LAST BIG DISPLAY

Evening Star, Issue 19221, 12 April 1926, Page 4

LAST BIG DISPLAY

FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ‘On Wednesday night the last big attraction scheduled during the Exhibition period will he hold on the Sports Ground in the form of a magnificent display of fireworks, comprising over 6GB wonderful pyrotechnic effects, including a dozen elaborate devices. Never before, not even in the first Exhibition fireworks display, lias such a huge programme been attempted, and every care is being taken to ensure that it will be carried out without a hitch. The devices include such spectacular effects as the “Crown Jewels,” “Duplex Fiery Fountain,” “ Acrobatic Mon key,” “Pyramid of .Romans,” and a wonderful representation of the eruption of Tarawera. In addition to these special set pieces, there are dozens of minor displays, including rockets, shells, whirlwinds, cloudbursts, and hosts of other novelties, which, although on a smaller scale than the bigger devices, will be found wonderfully attractive and entertaining.

Every effort is being made to make an outstanding success of this, the last big event of the Exhibition, and, as it is sure to attract a tremendous crowd to the Sports Ground on Wednesday night, those who are wise will book early at Tho Bristol.

THE HIGHLANDERS’ BAND , TWO FINE CONCERTS The weather was very mild on Saturday afternoon and evening, and two fine instrumental concerts were given by the Argyll and Sutherland Highbinders’ Band to large and enthusiastic audiences in the Grand Court. The programme presented in the afternoon comprised one or two jazz items, and concluded with the bell novelty, ‘The Clock is Playing ’ (Blaauw) and Ken J. Alford’s always popular ‘ Colonel Bogey ’ march. In the evening tho principal items were Offenbach’s beautiful overture, ‘ Orpheus in the Underworld,’ a selection from ‘ I Pagliacci ’ {Ueoncavallo), and tho Highland lajment, ’Coronach’ (Barratt)., all of jwhich were very finely rendered._ Other popular items wero the _ delightful humoresque, ‘ A Musical Switch,’ God; frey’s ‘Reminiscences of Scotland," and a Scottish suite by the combined pipes a® band—the march, ‘ The Earl of Mansfield,’ the lament ‘Thon Hast JLefb Me, Ever, Jamie,’ and the folk song ‘The Road to tho Isles.’ Lancecorporal R. Sinclair played the solo parts in very pleasing style. The largo audiences greatly enjoyed, as usual, the introductory ond other selections by the pipers, the Highland dancing by members of the band—Lance-cor-poral 0. Davis and Bandsmen F. Crawford, F. Taylor, and J. Frond.