Listeners Contributed about £700

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 18, 9 November 1934, Page 22

Listeners Contributed about £700

3YA Listeners Gave About Half of Total of £1370 Collected at Christchurch Community Sings — "Friday" Says Farewell to Small Listeners-Lord Bledisloe at the Microphone.

"THE only consolation for community songsters in Christchurch is that there will be another winter next year. The last sing of thé season was a triumph for the leader and his assistants.. every seat in the theatre being booked two hours: after the. opening of the box plan a week. before. The theatre started to fill at seven o’clock, and the whole of the City Council staff was kept busy selling for the numerous raffles. The Civic Theatre holds 1320, and there was fn additional 180 on the stage. The total takings for the evening amounted to the record sum of £183/5/5, making" a total for the season. of £1370/16/10. Of the total for the evening nearly half rhe amount was contributed by listeners, and during the whole of the seaon, Allan Brown never lost sight of the microphones, and saw to it that everything went "over the air." W5AT «reception the leaders receiyed when they appeared, and right from "Here We. Are Again" the sing went with a great swihg. and, judging by the hatmony, ‘Mrs. MéStiggins"

was in the audience. For half an hour one after another of the popular songs was* gone through, our popular Mayor (who is away in Melbourne) not being forgotten-"Danny Boy" was sung in his honour. Allan Brown’s stupendous task of acknowledging contributions from listeners occupied well over an. hour, and then a number had to be left, Mr Brown announcing that he would: have fo reply to these personally. Much amusement was caused by the reading out of the various jokes accompanying the donations, one listener sending in his contribution with a request to some friend to "return the mussel jar as it’s getting near jam season," ITTLE Jimmy Poole, Master War: Wick Humphries, the’ Campbell... : Boys, the Whistler, and Hector Fowler.

all contributed items, and the popular Bert Goodland gaye his clever rendering of "Nelly Bly," Allan Brown obliging With "My Meatless Day." When the auctioning started, the bidding was good, more men than women making offers, and a box containing a dozen cakes was sold for 5/-, the bidder passing it in, and a further 3/6 was mate. Among the numerous articles for sate was a, 20lb. cheese. ‘Fhe return from the bedspreads every week realised the magnificent sum of £145, and this is due to the enterprise of a "500 Club" which every week paid for and made these beautiful spreads presenting the finished articles to the Mayor’s fund. NOTHER listener had forwarded a case of apples every week for auction, her gifts realising £5. The "Destructor Boys’ " weekly .contribution of £1, the Barry’s Bay School children’s donations and numerous other regular contributions were all acknowledged. Taking into consideration that the pre-. vious sing in Christéhurch had been ‘only four days before, when more than £70 was raised, Canterbury folk are to be congratulated on the result. Councillor Barnett, in the absence of the Deputy-Mayor (Rev. J. K. Archer), who was ill, had many.kind things to say of the fine leadership.of Mr. . Allan Brown, The: latter,/in reply, said that. the whole season: owed its SUCCESS tO listeners and audiences. GMALL listeners who have listened to the . cheerful strains of "Friday" every Friday evening during the children’s hour, have probably not realised that they are being entertained by one of the cleverest musicians in the Dominion. Mr. B. O. Schnack is his name, and much to thie regret of everyone his: voice. will no" longer ; be. heard: from 3YA during .the hour. Mr. Schnaék, who>was assistant master at St. Albans School, Christchurch, has been transferred to Pleasant Valley, South Canterbury. He is a wonderfui musician, the possessor of a light baritone voice, and he has helped Aunt Pat for over ‘three years. ON People’s Day at the annual a. -and P. Show-Friday, November 9the Governor-General (Lord Bledisloe) is being entertained at luncheon, At approximately: 12.30 his Bxcellency’s speech’ will be relayed by 3YA from Addington, and at 1.30 p.m, the same studio will broadcast the description of the Grand Parade. A CHRISTCHURCH girl, Miss Evelyn Edgar, who is .a.teacher. at the Amberley Girls’ College, has just re- turned from: a trip to Australia, where she has been adjudicating in the. dance sections of the competitions at Ballarat, Melbourne and Adelaide. So successful was Miss Edgar in her judging of the different classes that the festivals have extended an invitation for her to attendiagain next year., Miss Edgar will

give her "Australian Impressions". from 3YA on Tuesday, November 13, at 9 o’clock, when listeners can look. forward to hearing. an account of her trip, and of the interesting people with ._ Whom she came in touch. ‘THE Royal Christchurch Musical Society will be in charge of the microphone from 8YA on ‘Wednesday, November 21. The society are giving Handel’s "Belshazzer," and the presentation will be relayed from the Civic Theatre, under the conductorship of Mr. A. G@. Thompson, Miss Lillian Hanham. (soprano), Mr. H: J. Francis (tenor) and Mr. John ‘Thompson (bass) will be the soloists, PPPPL PLL PP PPP POP DPD DDD PPP LPPLPLPLDPLDEF

J OW, listeners, get busy and arrange a party for Saturday, November 17, for 3YA will look after the music from nine until 11.15 pm. There’s to be an old-time dance.-programme. on that evening by the Evans-Campbell Band, relayed from one of the: pepular dance halls in Christehurch. Preceding this programme, a concert will be relayed from Dunedin, ISS GLADYS VINCENT, who is so well-known on the concert’ platform in Christchurch and whose violin recitals listeners always enjoy, will be heard from 8YA on Friday,. November 16, Her numbers include "Tango," by Albeniz; "Polichinelle,’ by Kreisler: "Canzonetta," by d’Ambrosio, and Beethoven’s "Rondino."