WEDNESDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 23, 19 December 1930, Page 18

WEDNESDAY

From Auckland Suitable Christmas Eve programmes have been arranged for all stations, The 1YA Orchestral Octet, under the direction of Mr. Harold Baxter, will be heard in many interesting suites, and an outstanding feature will be a duet for violin and ’cello, "Duettino Amoroso," to be played by Mr. Harold ° Baxter and Miss Lalla Hemus. Ircluded in the evening’s prugrumme will be two vocalists, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Baxter, who will be heard in solos and duets, the majority of which have been chosen from the musical comedy, ‘Maid of the Mountains." The programme will be complete with "The Conversion of Scrooge" (from "Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens), This will be given by Mr. J. M. Clark, whose reputation as an elocutionist is well known. He will also be heard in "Christmas at Sea" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Barry Ingall and his Hawaiian Quartet, always favourites; will present a budget of new numbers, and the programme will include a session of dance music from 10 p-m, till 11 p.m. Until midnight Christmas carols and hymns will be given by the 1XA Broadcasting Choir under the dire}:tion of Mr, Len Barnes. Wellington Features FrRoM 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. 2YA listeners will be entertained with selections by the Salon Orchestra and the Golden ‘Hula Hawaiian Orchestra and vocal numbers. In addition, Scottish humour will be dispensed by the Christchurch entertainer, Mr. Jock Lockhart, and humorous numbers of a topical nature will be given by Mr. Will Yates. From 10 p.m. to 11.50 p.m. there will, be something in the nature of a "‘com- ay munity" sing, as nearly all the items fo will be which lend themselves to such an occasion. The Lyric Quartet will sing the numbers, and gatherings of listeners round loudspeakers throughout the Dominion will no doubt sing with them, {

The Week Combined Music usicians’ Concert 3YA Sunday. Dunedin Orphans’ Club 4YA, Monday. "A Christmas Carol" 2YA Tuesday. | Midnight Mass — 2YA,. Wednesday. Porirua Radio Opened 2YA, Thursday. Jf. "Cinderella Up to Date" { 1YA, Friday. Maori Songs and Ballads 2YA, Saturday. a

Following the usual custom, the Midnight Mass will again be relayed from St. Gerard’s Redemptorist Church by 2YA this year. This service is one that is always full of interest for listeners of. all denominations. A feature of the service is. the music which is always so admirably sung, From Christchurch A TALK anent the forthcoming New Zealand tennis championship will be broadcast from 8YA by Mr. Reg. Browning. At 3YA, a two hours’ studio concert programme will be followed by an hour’s dance music. From 11 o’clock till 11.55 there will be Christmas carols, when a rebroadcast of 3 the Midnight Mass at St, Gerard’s ™ edemptorist Church, Wellington, ill be .carried out. A number of negro plantation ‘songs will be included in the studio concert, and old favourites such as "Up from Somerset" and "By the Waters of Minnetonka" will be sung. A novelty turn will be a number of vibraphone items, played by a duo. Piano solos will be contributed by Miss Bessie Pollard, to an accompaniment by the Studio Octet. Selections by the Octet will include Coleridge Taylor’s "Christmas Overture’ and Hurst’s "Bells o’ Somerset." Dunedin Notes . "THE 4YA Studio Trio will present all the instrumental music on 4YA’s programme. At the conclusion of the _dance session, which will follow the " conéert, 4YA will broadcast Christmas . music till the midnight chimes.