New Britain herald., 1929-11-14
Through tie Static

Lasting two hours, about the big
 gest broadcast ever put on the air
 will feature Thanksgiving day aft
 ernoon. It will be sent out through i more than 40 stations. 4t is dedi- l Cated to world peace and good will
 and will include the music of 10 ma
 tions. It will not be sent out by human beings at all since most of
 those participating will be in bed and asleep at the time. IL will be
 a giant reproduction of what it har ! taken two months 10 assemble. the 1 first attempt Of the kind ever made,
 and it is hoped that it may be re- pcated frequently as it will extend
 the radio musical. horizon around
 the world.
 England is 10 be represented by | His Majesty's Royal Air Force band ! Ireland by H, M. Irish Guards band Scotland by the pipers of II. NJ
 Scots Guards. France supplies the
 SD piece crack band of the Gardc ! RepubliCaine, through special per
 mission of the French government. never before granted for any form ! ol li btutti Dtli OI Illtlt''. ter
 many is represented by the National ] Band selected from it's famous regi- l mental bands and by a mixed chorus singing typical German airs and students songs. Austria by the famous Lanncr quartet, which plays
 "Schrammel music in the coffee 1 houses and gay cafes of Vienna, and | of h. | lavender flowers in the streets;
 Hungary by the Budapest Gypsy orchestra. Italy furnishes music by | an orchestra, of GO drawn from La | Scala opera in Milan and a Sicilian 1 string orchestra from Palermo. Ba- varia has Swisslander orchestra Of | ten pieces, the quaintest of all. The program closes with American works played by John Philip Sousa
 and his band, the most famous in 1 America.
 The electrical transcriptions which i make this otherwise impossible 1 broadcast possible were made in a portable sound studio which was
 taken overseas in August packed in II trunks and special cases. The apparatus required six hours 10 set up and six hours to take down and pack. On one occasion, 10 make the date with the Garde Republicaine Band in Paris after the bands of the three guard regiments had played for it in Great Britain, the equip ment was carried across the chan | l1 in, Only few of the great bands and orChestras to be heard through the electrical transcription have ever been on the air in Europe, and none
 of them in the United States.
 Eight interesting lectures are 10 be put on the air next week by WNYC in cooperation with the Col leGe of the City of New York as part of it's extension course under the name of the. WNYC Air college. A group of songs from "Iolanthe," The MIkado," and "The Pirates of Penzancc" will be broadcast next Thursday evening by WNYC, New ! OlN- duu VIII uc sung DN MISS
 Vera Ross, who has done much good work in the revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, once so popu- lar and always tuneful and catchy. Next weeks program Of WNYC includes the following: Monday eve- ming, artists from the Brooklyn
 Music School settlement will appear under the auspices of the N. Y. Association of Music School settle ments; Tuesday evening, Roxy" who will speak for the United Hos pitfalls. On Wednesday, the Ukrain- ian Women's chorus appears under the auspices of the Brooklyn Young Womens Christian association. Can Aliens Become AmcriCanized?" will
 be the subject of talk by Harold Fields on Thursday evening. The series for the week concludes on 1 Friday evening with a special musi-