Impending Radio Picnics

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 32, 20 February 1931, Page 6

Impending Radio Picnics

Elaborate Preparations by 3YA

YOUNG radio listeners of Christehurch, together with their parents and friends, will be looking forward to next Saturday, February 21, when the radio picnic organised by the Radio Broadeasting Company is to take place. The picnic is primarily intended for the entertainment of the young artists who have assisted Aunt Pat during the year, but a general inyitation is extended to everyone, with the result that there is certain to be a very large crowd on Addington Trotting Course to enjoy the many attractions which have been arranged. All manner of side-shows will be there, and all will be free. The scene will be a particularly lively one. There will be two brass, bands on the ground to supply music, a merry-go-round, a Punch and Judy showman, Jack and the Beanstalk, Highland dancing, the Mysterious Mr. X, clowns, who will wander around and make fun wherever they go, free rides on ponies, and free rides in old coaches. There will also be free rides on a miniature railway. These, besides other attractions, have been arranged for the amusement and entertainment of all.

During the afternoon, a description of the happenings will be broadcast from the ground, and the children’s session will also take place there. This in itself will be of a unique nature. In Auckland, preparations are also in train for a picnic to be held on Saturday, March 7. This decision was arrived at at a meeting of the 1YA Children’s Sessions Advisory Committee, held on January 30, when there were present :- ; The Rev. L. B. Busfield, representing . the Sunday School Union, presiding. The Rey. A. V. Whiting (‘Uncle Bert’). Miss C. J. Platt (National Council of Women). Mrs. Jean Le Petit ("Aunt Jean"). Mr.- P. F. Nash ("The Farmer’s Boy’). Mr. V. Drew, (Y.M.C.A.). Captain Albert Chandler, (Salvation Army). Miss R. Palmer (Children’s Sessions Organiser). Mr. L. C. Barnes (Station Director at 1YA). Apologies for absence were received from Mrs. J. F, Montague and Mr. D. Faigan.