An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Gaidheal > Volume 43, October 1947--December 1948

AN GAIDHEAL.
Reading with expression a piece of prose or poetry, by
learners (aged 12-16)—Mary Newlands, Campbeltown.
Reading a£ sight an unfamiliar prose piece chosen by the
Adjudicators—1, Katie Maclnnes, Portree; 2, Neilina
Mo r, Portree; 3, Catherine MacDonald, Portree; 4, Mina
Buchanan, Portree.
Narrative based on some local incident, followed by
conversation on the subject of the narrative between the
competitors and the Adjudicators—1, Neil Brown,
Glasgow; 2, Mary MacKinnon, Oban; 3, Mina Buchanan,
Portree.
Repeating Joshua xxiv, 14-15 (Children under 12)
(Prizes presented by the late Mrs. Stewart, Simla)—
Christina M. Murray, Laxdale.
Room “B”: Adjudicators—Miss Grace MacKenzie,
B.Sc.; Rev. T. M. Murchison, M.A.
Reading with expression a piece of prose or poetry, by
native or fluent Gaelic speakers—1, Neil Brown, Glasgow;
2, Mary MacKinnon, Oban; 3, Catherine MacDonald,
Portree; 4, Katie Maclnnes, Portree; 5, Elizabeth
Cameron, Oban.
Reciting from memory (“Am Bruideargan”)—1, Katie
Maclnnes, Portree; 2, Mina Buchanan, Portree; 3, Neil
Brown, Glasgow.
Excellence in Gaelic conversation—1, Margaret Mac-
Pherson, Portree; 2, Neil Brown, Glasgow.
Co-fharpaisean air son Comunn na h-Oigridh :—
Comhradh (3 mionaidean) eadar an Co-fharpaiseach,
air cuspair a thaghas e fhein, agus am Breitheamh—
1, Norma NicLeoid, Sgoil Ard Phort-righeadh; 2,
Catriona NicDhomhnaill, Sgoil Ard Phort-righeadh;
3, Main NicFhionghain, Ard-sgoil an Obain.
Dealbh-Chluich—Ard-sgoil an Obain.
Vocal Mrsic.
Lesser Hall : Adjudicators—Gaelic—Lachlan MacKinnon,
M.A.; Mus e—Dr. Gordon Slater.
Solo singing (own choice)—1, Jean Balfour, Oban; 2,
Thomas MacKenna, Kinlocheil; 3, Alexina MacKenzie,
Glasgow.
Solo singing (girls, 16-18 years) (own choice)—1, Carol
Galbraith, Campbeltown; 2, Catriona J. B. MacLean,
Dunoon; 3, Margaret MacDonald, Glasgow.
Solo singing (Silver Medal Competition—Boys) (Songs
prescribed—“Null thar an aiseig” and “A’ fagail
Bharraidh”)—1 (Silver Medal), Angus MacLean, Glasgow;
2 (equal), Donald Murray, Laxdale, and Alasdair B.
Gillies, Glasgow.
Solo singing (Boys and Girls) (former Prize-winners
only) (“Queen Elizabeth Coronation Trophy,” presented
bjr MacGillivray of MacGillivray)—1, Thomas MacKenna,
Kinlocheil; 2, Cathie Brownie, Carradale; 3, Sheila Ann
MacDougall, Glasgow.
Traditional singing of an unpublished song—1, Sheila
Ann MacDougall, Glasgow; 2, Norma Montgomery,
Laxdale 3, Anne M. Gillies, Glasgow.
Duet singing (Song—“ So mi ’m shineadh air an
t-sliabh’j—1, Marion MacLellan and Nan MacKinlay,
Campbeltown; 2, Ena M. Carmichael and Moira M.
Carmichael, Banavie.
Duet singing (Song—“Hug o laithill o ho ro”)—1,
Catriona MacDonald and Rhoda MacRaild, Portree; 2,
Margaret MacDonald and Katie Gillies, Oban.
Choral singing in two-part harmony (Mrs. Miller’s
Trophy) (Songs prescribed—“ Caol Muile” and Null do
dh’Uidhist”)—1, Campbeltown Junior Gaelic Choir; 2,
Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association Junior Choir “B.”
Large Hall : Adjudicators—Gaelic—Rev. Alexander
MacDonald, D.D.; Music—Sir Hugh S. Roberton.
Solo singing (girls) (Songs prescribed—“An Gille
Guanach” and “Na Tri Eoin”)—1, Margaret MacSporran,
Campbeltown; 2, Jean Balfour, Oban; 3, Sabina Meenan,
Campbeltown.
