An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volume 26, October 1930--September 1931

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AN GAIDHEAL.
An Lunasdal, 1931.
ACCOMMODATION IN DINGWALL.
To the list of accommodation already
published for the Dingwall Mod, we have to
make the following additions :—
Balmoral Hotel, Strathpeffer (Mrs.
Brodie)—20 bedrooms.
Ewen Cameron, Ussie, Dingwall—2 bed¬
rooms and sitting-room, also garage.
These are available for the Mod Week.
LOCHABER PROVINCIAL MOD.
The first Lochaber Provincial Mod was
held under the auspices of the Fort William
Branch of An Comunn, in Fort William, on
Friday, 12th June, and was highly
successful. The principal adjudicators were :
Gaelic—Ronald MacLeod, M.A., Alvie;
Donald Macpherson, M.A., Appin. Music—
A. F. Dinsdale, Dingwall; James Murray,
Kingussie. Instrumental—Pipe-Major John
MacDonald, Inverness. Following is the
prize-list: —
Junior Section.
Reading with Expression Piece of Poetry—1,
Nivie Galbraith, Glenfinnan; 2, Jessie Cameron,
Blarmachfoldach; 3, Morag Mackintosh, Fort-
William.
Reading at Sight of Unfamiliar Piece of Poetry.—
1, Ishbel MacMillan, Fort-William; 2, Nivie
Galbraith; 3, Helen O’Reilly, Fort-William.
Reciting from Memory Twenty-four Lines—1,
Jessie Cameron; 2, Morag Mackintosh; 3, Nivie
Galbraith.
Best Acted Dialogue—1, Nivie Galbraith and
Ronald Macdonald; 2, Mary Maclean and Morag
Mackintosh.
Learner’s Reading of Piece of Easy Prose—1,
Flora Gillies, Glenfinnan; 2, John Cuthbertson,
Fort-William; 3, Archie Maclean, Inchlaggan.
Reciting from Memory Sixteen Lines—1, Angus
Sinclair, Inchlaggan; 2, Jessie Cameron; 3, John
Cuthbertson.
Prize presented by Mrs. Mairi Macintyre for Best-
Dressed Highland Boy—Thomas Macphie, Fort-
William.
Solo Singing—Boys under 11 years—1, Tony Mac-
swan, Corpach. Boys over 11 and under 14—1
(equal), Archie Maclean and Angus Sinclair, Inver-
garry; 2, Farquhar Macrae.
Solo Singing—Girls under 11 years—1, Nivie
Galbraith. Girls over 11 and under 14—1, Margaret
Campbell, Spean Bridge; 2, Mary Mackinnon, Fort-
William. Girls over 14 and under 18—1, Hughina
Gillies, Lochailort; 2, Elizabeth Casey, Fort-
Will'fim; 3, Kitty Stewart,
Solo Singing, Native Speakers—Boys—1, Ronald
Macdonald, Glenfinnan; 2, Farquhar Macrae, Inver-
garry; 3, Lewis Lockhart, Tulloch. Girls—1, Betty
Maccoll, Mallaig; 2 (equal), Margaret Campbell,
Spean Bridge, and Annie MacPherson, Lochailort;
3, Margaret Macinnes, Arisaig.
Duet—Boys, Girls, or Mixed—1, Kitty Stewart
and Margaret Macnicol, Fort-William; 2, Helen
O’Reilly and Margaret Cameron.
Choral Singing, Two-Part Harmony—1st prize and
winner of Shield, Roybridge Public School; 2, Fort-
William Junior Choir.
Unison Singing—1, Roybridge Public School; 2,
Kilmonivaig Public School.
Solo Singing of “Puirt a Beul”—1, Alistair Mack¬
intosh, Fort-William; 2, Nivie Galbraith; 3, Annie
Macpherson, Lochailort.
Action Song—1, Kilmonivaig Public School; 2,
Roybridge Public School.
Senior Section.
Literature—Poem or Song on any Subject—1,
Chrissie MacPhee, Fort-Wilham Secondary School;
2, Donald Macdonald, Fort-William Secondary
School; 3, Donald Macmillan, Corrybeg.
Oral Delivery—Reading at Sight of Unfamiliar
Piece of Prose—1, Mary Buntin, Secondary School,
Fort William; 2, Elizabeth Mackinnon, Secondary
School, Fort-William; 3, Mary Fraser, Blarmach¬
foldach.
Recitation of a Poem—1, Mary Buntin; 2, Donald
Macdonald; 3, Mary Fraser.
Reading of a Piece of Prose—1, Elizabeth Mac¬
kinnon, Secondary School, Fort-William; 2, Angus
Maclean, Bohuntin Lodge, Roybridge; 3, John
MacKillop, Greenfield, Invergarry.
Ancient Folk Tale—1, Donald Macmillan; 2,
Donald Macdonald; 3, D. Campbell, Fort-William.
Best Acted Dialogue—1, Elizabeth MacKinnon
and Mary Buntin; 2, Mrs. C. Macdougall and John
MacLeod, Glenfinnan.
Recitation of a Poem—1, D. Campbell; 2, D.
Macmillan; 3, Mrs. Seonaid Gibson, Roybridge.
Vocal Music—1 (equal), Jean Cameron, Fort-
William, and Ina Lowrie, Kinlocheil; 2, Mrs Marion
Macdonald, Morrach, Arisaig.
Solo Singing (Male Voices)—1, Charles Campbell,
Fort-William; 2, Ian MacAskill, Invergarry; 3,
John Macleod, Fort-William.
Solo Singing of a Song composed by Local Bard—
1, Jean Cameron; 2, Peggy MacAskill; 3, Ian
MacAskill.
Solo Singing of the Prescribed Songs (Male)—
Winner of 1st prize and quaich, presented by Mrs.
Ryan, Roybridge, John Mackillop, Invergarry; 2,
John ■ Macleod, Fort-William.
Solo Singing of the Prescribed Songs (Female)—
Winner of 1st prize and silver rose bowl presented
by Dr. Maciver, Fort-William—1, Jean Cameron,
Fort-William; 2, Ina Lowrie, Kinlocheil; 3, Peggy
MacAskill.
Duets—1, Miss Jean Cameron and Norman Mac¬
kinnon, Fort-William; 2 (equal), Miss Peggy Mac¬
Askill and Ian MacAskill, Invergarry, and Miss A.
Mackenzie and A. Mackenzie, Fort-Wilham.
Choral Singing—1st prize and winners of Shield
presented by the Lochaber and District Co-operative
Society—1, Glengarry Choir; 2, Arisaig Choir.
“Puirb a Beul”—1, Jean Cameron; 2, Mrs. C.
Macdougall; 3, L. Gillies, Arisaig.
Solo Instrumental Plaving of Gaelic Song,
Strathspey, and Reel (violin)—1, L. Wynn, Fort-
William; 2, John Maclean, Inchlaggan; 3, L.
Gillies, Arisaig.