REAL SCOTS DANCES, A GRAN’ SUPPER AN' CLARET CUP FORBYE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 79, 9 August 1948, Page 4

REAL SCOTS DANCES, A GRAN’ SUPPER AN' CLARET CUP FORBYE

There is no truth in -the oft-re-peated allegation that the Scots are mean. Ask any Scot. But, mon, they’re awfu canny—an’ proud o’t. Weel, wi’ yon characteristic o’ the Scot i’ min’, y’r local Caledonian Society set aboot or-r-ganisin’ its annual ba’ alang lines that wad gie e’en the maist canny o’ th’ canny a fu’ bawbee’s wor-r-th f’r aye. bawbee spendit. Fir-r-st, there’s the decorations. Mon; ye should hear secretary Hur-r-st talkin’ aboot the braw decorations! Ye’d be thinkin’ t’were Holyrood itsel’ back in guid Auld Reekie! Noo, the programme’s-well sprinkle! wi’ guid auld Scots dances, but f’r the sake o’ oor guests there’ll be some foxtrottin’ an’ such. Harrison’s orchestra is tae be buildit up wi’ special recruits f’r the occasion, an’ they’ll be weel schooled 1 up i’ the aiild music, an’ the modern forbye. Supper’s goin’ tae be a graun’ affair. Bell’s hae the caterin’, wi’ instructions tae spare neither effort nor siller in makin’ the best spread they’ve ever made. They’ve ta’en aith they’ll produce a supper tae make y’r mooth watter-r-r! But why talk o’ water-r-r at a Scottish gatherin’? Diel tak’ the thocht! There’ll be claret cup—as guid as we’re permitted tae mak it. Dinna for—rget, noo. Get y’r ticket airly. There’ll be nane sellin* after-r Saturday. An’ dinna forrget the big nicht—Wednesday, August 18. Come an’ feel the friendly warmth o’*a real Scots gatherin’.— P.B.A.