SCOTTISH SOCIETY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 June 1924, Page 6

SCOTTISH SOCIETY.

“WALLACE NIGHT.” Ihe Hawera- Scottish Society held a must successful gathering last evening m honour or Sir William Wallace, the Scottish, patriot, lliere was a splendid renounce or members and friends at cire Grand theatre, vvhiea was quite

C-iieliain \\. G. Simpson presided, and m * wemome to the new members, announced that the society would do ail within, its power to foster a love °! / 5 . coUls *} Poetry, music and history. All L. A. lay ior gave a most interestnig addtess, outlining the history of the latter eud oi the 13th century, and t ie eveiits ieadmg up to the liberation or .Scotland from the yoke of Edward ■ J. ot England. An excellent programme had been arranged, and, judging by biie enthusiasm aroused, struck a responsive chord among the audience. The Eiltham Pipe Band was in attendance, and rendered three national waltzes, namely, “Maori Waltz ” ' °, f , ScotlaiKl ” and “Green Hills ot .Lrin, ’ a selection of marches, strathspeys and reels, and Pipers Crawford and Cariu-ross played the “Pibroch ot Do mill Dhu.” M ir S. E. Carson sang* the ‘‘Battle of Stirling Bridge/' and ‘'Scotland Yet” very effectively, while Miss Dunam was in good voice in her rendering of “Doclmagar.” Mx-s Twaddle declaimed the “Pibroch of Donnil Dhu’’ from Sir Walter Scott, while Airs Strange recited the “Dirge of A\ allace.” The society’s choir sang “Scots wha. hae wi’ Wallace Bled.” and the orchestra, under Air T. B. AlcConnell, also gave a number of selections very acceptably indeed. Aliss Aloore/ in a sword dance, and her pupils in a Highland reel, proved most enjoyable. Chieftain Simpson sang two Lauder items, “Roamin’ in the Gloamin’,” and “Ohio.” The pro- . ceedings were terminated with “Auld Lang Syne.”

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