CALEDONIAN EVENING

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 24, 30 January 1933, Page 15

CALEDONIAN EVENING

.The anniversary of. the birth Of Robert Burns was celebrated by members and .friends of the Caledonian".Society! on Saturday evening. 'There was ■ a large attendance, the Oddfellows' HaU being filled to capacity...." -'The first "part- of.the evening took the form--of:; an-aU-Scottish-con-cert. :' -Chief G. Lavchlan,in opening the proceedings, extended a welcome.to. those present, and said he hoped that, the day was hot-far distant-when there would be an amalgamation of all the Scottish societies m Wellington; it would then be necessary to engage the Town Hall for the celebrations in connection with Robert -Burns. The concert was opened with a selection rendered, by the Bipe -Band. Artists who contributed' to the" programme were Mr. J. Catheart/song; Miss. Mans Windsor, song; Mrs. C. Pengelley, song; Miss Phyllis. Martin, song; Mr: K. Macauley, song; Miss Flora MeKenzie, song; and Mr. J.-Lothian, recitation. Each performer was called upon to give one, and, in some cases, two encores. - : " -: ■■--' . The attention of the audience was held from the beginning to "end by an address on. Robert Burns, , delivered by Mr. O N. Gillespie: The speaker' treated his subject m an -interesting and original way, and at the" conclusion of his address was accorded -a.-..hearty vote .of thanks. _cli «. ' w;as Plunged in darkness, and^-he haggis,"-su mounted by Scotlands national flag a. I the illuminated bt.. Andrews Cross, was piped in by a piper "in full kit. .The address "To a Haggis, was rendered by Mr. "J. Lothian, bupper, followed by dancing, concluded a very pleasant evening"s enjoyment.