AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 October 1925, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

LADIES’ PIPE BAND. Pit INCESS Tl IKATU-Ii—TT'ESDA Y NIGHT. THE PIED PIPER, Most people will rememTTer the legend of the Pied Piper of Hnnielin. which Browning has set in poetry for all time. It tells how that famous, if

sinister. ..Id piper, incensed by the refusal of the civic lathers of Ilamelin, to fulfil their bargain with him, struck up on the pipes and played such a melody a-; wiled all the children away after him, and he led them on and on. never to return again. We have today in the Australian Scottish Ladies’ Pipe Hand a number of musical witches who wile people of all ages in a manner that is quite beyond the skill and magic of the Pied Piper. They are all Australian-born of Scottish descent, and arc taking New Zealand oil the way as they set out for a tour of the world that will embrace America, Canada. Frame. Britain and Souih Africa. Starting in Australia seven years ago, under the direction of Drum-Major Darwin, F.R.G.K., they played and won in a!! the great discipline competitions in the Australian Stales, and did ait immense service in helping public and charitable objects. They have now sd nut on a world-tour and have had

a glorious reception in Australia anil New Zealand. The Press everywhere has been entliusinslir in ).imi-.• of ihr winsome lassies, and the wry high standard of their performance in piping, singing and elocution. The programme is an admirable one. and the repertoire so extensive (hat i hey never give the same programme twice in the same lowui. Referring io then' opening night in ( hristi linn h. the " Lyttelton Times" dailv critic said :---“The enlertaiiuneiit. offered by this hand of clever people is of the highest calibre, and. judged by the standard of enjoyment provided - the test by which all entertainments must stand or fall—it emerged from, its first night in Christchurch as an emphatic success.” The hex plan is at Mefntoslis.