STERNDALE BENNETT and FRED GREGORY
(Facetious Vocalism)
AFRIQUE
(Impersonations)
JEANNE DE CASALIS and Partner
(In a ' Mrs. Feather' Episode)
RONALD GOURLEY
(Whistling Solos and Songs at the Piano)
TOOTS POUNDS
JOHN TILLEY
(The Mutterer)
THE ORCHESTRA
Under the direction of S. KNEALE-KELLEY
THE happy inclusion of ' Afrique ' in this very representative programme draws renewed attention to the success of the experiment ' First Time Here,' from which items so many artists of genuine talent have been discovered for broadcasting. ' Afrique ' opens his act with a Zulu song before giving clever impersonations of various film stars. Sterndale Bennett and Fred Gregory are a popular combination, but it may be news to listeners to learn how they first came together. Both happened to appear at the same concert, and, as luck would have it, both had arranged to sing the same song. Instead of quarrelling or tossing up for it, Bennett, sang the first verse, and Gregory the second, and they have been together ever since. Other favourites to appear in this programme are Jeanne de Casalis in yet another amusing ' Mrs. Feather ' episode ; Ronald Gourley , idolised in the Children's Hour ; and Toots Pounds, now a successful opera singer, who last broadcast in Waltz Time on September 8 and 9 ; it is testimony to her versatility that she also broadcast in ' Music Hall 'the same week.