An t-Samhuin, 1947.
Solo singing (Silver Medal Competition—Girls) (Songs
prescribed—“ ’S e ’n gille dubh as aille” and “ Mo roghainn
’s mo run”)—1 (Silver Medal), Margaret Matheson, Port
Ellen; 2, Anne M. Gillies, Glasgow; 3, Norma
Montgomery, Laxdale.
Solo singing (boys) (Songs prescribed—“A’ fagail
Dhiura” and “Lag nan Cruachan”)—1, Thomas Mac¬
Kenna, Kinlocheil: 2, Alister M. MacOulloch, Glasgow;
3 (equal), Iain MacIntyre, Southend, and Malcolm Watson,
Campbeltown.
Action Song (“Shiant Shield,” presented by Mr.
Compton MacKenzie)—Laxdale Junior Choir.
Large Hall : Adjudicators—Gaelic—Rev. Alexander
MacDonald, D.D., and Lachlan MacKinnon, M.A.;
Music—Sir Hugh S. Roberton and Dr. Gordon
Slater.
Unison singing by junior choirs (Mrs. Campbell Blair
Trophy) (Songs prescribed—“Failte do Eilean Leodhais”
and Puirt-a-beul)—1, Campbeltown Junior Gaelic Choir;
2, Glasgow Gaelic Musical Association Junior Choir.
Choral singing in two-part harmony (“Oban Times”
Challenge Trophy) (Songs prescribed—“ ’S minig a bha
sinn” and “Chuir iad an t-suil a Pilot”) (at least 50 per
cent, of each choir to be able to converse in Gaelic)—1,
Laxdale Junior Choir; 2, Glasgow Gaelic Musical
Association Junior Choir “ A.”
WEDNESDAY.
Senior Section.
Vocal Music.
Large Hall : Adjudicators—Gaelic—John F. Steele,
M.A.; Music—Dr. Gordon Slater.
Solo singing of the Oran-Mor “Luinneag MhicLeoid”
(female voices) (The Jessie N. MacLachlan Memorial
Prize)—May Margaret MacMillan, Glasgow.
Solo singing of an unpublished Mull or Iona song
(Glasgow Mull and Iona Association Prizes)—1, Peter
MacKay, Luing; 2, May Margaret MacMillan,. Glasgow.
Solo singing of a song, to encourage the revival of the
older or less known district songs (Prizes presented by
Mrs. Ryan, Roy Bridge)—1, Iain M. MacMillan,
Stornoway; 2a, May Margaret MacMillan, Glasgow; 2b,
Neil MacCalman, Islay; 3a, Iain R. Douglas, Glasgow;
3b, Jean Cameron Greer, Glasgow; oc, Flora M.
Campbell, Campbeltown.
Oban and Lorn Association War Commemoration Medal
(Open), for the best rendering of one of the following songs
by Lorn Bards, “Cumha na h-Oighe” and “Atha ’s a
Bruachan” (Prizes presented by Glasgow Oban and Lorn
Association)—1 (Gold Badge), Mrs. Isabel Campbell,
Lochgilphead; 2, Iain R. Douglas, Glasgow.
Lesser Hall : Adjudicators—Gaelic—Lachlan MacKinnon,
M.A.; Music— Sir Hugh S. Roberton.
Solo singing of the Oran Mor, “ Leodhasach an tir chein”
(male voices) (The Jessie N. MacLachlan Memorial Prize)
—Donald Maclnnes, Glasgow.
Best rendering of two songs from Mrs. Kennedy Fraser’s
“Songs of the Hebrides” (“By the Kyle of Moola” and
“ Land of the Little People”) (Prizes in memory of the late
Mrs. Kennedy Fraser)—1, Alex. J. MacDonald, Glasgow;
2 (equal), Donald MacSporran, Cardross, and Flora M.
Campbell, Campbeltown.
Solo singing (female voices—confined to members of An
Comunn Gaidhealach or of its Branches or Affiliated
Societies) (The Bessie Campbell Memorial Prizes)—1, Mrs.
Jessie MacKerrall, Nethy Bridge; 2, Mrs. Amy Bjertnes,
Kinloch Rannoch.
Solo singing (male voices—confined to members of An
Cbmunn Gaidhealach or of its Branches or Affiliated
Societies)—1, Eoghann MacDonald Brown, Glasgow; 2,
Jamesi Grant Scott, Kinloch Rannoch.