SCOTTISH SOCIETY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21985, 21 June 1933, Page 4

SCOTTISH SOCIETY

MONTHLY SOCIAL. The monthly social of the Scottish Society of Dunedin, which was well patronised, was held on Saturday last in the Victoria Hall, when the president (Mr G. Munro) was piped to the stage in company with the new chairman (Mr W. P. Smith) by the official piper (Mr Angus MacMillan). In welcoming the guests of the evening, special reference was made to the visit of members of the Northern Football Club, accompanied by the president (Mr Rigby). The duties of M.C. were carried out by Messrs P. Duff and J. T. Ramsay, and Mr T. Munro played the pipe music for the national dances. During the evening occasion was taken to present to the secretary a Fraser tartan scarf, a gift from the MacMillan family in appreciation of his kindness to the children of the society. A programme of a varied nature was submitted, and the following items were rendered; —“ Ye Banks and Braes ” and “ Awake,” by Miss Valda M'Curdy; “The Star o’ Rabbie Burns” and “Jock o’ Hazeldean,” by Miss Jean M'Gregor (of Mosgiel); “Scots’ Humour,” by Mr Watson; “The Weddin’ o’ Sandy Mac Nab ” and “ She’s the Lass for Me”; whistling selections, by Mr Ramage; “Annie Laurie” and “ When You and I Were Young ”; violin selections by Mrs Crichton; “Songs of the Hebrides ” and “ Road to the Isles”; sword dance, by Miss A. Ramsay; Sean Truibhais, Miss Margaret MacMillan; and the Irish hornpipe, Miss Wilmer Thomson; and the national reel and Highland fling were given by the combined Highland dancers. Dancing, including the eightsome reel, was carried on till midnight, when the singing of “ Auld Lang Syne ” terminated a pleasant evening.