nancy Bowden (contralto), Mr. W. J. Bischlager (ténor), Mr. W. H. Trkster (baritone), Miss Muriel Jones (songs at the piano), Mr. Sydney Comfort (humorous patter and burlesque lectures), Miss Irene Morris (violiniste) and the Christchurch Broadcasting Trio. From 4YA. rps St. Kilda Municipal Band, under the baton of Mr. Jas. Dixon, will make a welcome reappearance before the microphone, their programme consisting of items of a popular nature, including selections from the musical comedy "The Desert Song" (Romberg), "Mip-toe Thru the Tulips" (Burke), a Scottish overture, "Fair Maid of Perth" (Lyons) and a cornet solo by Mr. Geo. Christie, "The Lost Chord." (Sullivan). Assisting the band will be Miss Ida Lungley (contralto), Miss Agnes Guy (mezzo-soprano), Mr. G. M. \ Salmond (bass-baritone) and. Mr. Nor‘man Scurr (in popular songs). Following the concert programme, a dance session will be broadcast until 11 p.m.