Another Radio Exhibition

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 50, 27 June 1930, Page 3

Another Radio Exhibition

Christchurch to Have Olympia in July

HE Radio Olympia held in Christehurch in 1929 proved so successful that another on a larger scale is to take place this year. It will be held in the more commodious Christchurch Art Gallery. Two ‘large halls in the gallery will be occupied, one by the Stalls of the exhibitions, and the other will be used for the purpose of the ming concerts. These concerts will provided by the Broadcasting Compeway. It is anticipated that the success of the show will eclipse that of last year, for the radio dealers of Christchurch have profited much by the experience they ‘gained, and the enterprise this year is being organised with the greatest enthusiasm. The arrangement of the stalls will -be a very interesting feature of the exhibition, and something very much out of the ordinary can be expected. The stalls will be the subject of a voting competition, and a valuable radio set will be the prize for the person who correctly numbers the stalls in their order of merit. . As: there will be nine _ stallholders there will be nine different makes of radio sets from which the winner of the competitions will be able to select any set he chooses. These nine sets will be on view in a stall in the centre of the hall throughout the exhibition. Olympia Programmes. HE concert. programmes will be in two sessions of an hour each, with a half hour’s interval between in order _ that visitors may have the opportunity of inspectifg the various types of sets on exhibition, and of recording their votes in competition. There is little doubt that, as on the previous occasion, the public will be greatly interested in witnessing the actual performance of a programme for broadcasting, and the best entertainment talent in Christchurch has been engaged for the occasion. The artists will also include Mr. Barend Harris, of Sydney, the well-known bass-bari-tone, at present in. New Zealand under engagement to the Broadcasting Company. evening the children’s session the news session will take place at the exhibition. An orchestra under Mr. Harold Beck will. be a feature of the evening concerts. A relay to 2YA will be carried out each evening. Opening Night. HE official opening of the Radio Olympia will take place at 8 o’clock on Tuesday, July 1. The chief speaker will be the Mayor of Christchurch, the Rev. J. K. Archer. The evening’s concert programme will be contributed by the Woolston Band, Mr. Barend Harris (bassbaritone), Miss Lottie Cuzlville \ (soprano), and the Beckenham Male Quartet (Messrs. James Shaw, K. G. Archer, E. R. Pitman; and F.. S. Jackson). The Beckenham Quartet is well known and justly popular for its concerted numbers.

Wednesday, July 2, Borsa the Children’s Hour and the News Session will be broadcast from the Olympia this evening. ‘A well diversified concert programme will be presented, the first section being of a miscellaneous nature, and the second being devoted to the presentation of items from ‘Tom Jones." A large orchestra under the conductorship of Mr. Harold Beck will be playing. Other instrumentalists will be the Woolston Brass Quartet and Mr. H. Glaysher (harpist). An interesting item will be a solo on bells, "Eventide at the Convent," played by Mr. Clarence Crawford, to orchestral accompani-. ment. ' The vocalists for the first half of the concert programme will be the popular Valencia Quarter-Miss Lucy Fullwood, Miss Mary Taylor,

Mr. T. G. Rogers, and Mr. EB, J. Johnson, who will sing three concerted numbers as well as _ solos, while Miss Merle Miller (Mezzosoprano) will also be singing. Her item will be Rachmaninofi’s "In the Silence of the Night," which will be ‘sung to orchestral accompaniment. One of Miss Mary Taylor’s songs, "The Hills of Donegal," will also have orchestral accompaniment. Other solos to be sung will be "Silver Moon" and "Prince Ivan’s Song," tenor and bass respectively. In the section of the programme devoted to excerpts from "Tom Jones," the vocalists will be the well-known Salon Quartet-Miss Corrie Aslin, Miss Dulcie Mitchell, Mr. H. Blakeley, and Mr. J. Graham Young, | Thursday. HIS evening will see another enjoyable programme. Classical

items will be introduced into the firsi half of the programme, while the second section will be devoted entirely to operatic numbers. The 3YA Symphony Orchestra; under Mr. H. Beck, will play "Rosamunde," Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Symphony Antar," the "Nuteracker Suite," and "The Dance of the Archers." Featured on the vocal portion of. the programme will,be Mr. Barend Harris, bass, who will "sing songs in English, Russian and Hebrew. In the first part of the evening's programme the Melodious Four (Miss Frances Hamerton, Miss Belle Renaut, Mr. Russell Sumner and Mr. T. D. Williams) will be singing, while the Grand Opera Quartet under Madame Gower Burns has been engaged for the second session. There will be two instrumental duets-Messrs. Albert Hutton (flute), and Herbert Fox (trumpet) ; Messrs. Fred Bullock (flute), and M. Withers (clarinet). Friday. For this evening many of the Dest variety artists in Christchurch. have been engaged. Popular singers comprise Mrs, D. W. Stallard, Mr, GC. R. Williamson, and Mr. R. S& HL Buchanan. Miss Blaine Moody’s Hawaiian Trio will be heard in popular melodies. Humorous items will be contributed by such performers as Mr. Geo, Titchener, Mr. H. Instone and Mr, Jock Lockhart, Mr. Les Grummitt, an artist at the piano, will provide improvisations and syncopations. The programme by. the orchestra will again be a feature of the evening’s concert. Saturday. R. Charles Lawrence’s "Minstrel Follies" will provide the whole of the entertainment, comprising oldtime and present-day nigger melodies, plantation part songs, jokes, comicalities, and tap dancing. It will he an exceptionally popular programme,