All Set For Third Charity Concert

Radio Record, Volume IX, Issue 14, 11 October 1935, Page 18

All Set For Third Charity Concert

Thursday, October 17, Will-See Unique Parade of Radio Stars — Perey Grainger Passes Through Wellington This Week — Dan Foley Bound For Australia — Last Commuinity Sing.

VW ELLINGTON will have its third and final celebrity concert for this year on Thursday, October 17. Arranged ‘by the New Zealand Broadcasting Board, it will be held’ in the St. James Theatre, and a wonderful team of visiting and New Zealand artists will be seen in what is described as the biggest, brightest and best allstar non-stop variety show. of the year. In addition to Gladys Moncrieff (this will be her final appearance under contract to the Board), there wili be Fred Bluett, who for 30 years has been Australia’s leading variety comedian; John Robertson, Frank Perrin, Heather Kinnaird, Raymond Beatty, Gil Dech eonducting the Radio Rhythmic Sym-. phonists in modern. (not old-time) music. All these names are by now household: words. These are only the leading artists, with whom some of the finest lecal talent will be associated: 0 stot

At the last celebrity concert (for the _ same Object, that of the Mayor’s Metropolitan Relief Fund) in Wellington, one enthusiast from Napier way, arriving rathey late, offered a whole pound for one seat. It is a safe bet to venture that with-the added attractions of this concert and the knowledge gained from all previous Ones. the Broadcasting Board will: considerably enhance its reputation as sponsors of first-class entertainment. BERCY GRAINGER, brilliant Australian pianist, will arrive in Auckland on Wednesday this week and will proceed to Wellington the following day, going through to Dunedin. where he will begin his eight weeks’ tour of the natidnal stations, during which he will be associated in a charity concert in each centre. On December 10 he will leave for America,

APPEARING in public in Wellinglon for the first time next week, Raymond Beatty and Heather Kinnaird will be featured together in song scenas and also individually in the Celebrity Concert. Mr. Beatty has -.had, much experience in flesh and blood grand opera in Australia, where his singing has always aroused enthusiasm. Fred Bluett has not yet appeared in a chars ity concert in Wellington. It is almost certain that this talented team will not be seen together at any one concert again; for that reason booking will be heavy, and. although the box office will be opéned-a week before, if the Wellingtonians follow the example of all the other centres, notably Dunedin, there will not be any necessity to keep the booking open for more than a day or so. ae . DAN FOLEY, the noted New Zealand tenor, will give his last breadcast performance jin Wellington on Wednesday, October 28, before leaving for Australia, 2° : JN the same week, Barrend Harris, the well-known Hebrew baritone, Will make his third New Zealand tour of the national stations, starting at Wellington, He will be heard in four numbers, HB final community sing of the 1935 season will be held at the Town Hall, Wellington, at 8.0 in the evening of Saturday, October 26. Fred Bluett, comedian, will assist, The fact that it is to be held at night augurs well for its brightness and success, SPECIAL feature of the forthcoming concert will be the presentation. of Rachmaninoff’s prelude in C Sharp Minor. It will be played as a modern arrangement or "musical combat" by Paul Vinogradoff. Providing nore variety will be "Rudolph" in a novelty musie act with five different ‘Instruments: The Two Stewarts in hall-room and tap-dancing; Alexander Grant, the Juvenile Gossack, in a whitlwind dance; a mystery turn by Frankenstein and Co.; David Devitt in unusual ballets; revue chorus and Frank Crowther with the full theatre oxchestra, Altogether as good a two and a half hour’s entertainment as one could. hope for. HB performance last Wednesday of ’. the absurdity, "Spending the Prize Money," was particularly well done by the "Higgins Family." Although Mr. Will Yates played all the characters himself (there must have been seven or eight), it came as a surprise to more than one listener. that one man could be responsible for all those varied pitches, With one-man plays such as this. it is usually possible to tell that there is only ‘one player, but last Wednesday’s effort confounded all critics.