Tt was a tense moment during-the Burns anniversary concert at His Alajest y’s Theatre, Dunedin, oil Saturday night. An elocutionist was delivering the stirring piece “'Scots AY ha Hae AYi’ Wallace Bled,” and the audience listened in enraptured silence. Just as the performer spoke the lines: “AA’lia wud lie a traitor slave? . . . hot him turn and floe,” a male member of the choir, who was seated at the rear ot the stage, over-balanced his chair and caused the drop scene to sway ominously, while the double doors swung open invitingly. The tension was snap|>e<l, but the invitation was not accepted, and the opportunity for a dramatic denouement was lost amid a ripple of amusement.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 January 1929, Page 6
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