CALEDONIAN BALL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20464, 2 April 1938, Page 19 (Supplement)

CALEDONIAN BALL

CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY , SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION The stirring music of the pipes marked the beginning of a gala night for a large number of Scottish people in Cambridge when the Cambridge Caledonian Society held its annual ball j in the Town Hall on Thursday night. Chief Wallace, of Cambridge, and Chief McLeod, of the Te Aroha Cale- \ donian Society, were in turn “piped i in" by a member of the Te Aroha Pipe , Band, whose presence at the function contributed largely to the success. These preliminaries were brought to ; a conclusion after the band, to the ac- i companiment of Highland Marches, j entered the hall and marched on to the j stage where they rendered items of Scottish music. At intervals during the evening items j were contributed, the artists 'being : | Vocal items, Miss Jean McLeod, Miss j Dorothy McLeod and Mr L. Feisst. j Highland dances: Miss Margaret Wallace and Miss Mary Webb. Tap dance: j Miss Faye Nickle. Pipe music: Miss j. Helen Clothier and a member of the South Auckland Pipe Band. Large bowls of golden and bronze marigold and scarlet hawthorn berries were the decorations on the stage where dance music was played by the Marina Band. Mr Wallace, Chief of the ’Cambridge Society, was M.C. Among those' present were: Mesdames J. W. Wallace, wearing cigar brown lace; W. A. Fisher, black floral crepe de soie; F. Kingsford, green and bronze shot taffeta; H. Webb, burgundy velvet; Ray Fisher, black velvet, silver lame and sequins; Mesdames Robin Ferguson, jade green lace; J. M. Scott, black lace; T. Leckie, geranium red crepe; Broderson, black lace; Bowie, peach pink taffeta; J. D. i Wallace, Balmoral blue net and satin 1 coatee; Caley, black lace over green j taffeta; R. Waite, burgundy crepe J faille; Dimant (Auckland), blue floral j romaine; C. H. Maisey, beige lace; j Nickle, Gloucester green crepe; H. Webb, burgundy velvet. j Misses M. Fisher, lobelia blue taffeta [ and nut, brown coatee; Jean Ferguson, pastel pink paisley satin; Mary Fergu- ! son, navy flowered georgette; Gwenda | Nickle, sunset taffeta; Mary Turner, : Ming green crepe suede; Sybil Wallace, I ivory diagonal striped satin, with tar- j tan sash; Barbara Gane, parchment ! lace; Kitty Miller, vintage red crushed velvet; Agnes Wallace, rainbow frilled net over flowered taffeta; June Maisey, gold lame; M. Wallace, primrose crepe; Marie Savory, magnolia lace; Fay Bishop, honey-gold satin and lace; June Boulton, Margaret Rose lace; Pat Ogilvy, hydrangea blue flowered dimity; Linda Bartlet, black crepe and silver lame; Ruth Kilmour, ivory stiffened net; Nora Reese, moire de Medici taffeta; Jean McLeod, pastel flowered georgette; Betty Wild, blue flowered satin; Dorothy Lochead, opal blue taffeta tunic and black skirt; Joan Wild, honey gold taffeta tunic and black skirt; E. Burns, autumn figured dimity; Rose Ferguson, black ring velvet and scarlet posy; Jean Ogilvy, tango crepe; Nan Ogilvy, peach net over taffeta; Mar- ! garet Burns, pastel pink pheasant's 1 eye taffeta; Mary McNamara, Corona- j lion blue satin; Emily Worms, flame J satin; Valerie Catran, moss green i crepe; Lorna Andrew, green and aut- • umn floral crepe; Evelyn Feisst, ivory lace; Zelda Dray, petal pink pheasant’s eye taffeta; Jean Scott, French blue satin; J. Miller, black velvet and rose posy; 0. Marshall, blue crepe suede; Netta Wallace, ivory pheasant’s eye taffeta; Hilda Kilmour, opal blue crepe; N Wallace, ivory cobweb lace; Doreen Wattam, black ripple crepe: Bobble Payne (Walton), Du Barry pink taffeta; Helen Clothier (Hamilton), moonlight blue coin spotted taffeta; Anne Forbes, ! moonlight blue floral crepe; Edith Fovbe®. daffodil taffeta.