Pas de Six

Pas de Six
Wireless Weekly 13 Nov 1936
Music	Spruhan Kennedy
Lyrics	Max Afford
Book	Max Afford
Premiere	November 16, 1936 (1936-11-16): ABC radio

Pas de Six is a 1936 Australian operetta that aired in November 1936. It went for an hour and was recorded in Melbourne. ^{[1] [2]}

It won equal first prize in a 1935 Australian operetta competition held by the ABC. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Premise

The six principal characters meet at a ball, and chance guides their steps, until each couple is successfully partnered, and the Dance concludes with Love having played the part of the triumphant Ballet Master. ^[6]

References

1. "Programmes For The Week". The Mail (Adelaide) . Vol. 25, no. 1, 277. South Australia. 14 November 1936. p. 26. Retrieved 9 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
2. "PRIZE-WINNING MUSIC". Sunday Mail . No. 322. Queensland, Australia. 21 June 1936. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
3. Australasian Radio Relay League. (April 17, 1936), "YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 27 (16), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712009657, retrieved 9 September 2023– via Trove
4. "MAX AFFORD". Cootamundra Herald . New South Wales, Australia. 2 March 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 9 September 2023– via National Library of Australia.
5. Australasian Radio Relay League. (October 4, 1935), "Awards in the A.B.C. Composers' Competition", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 26 (14), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-739473129, retrieved 9 September 2023– via Trove
6. Australasian Radio Relay League. (November 13, 1936), "MONDAY NOVEMBER 16", The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal, 28 (20), Sydney: Wireless Press, nla.obj-712096119, retrieved 9 September 2023– via Trove