SATURDAY

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 27, 16 January 1931, Page 19

SATURDAY

At 1YA [TO-NIGHT the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scot‘Jand’s national poet, will be celebrated. A special. programme has. been arranged in commemoration of this great occasion. The Auckland and District Highland Pipe Band has been engaged and will play several numbers dear to the heart of the Scots. Solos will be given by two Scottish singers, Miss Reta Me Cullay and Mr. A. L. McPherson, while Scottish. humour will be provided by Sandy Mack. Mr. Reg. Morgan and his orchestra will broadcast several fine instrumental items and the programme will include a lecture-recital by Mr. Karl Atkinson, entitled "A Scottish Half-hour.". Dance music will continue until 11 p.m. Wellington Features (THE station 2YA will be on the .air from noon to broadcast the results of the events for the third day of the Wellington Racing. Club’s summer. meeting. A Scottish

concert in commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, to be given by the Wellington Caledonian Society, under the direction of Mr. George Stark, will be relayed from the Caledonian Hall. Christchurch Notes (THREE pipers from the Gordon Highlanders and two from the Black Watch are members of the Caledonian Pipe Band which will contribute to 2~A’s Scottish concert. The band plays under the conductorship of PipeMajor Gibson, wh will contribute three solos. Other artists on the programme will be Mrs. Anita Ledsham and Mr. James Shaw, whose songs will be-musical versions of poéms by Robert Burns. In song and story Jock Lockhart’ will broadcast Scottish humour, whilé humorous recitations will be given by Mr. H. Instone. From AYA "THERE will be a relay from His Majesty’s. Theatre of a concert to be given by the Dunedin Burns Club. The artists will include The Idlers’ Male Quartet, Mrs. Wilfred Andrews, contralto, of Wellington, and Mr; Arthur MacDonald, barione,

American Programine ‘Recordings from 2YA PRECEDING the presentation of ‘ ‘Treasure Island’ , at 2YA on Monday, January 19, will be a sixtyminutes’ specially arranged programme composed of a number of recorded items and "turns’’ selected from . American programmes and procured by Mr. .A. R.Harris, general manager of the Broadcasting Company, when on his recent visit to U.S.A. , This programme, as arranged, will give New Zealand listeners an excellent idea of the standard of some of the main features of American broadcast entertainment. The records are "electrical transcriptions," as they are called in America.