PIPING AND DANCING

Otago Witness, Issue 3584, 21 November 1922, Page 9

PIPING AND DANCING

THE BALCLUTHA COMPETITIONS. The entries for the third nnual piping and dancing competitions under the auspices of tho Baiciutha' Pipe Band, held! on the 10th and lltli inst., totalled MO, from 60 competitors, a substantial increase compared with the previous year. Mr G. Munro, at Dunedin, was tho sole judge, and his decisions gave general satisfaction. Mr Munro asked by a reported a 3 to his opinion of the competitions, stated that, judging by the progress made and the support given, lhegatiiering promised within a few years to become one of the chief of its kind in tho dominion. Results were : Maiden Piping (marches). —G. M'Kay 1, J. Milne 2, C. Knox 3. Five entries. Junior piping (stratspeys and reels). —G Ross (Dunedin) 1, W. Budge (Dunedin) 2, E. B. Gold .(Balclutha) 3. Four entries, u* Piping (jigs and horapijies.—E. B. Gold 1, Alex. ILss (Berwick) 2, W. Budge 3. Tour entries. Junior Piping (marches).—Geo Ross 1, E. 13. Gold 2, E. Smith 3. Four entries. Open Piping (strathspeys and reels). —E. B. Gold 1, A. ltoss 2, G. Ross 3. Five entries. Local Band . March.—E. Smith 1, G. M Kay 2, E. Knox 3. Five entries. Junior Hornpipes (jigs and hornpipes).— G. Ross 1, L. B. Gold 2, W. Budge 3. Four entries. Open Piping (marches). —G. Ross 1, E. B. Gold 2, A. Ross 3. Five entries. DANCING EVENTS. Highland Fling (girls 12 years and over). — \ lo.et Peterson (Mosgiel) 1, Grace Cameron (,-baiciutha) 2, Annie Moore (Dunedin) 3 Seventeen entries. Sword Dance (girls under 12 years).—Hazel MLeod (Gore) 1, Lorna Budge (.Dundin) 2 Edna Cameron (Balclutha) 3. Eleven entries. Highland Reel (girls 12 years and over). — Grace Cameron 1, Violet Paterson 2, E, M Garthy (Dunedin) 3. Fourteen entries. Sailors’ Hornpipe (girls uhder 12 years) Ethel Sinclair (Dunedin) 1, Lorna Budge 2. < Seann Pruibhais (girls 12 years and over). Grace Cameron 1, E. McCarthy 2, M. Adcock 3. Sixteen entries. Highland Fling (local dancers), 10 years

and under.—Edna Cameron 1, Joy Mitchell 2, Mary MDairmid 3. Five entries. Sailors' Hornpipe (girls, 12 years and over). —Grace Cameron and E. M*Carthy (equal), 1, M. Alloock 3. Thirteen entries. Highland Fling (girls, under 12 years).— Lorna Budge 1, Edna Cameron 2, Elma Goxon 3. Sword Dance (girls 12 and over, resident within a radius of 25 miles of Balclutha-i.— M. Gold 1, L. Grealish 2, I. M'Lean 3. Four entries. Highland Reel (girls under 12).— Lorna budge and Hazel McLeod (equal) 1, E. Cameron 3. Nine entries. Irish Jig (girls 12 years and over).—Annie Moore 1, M. Hungerford 2, Grace Cameron 3. Fourteen entries. Seann Truibhais (girls under 12 vears).— Lorna Budge 1, Hazel MLeod 2, E. Sins' air 3. Thirteen entries. Two dances, own selection (boys under Highland Fling: Alex. Sinclair (Dunedin) 1; Malcolm Robb (Dunedin), 2, Leslie M‘Gregor (Mosg**e;) 3. Sword Dance: Eric Gordon 1, L. M'Gregor 2, Malcolm Robb 3. Six entries. Highland Fling (local novices). —Belle Copland (Stoney Creek), 1, Mathel Scott (BlaCxutlia) 2, Hazel Weir (Balclutha) 3. Six entries. Sword Dance (girls 12 years and over).— Annie Moore 1, Violet Paterson 2, M. Duffy 3. Sixteen entries. Highland Fling (girls, under 12, resident within a radius of 25 miles of Balclutha). Edna Cameron 1, Elma Coxon 2, Joy Mitchell 3. Ten entries. Irish Jig (girls under 12 years).—Lorna Budge 1, Hazel MLeod 2, E. Sinclair 3. Seven entries. Consolation Highland"* Fmg.—Bessie Jardine 1, Gerald Geddos 2. Two entries. Successful concerts were held on both Thursday and .Friday nights, and the attendance throughout was extremely satisfactory.