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VOCAL MUSIC
PAVILION : Adjudicators—Gaelic : John MacLean,
M.A. ; Music: Maurice Jacobson, Mus. Bac.
Solo singing (Silver Medal Competition—Girls)
(Songs prescribed: “Dean Cadalan Samhach ”
and “ Cha Dirich Mi ’n Gleannan ”)—1, A ne
MacLeod, Glasgow; 2, Kennethina Camobrill.
Dunvegan; 3, Elizabeth Ferguson, Port Ellen.
Solo singing (boys and purls—former prize¬
winners only) (Song prescribed: “ EiVan Mo
Ghaoil ”)—1, Alasdair B. Gillies, Glasgow; 2.
Margaret M. Matheson, Port Ellen; 3 Donald
MacCalman, Port Ellen.
Solo singing (Silver Medal Competition -Hoys)
(Songs prescribed: “Null do NUiuile and
“ Failte do Bharraidh ”) 1, Alistair M. Mac-
Culloch, Glasgow; 2, John Shaw, Oaol fie; 3, John
N. M. MacIntyre, Colonsay.
Traditional singing of an unpublished song—
1. Margaret M. Matheson, Port Ellen; 2, Aiasdair
B. Gillies, Glasgow; 3 (equal), Oatriona Mac¬
Donald, Glasgow, and Islay Mactaggart, Glasgow.
Duet singing (Song: “ Muile narn Mor-
Bheann ”—1, Margaret M. Matheson and Donald
MacCalman, Port Ellen: 2, Anne MacLeod and
Alistair M. MacCulloch, Glasgow.
Unison singing by junior choirs (Mrs. Campbell
Blair Trophy). Songs prescribed: “An t-Eilean
Muileach ” and “ Puirt-a-beul ”)—1. Oban High
School Junior Choir “A” ; 2, Glasgow Gaelic
Musical Association Junior Choir.
PAVILION: Adjudicators—Gaelic: John MacLean,
M.A. ; Neil MacLeod, M.A. Music: Gilmour
Barr, L.R.A.M. ; Maurice Jacobson, Mus.
Bac.
Choral singing in two-part harmony (at least
50 per cent, of each choir to be able to converse
in Gaelic) (Songs prescribed: “ Maol Ruanaidh
Ghlinneachan” and “ Null thar an Aiseig ”) (Oban
Times Challenge Trophy)—1, Glasgow Gaelic
Musical Association Junior Chou : 2. Oban Hi^h
School Gaelic Choir “A”. “ Mrs. Hobbs of Inver-
lochy Trophy ” for highest marks in Gaelic in this
competition—-Portree Secondary School Junior
Gaelic Choir.
COSY CORNER : Adjudicators—Gaelic: Rev.
Malcolm MacLean, M.A. ; Music: Dr.
Herbert Howells.
Solo singing—Girls (Songs prescribed: “Mo
Chiocharan ” and “ M’lonam air a’ Ghille
Bheag ”)—1. Margaret Hughes, Greenock; 2,
Helen Bell. Glasgow; 3 (equal). Ann Connell,
Morven, and Mary L. Graham, Campbeltown.^
Solo singing—Boys (Songs prescribed: “ Failte
de Eilean Leodhais ” and “Chi Mi Muile”)—1,
James C. Burnett, Ardrishaig; 2. Donald Mac-
Callum, Campbeltown : 3, Ross MacMillan, Glasgow.
Duet singing (Song—“ Crodh Chailein ”)—
1, Rebecca Dickson and Margaret Hughes,
Greenock; 2, James C. Burnett, Ardrishaig, and
James R. Gillies. Lochgilphead.
Choral singing in two-part harmony (Mrs.
Miller’s Trophv) (Songs prescribed: “ Gheibh thu
caoraich ” and “ Am faca tu mo luaidh-sa ”)—1,
Nicolson Memorial Junior Gaelic Choir, Greenock;
2. Tarbert Junior Secondary School Gaelic Choir.
BURGH HALL : Adjudicators—Gaelic : Neil Mac¬
Leod, M.A. ; Music: J. Gilmour Barr,
L.R.A.M.
