WEDNESDAY

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 52, 11 July 1930, Page 14

WEDNESDAY

A NEW ORCHESTRA From Auckland. At 740 p.m. at 1YA Mr. Norman Kerr will continue his instructive talks on "Physical Culture." At 8 o’clock Miss Phyllis Tye (mezzo-sop-

rano) will sing "I Little Knew" (Fredericks), later appearing with her sister, Miss Edna Tye (pianiste), in vocal and pianoforte duos. A new combination, the "Monte Carlo Concert and Dance Orchestra," under the direction of Mr. F. K. Cunningham, will contribute items to this evening’s entertainment, their items vanging from from "Rio Rita" (Tierney) and "Il frovatore" (Verdi) to fox-trots. Messrs. Pickering and Lewis, members of the orchestra, will render a saxophone duet entitled "Lucia. Di Lammermoor," and another member of the combination, Mr. D. Callinan, xylophonist, will: play "Rosewood." Also appearing on the programme will be Mr. Leonard Cronin, who will. discourse on the "Sidelights of Parliament." Gramophone items will also be included in Wednesday evening's programme. RADIO EXHIBITION 2YA Gees on the Air. THIS is usually "silent day" at at 2YA, but as it marks the opening cf the 1980 Wellington Radio Exhibit::a, the station will be on the air from 10.30 a.m. till 10.30 p.m., resuming again at 11 o’clock to present "Hawaiki Calling" for the benefit of listeners overseas. The official opening of the exhibition will take place in the evening at 8 o’clock. This will be followed by a half-hour’s entertainment by the Maori Party. From then until 10.30 p.m. there will be a studio programme provided by the Salon Orchestra and the following assisting artists. Miss Bertha Aydon (mezzo-soprano, late of Nelson), Miss Hilda Chudley (contralto), Mr. Ernest Short (baritone), Mr. J. F. Montague, of Auckland (elocutionist), and Mr. J. McKenzie, who will contribute novelty piano numbers. Programme from 3A. ONTRIBUTING to 3YA’s programme will be Miss Agnes Cunningham (soprano), Miss Anita Graham (mezzosoprano), Mr. H. J. Francis (tenor) and Mr. Fred. A. Bullock. Their items will inelude several operatic solos from "J Pagliacci," "Tanecredi" and "Tannhauser." Others will be of a miseellaneous nature.

Piano duets will be played by Miss Dulcie Clements and Miss Nancy. Watson, who won many prizes at the recent Christchurch Competitions, and their items should be particularly good, Two very fine harp solos will be played by Mr. H. Glaysher. There will be violin solos by Miss Irene Morris and selections by the Broadcasting Trio. THE MAORI PAGEANT At 11 o’clock. 2YA, 3YA and 4YA will rebroadcast "Hawaiki . Calling." -4VYA Notes. THE 4YA afternoon talk (to be given by the Home Science Extension Department of Otago University), will be on "Cheese and its place in the diet." At 7.15 the talk for farmers, to be given by Mr. James Bell, will be about "The Value of Shelter." Both talks are under the auspices of the 4YA Primary Productions Committee,

The 4YA evening broaficast wili consist of the relay of a concert to be given by the Burns Club in the Early Settlers’ Hall, to be followed by a session of dance music till 11 _ Oelock, when the relay of "Hawailki Calling" will take place.