SCOTTISH SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20086, 15 November 1930, Page 3

SCOTTISH SOCIETY.

SECOND GRAND CONCERT. The second concert and twenty-ninth annual gathering of the clans, organised by Christcburch members of the-Scottish • Society., was heldjn the rooms, Manchester-street, last evening. As for. the* first effort on Thursday, there wsb enthusiastic attendance *' of members and their friendi.. The pibroch', sweet traditional songs, dances, and Teal • Scottish humour, sustained an atmosphere reminiscent of olden times, in distant places. A feature of the evening was- the presentation of sprigs of heather to the 'audienc?. These, dry and brittle as they were, seemefl immediately to touch kindred chords qf memory amongst those present, and tlje magic meaning of the word "reunion" was •fully explained. The items given were all of them good Scottish fare The programme in full was as follows:- 1 ' . Ode, Mr L.. Campbell;; selections, Society's Pipe B*nd and Highland Heel, Misses C. Walton, B. Dickson, J. Potts, and Z". Zan* der; songs, selected, Mrs Ledsham; song, "Lassie o' Mine," Mr P. Thomson; song. "Turn Ye to Me/' Miss Wood; Highland Fling, Miss Z. Zander: recitation, Mrs ,H. McLeod; song, "Lochnagar,"* Mrs Stallard; song, "A Dream o' Hame," Mr R. Allison; musical selections, Messrs D. Brown and J. Johnston; song, selected, Mr H. J. Francis; humorous, "Odds and Ends/' Mr Jock Loclchart; Seann Triubhais, Miss C. Walton; song, Mr L, Campbell; .double swords. Misses R. Campbell and R. Belmer; song, "My Ain Country," Mrs Stallard; Bong, selected, Mrs Ledsham; song, "Bonnie Wells o* Wearie," Mr R. Allison; recitation,"Mrs McLeod; song. Mr H. J. Francis; musical selections, Messrs t>. Brown and.J. Johnston; hornpipe, Mis® J. Potts; song, "Last May a Braw Wooer," Miss N. Wood; song, Mr P. Thomson; humorous, "More Odds and Ends," Mr Jock Lockhart; Reel o' Tulloch, Misses Walton, Dickson, Zander, and Potts. Accompanist. Miss Alice Gibb, A.T.C.L.