Solo singing (boys and girls—own choice)—
1, Barbara Mac Arthur, Campbeltown; 2, James
C. Burnett, Ardrishaig ; 3, Anne MacKenzie, Oban
High School.
Solo singing (girls aged 16-18—own choice)
—1, Sheila A. MacDougall, Glasgow; 2, Nancy
Campbell, Oban High School; 3. Margaret M. B.
Kellock, Glasgow.
Action song (Shiant Shield, presented by Mr.
Compton Mackenzie)—1, Carradale Junior Choir ;
2, Oban High School Rockfield Junior Choir “ A ” ;
3, Oban High School Rockfield Junior Choir “ B ”.
WEDNESDAY
Senior Section
VOCAL MUSIC
PAVILION: Adjudicators—Gaelic Rev. Malcolm
MacLean, M.A.; Music: Maurice Jacobson,
Mus. Bac.
Solo singing of the Oran Mor, “ Martainn
a’ Bhealaich ” (female voices) (The Jessie N.
MacLachlan Memorial Prize)—Catriona J. B.
MacLean, Dunoon.
Solo singing of a song composed in Nova
Scotia (Gaelic College Gold and Silver Medals
presented by the Cape Breton Island Gaelic
Foundation)—1 (Gold Medal). Finlay A. G. Mac-
Keachan, Glasgow; 2 (Silver Medal), Duncan
MacCalman, Islay; 3 (Bronze Medal), Auiiice M.
Gillies, Lochgilphead.
Solo singing of a song connected with the
County of Inverness (James Grant Memorial
Prizes) (male voices)—1. Alexander J. MacDonald,
Glasgow; 2, Angus MacLeod, Scalpay.
COSY CORNER : Adjudicators—Gaelic : John
MacLean, M.A. ; Music: J. Gilmour Barr,
L.R.A.M.
Solo singing of the Oran mor, “ A’ Chuairt
Chuain ” (male voices) (The Jessie N. MacLachlan
Memorial Prize)—Angus MacLeod, Scalpay.
Best rendering of a song from Mrs. Kennedy-
Fraser’s “ Songs of the Hebrides ” (male and
female voices) (Songs prescribed: “Barra Love
Lilt,” “ The Potato Lifting,” “ The Grail
Galley ”)—1 (equal), Flora M. Campbell, Campbel¬
town, and Jinty MacLean, Greenock.
Solo singing of a song connected with the
County of Inverness (James Grant Memorial
Prizes) (female voices)—1, Flora M. Campbell,
Campbeltown; 2, Aunice M. Gillies, Lochgilphead.
Solo singing (competitors to be natives of
Glenmoriston. Glenurquhart, or Stratherrick
districts or, failing such, natives of the County of
Inverness, excluding burghs with population of
2,000 or more) (Mrs. Quintin MacLennan Prizes)
—1, Thomas MacKenna, Kinlocheil; 2, Cecilia
Mackintosh, Glasgow.
BURGH HALL: Adjudicators—Gaelic: Donald
Jackson, M.A.; Music: Dr. Herbert Howells.
Solo singing of the prescribed Uist song
“ Smeorach Chlann Domhnaill ” (Glasgow Uist and
Barra Association Prizes)—1, Nan D. Hunter,
Duror; 2, Elspeth A. Lament, Glasgow.
Solo singing of an unpublished Mull or Iona
song (Glasgow Mull and Iona Association Prizes)
—1, Aunice M. Gillies, Lochgilphead; 2, Catriona
J. B. MacLean, Dunoon.
Solo singing (female voices—confined to
members of An Comunn Gaidhealach or of its
Branches or Affiliated Societies) (Bessie Campbell
Memorial Prizes)—1, Elspeth A. Lament, Glasgow ;
2, Nan D. Hunter, Duror.
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