BURNS CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 22576, 18 February 1937, Page 4

BURNS CLUB

MONTHLY CONCERT The monthly concert given last night by the Burns Club was well attended. Mr W. H. M'Kenzie (chairman) said that members deeply regretted that the annual Burns anniversary concert had riot been held last month, as the committee had decided to co-operate with the Health Department and cancel the function. During the evening an attractive programme, arranged by Mr Alfred Walmsley, was presented as follows:—Selection, Piper G. Crighton; part songs—(a) ‘ Hail to the Chief,’ (b) ‘ Mary,’ the Dunedin Choral Society’s Madrigal Club; solo, ‘ Bonnie Dundee,’ Mr Frank Stewart; elocutionary item, Miss Norma Brown; solo and ‘ The Auld Scotch Sangs,’ Miss Nettie Bauld; convivial songs, the men (soloist, Mr E. Fish); solo, ‘ Hush-a-bye, Birdie,’ Miss Sara Conner; violin selected, Mrs Evan Tuckwell; solo, ‘ Leezie Lindsay,’ Miss Agnes Hill; part song, ‘ Bonnie Wee Thing,’ the choir; solo, ‘The Battle of Stirling,’ Mr W. E. Snow; elocutionary item, Miss Molly Baker; solo, ‘ Angus Macdonald,’ Miss Betty Pocock; solo, ‘Herding Song,’ Mr Alfred Walmsley; part _ songs—(a) ‘Celtic Hymn’' (‘Outgoing of the Boats ’), (b) ‘ The Wee Cooper of Fife,’ the choir. The accompanists were Mrs Alfred Walmsley and Miss Marts Macdonald. At the conclusion of the concert a dance was held.