SCOTTISH SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SOCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 21749, 18 June 1934, Page 14

SCOTTISH SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SOCIAL

Victoria Hall, bedecked with greenery, Scottish standards, and the stage tastefully furnished, was crowded on the occasion of the annual social of the Scottish Society of Dunedin on Saturday evening. The chairman (Mr W. P. Smith), in the absence of the president (Mr George Mnnro). was piped to the platform in company with his brother officers by the official piper for the evening, Vice-president Mr Angus MacMillan. The Chairman, in his welcome to members and friends, paid a compliment to the visitors from the Oamaru Scottish Society, to Mr Don. C. Cameron and Mrs Cameron, to the Rev. R. Ferguson Fish and Mrs Fish, to the representatives of the Orkney and Shetland Society, the Piping and Dancing Association, to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Society, and to the Welsh Society. Later in the evening ho stated that a Hums service would be held at the Caversliam Presbyterian Church on Sunday, June 24, at (5,30 p.m. The evening was a tartan night, and the songs and dances of the British Isles were presented by the following:—England: ‘Trim as the Compass.’ Mr R. Waterson; ‘Sailors’ Hornpipe,’ Master J. Flett. Ireland: Mr L. Stewart, . ‘ The Dear Little Shamrock’; Irish jig, Miss Nancy Matheson. Scotland: Miss Doris Davies, ‘Hail Caledonia’; scan triuhhais, Miss Lorraine Ross. Wales: Mrs Charles Isaacs, ‘ The Rising of the Lark’ (sung in Welsh) and a Welsh dance by Miss Audrey Ramsay, after which the dancers performed the national reel, and at the finish the singers and dancers joined in ‘ Auld Lang Syne.’ The novelty item was much appreciated by the large assemblage, and the artists were accorded an ■ivation. Mr -I. B. Flynn highly delighted the audience with his humorous item, ‘How Mac Donga II Topped the Score.’ The Highland dancers (combined) were well received in the Highland fling. The accompanist was Mrs A. Howie, and the music for the community dances was given by the society's orchestra. Messrs J. T. Ramsay and H. Smith were M.C.s. The Monte Carlo prizes, donated by the Mnnro family, were won by Mr and Mrs Ramsay, of Mornington.