Dunedin Holds Third Radio Exhibition

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 40, 17 April 1931, Page 7

Dunedin Holds Third Radio

Exhibition

Attractive Schedules Arranged

HB first of. the. 1931 Radio Pxhibitions. will ‘open in Dunedin on Wednesday, April 22, and will continue * for three days. The exhia bitions organised by the Dun;f edin radio dealers have been, in the past, of a very successful nature, and. this year every endeavour is being made to eclipse previous. efforts. The exhibition is to be held in the Warly Settlers’ Hall, and. all the principal traders will ..be bhai py exhibits of the latest dio recéiving sets and equipment generally. The hall will be picturesquely decorated and during the duration of the exhibition Station 4YA will be located there. From’a model studio in the hall the majority of the sessions and. the evening concert programmes will be presented and broadcast. All the leading talent of Dunedin will contribute and some excellent. programmes have been arranged for the entertainment of those attending the exhibition. These ‘concerts will be presented in sessions, intervals ‘being arranged so that visitors may have

the opportunity of inspecting the exhibits. The presentation and broadcasting of concerts from a model studio‘ is always a feature of radio exhibitions which never fails to interest visitors. This aspect is quite apart from the fact that excellent programmes of the popular type are always arranged. uring the intervals of the concert at the exhibition programmes of selected recordings are broadeast from. the station. As relays are to be carried out to Christchurch, 3YA listencrs will have the opportunity of enjoying, all the

programmes, presented during the ex hibition. The offieial opening of the exhibition takes place on Wednesday afternoon, April 22, at 2.30 p.m. On the other days 4VA will be on ‘the air at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 22. OLLOWING the official opening, at 8.15, a home science talk will be broadeast. The subject to be dealt with will be "Cutting Down Clothes for the Children." The Children’s Hour from 5 to 6 p.m. will be broadcast from the model studio at the exhibition. The news session will also .be broadcast from the exhibition. This

session will include a talk by an officer. of the Agricultural Department. on "Basie Importance of Cultivation." In the concert programme from 8 to. 9 numerous choruses will be sung by the R.S.A,. Choir. These will include "The Soldiers’ Chorus" (from "Waust’), "Wanderer’s Night Song,’ "Border. Ballad," ‘"Bacchanalian | Chorus" and "An Evening Pastoral." A quartet from the choir will sing "Shenandoah" and "A Little Farm Well 'Tilled." Mr. John Leech, the well-known tenor and conductor of the RSA. Choir, will sing RimsikyKorsakoff’s "Song of India," a violin obbligato being played by Miss Eva ~ Judd. Miss Judd will also play a Slavonic Dance by Dvorak. The pianist for the choir will be Mr. . Chas. A. Martin, Mus.Bac., and- will | play two pianoforte solos. ; Interspersing the vocal items will be selections by an excellent orchestra under Mr. Max Scherek. The orchestra will also contribute to- theoperatic portion of the evening’s pro- . gramme, commencing at 9,30. will include the following choruses by Mr. Alfred Walmsley’s operatic party :" "The Anvil Chorus" (from "Il Trova-~-tore’), "Barcarolle"’ (from "Taies ofHoffman"), "Angelus" (from "Mari-. tana") and "Toreador Song" (from "OCarmen"). At 10 o’clock will begin: the dance session, to be provided by Mr. J. MeCaw’s Novelty Syncopators, with an admixture of Scottish humour provided by Mr, B. Brown and a piano novelty by Mr. J. Moore-Wilson. Thursday’s Programme. ‘THE Thursday afternoon concert will. be provided, by the Bristol. Piano Company, and will be broadcast on. relay from the exhibition by 4YA. The evening sessions will take the form of a series of short concerts, The St. Kilda Band and a banjo band will provide the instrumental music. Mr. Wilfred Kershay, well known as the possessor of an exceptionally’ fine bass voice, will be accompanied by the trio in three solos: "Young Deitrich,’ "The Lute Player," and "She Alone Charmeth My Sadness." Miss Mae Matheson will sing two solos from "Monte Carlo." Concerted numbers will be sung by The Harmonists, their items ineluding "Scots Wha Hae," "Annie Laurie," "The Wearing of the Green," "Oft in the Stilly Night" and a number of plantation choruses. Arrangements for Friday. ‘THE afternoon’s programme at the exhibition will be arranged by Messrs. McCracken and Walls, and will be broadcast by 4YA. A male voice quartet known as The Idlers will be featured on the evening’s programme, They will specialise in concerted numbers. Popular vocal numbers will be contributed by Messrs. Taylor (tenor) and §S. G. Angell (bass), »the songs comprising "She is Far from the Land," "I Did Not Know," "The Army" and "Death of Nelson." Miss Mary Pratt. the well-known contralto, will be the only lady performer for the evening. A programme of popular numbers will be played by the saxophone band under Mr, J. McCaw,