An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Deo-gréine > Volume 17, October 1921 to September 1922

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AN DEO-GREINE.
Translation, from Gaelic into English, of twenty
verses of 2nd Kings, chapters 1 to 11; and from
English into Gaelic, of ten verses from St. John’s
Gospel, chapters 1 to 10—1 (£1 and “Caraid nan
Gaidheal”), L. MacKinnon, Broadford; 2 (10s and
“Caraid nan Gaidheal”), I. Macdonald, Broadford.
Translation of an unseen piece of Gaelic prose into
English—1 (£1), Mary MacDiarmid; 2 (15s), Harriet
Macdonald; 3 (10s), Mary MacKinnon; 4 (7s 6d),
C. Carmichael. All Oban High School.
Translation of an unseen piece of English prose
into Gaelic—1 (£1), C. Carmichael; 2 (15s), Mary
MacKinnon; 3 (10s), Susan MacKinnon; 4 (7s 6d),
Harriet Macdonald. All Oban High School.
Gaelic Essay—1 (£1), Mary MacKinnon; 2 (15s),
Effie MacKinnon; 3 (10s), Flora Nisbet; 4 (7s 6d),
Madge Macleod. All Oban High School.
Special prizes for teachers whose pupils won the
highest average of marks in the foregoing competi¬
tions—1 (£3), A. MacMillan, Dervaig; 2 (£2), John
Macpherson, Broadford; 3 (£1), Miss MacQueen,
Oban High School.
Special prizes for teachers whose pupils won the
highest aggregate marks, in the foregoing competi¬
tions—! (£5), John Macpherson, Broadford; 2 (£3),
Miss MacQueen, Oban; 3 (£1 10s), John Mont¬
gomery, Lochalsh; 4 (10s), A. MacMillan. Prizes
presented by Mrs. Stewart Simla, India.
ORAL DELIVERY.
Reading with expression a piece of prose or
poetry by native speakers—1 (£1), Miss Susan
MacKinnon, Oban; 2 (10s), Donald Jackson, Oban;
3 (5s), Miss Harriet MacDonald, Oban; 4 (2s 6d),
Miss Sarah Kennedy, Oban; 5 (a book), Miss Annie
MacGregor, Oban. First prize presented by Miss
Mailt. Williams, W. Wales.
Reading a piece of prose—1 (£1), Miss Sarah
Kennedy, Oban; 2 (10s), Miss Harriet MacDonald,
Oban; 3 (5s), Miss Susan MacKinnon, Oban; 4
(2s 6d), Miss C. Macpherson, Killin; 5 (a book),
Miss M. Macpherson, Killin, and Donald Jackson,
Oban (equal). Prizes presented by Paisley High¬
landers’ Association.
Reading at sight an unfamiliar prose piece—1
(10s), Miss Harriet MacDonald, Oban; 2 (7s 6d),
Donald Jackson, Oban; 3 (5s), Miss Susan
MacKinnon, Oban; 4 (2s 6d), Miss Sarah Kennedy,
Oban; 5 (a book), Miss Annie MacGregor, Oban.
Reciting from memory “Chunna mi ’n damh donn
’s na h-eildean”—1 (15s and a copy of “M'Dougall’s
Folk Tales”), Miss Chrissie MacGillivray, Oban;
2 (10s and a copy of the same book), Miss Harriet
MacDonald, Oban, and Miss Susan MacKinnon,
Oban (equal).
Narrative based on some local incident, tradition,
or legend—1 (10s), Miss Sarah Kennedy, Oban;
2 (5s), Miss Susan MacKinnon, Oban; 3 (2s 6d),
Miss Harriet MacDonald, Oban. Prizes presented
by Glasgow High School Ceilidh.
For excellence in Gaelic conversation, for boys
and girls—1 (12s 6d) and 2 (7s 6d), Miss Sarah
Kennedy, Oban, and Miss Chrissie MacGillivray,
Oban (equal). Prizes presented by Paisley High¬
landers Association.
VOCAL MUSIC.
Duet singing of a song—1, Miss Nancy Mac¬
Donald, Oban, and James MacDonald, Oban.
Solo singing of a song—Girls—1 (15s), Miss P. M.
Colquhoun, Glasgow; 2 (10s), Miss Nancy Mac¬
Donald, Oban; 3 (5s), Miss Morag Cameron,
Glasgow. Prizes presented by Glasgow High
School Ceilidh.
Solo singing of a song—Boys—1 (15s), James
MacDonald, Oban.
Traditional singing of a Gaelic song—1 (10s), Miss
Mary Nicolson, Portree; 2 (6s), Miss Katie Bain,
Portree, and Miss Bella MacLeod, Portree (equal);
3 (4s), Alastair Baxter, Colintraive. Prizes pre¬
sented by Paisley Highlanders’ Association.
Solo singing of a song—Open to girls over 16 and
under 18 years of age at date of Mod—1 (£1 5s),
Miss M. M. Colquhoun, Glasgow; 2 (15s), Miss
Flora Cameron, Glasgow; 3 (10s), Miss Annie
Barron Glasgow.
Solo Singing of a Song—Girls—1 (£1 and the
Silver Medal of An Comunn), Miss Mary Nicolson,
Portree; 2 (10s), Miss Peggy Campbell, Ibrox; 3
(5s), Miss K. Macpherson, B. of Orchy, and Miss
Annie MacCorquodale, Oban (equal).
Solo singing of a song—Boys—1 (£1 and the
Silver Medal of An Comunn), Kenneth Macleay,
Portree; 2 (10s) and 3 (5s), Iain Archie MacColl,
Oban, and Alastair Baxter, Colintrave (equal).
Duet singing of a song—Open to girls over 16 and
under 18 years of age at date of Mod—1 (£2), Miss
M. M. Colquhoun, Glasgow, and Miss Annie
Barron, Glasgow.
Duet singing of a song—1 (£1), Miss Jeanie
Jaggar, Portree, and Miss Mary Nicolson, Portree;
2 (10s), Miss Katie Bain, Portree, and Miss Katie
Jaggar, Portree. First prize presented by Miss
Mailt. Williams, W. Wales.
Unison singing competition for Junior Choirs—
1 (£3), Oban Junior Gaelic Choir; 2 (£2), St.
Columba Junior Gaelic Choir. First prize presented
by'Mr John Mackintosh, Inverness.
Choral singing of a song, with or without chorus,
in two-part harmony—-1 (£5, retention for a year of
the “Oban Times” Challenge Trophy, and a baton
to the conductor),JDban Junior Gaelic Choir; 2 (£3),
Glasgow St. Columba Junior Gaelic Choir. First
prize presented by the Glasgow High School Ceilidh.
SENIOR SECTION.
VOCAL MUSIC.
For the best rendering of a song by the late
Henry Whyte (“Fionn”)—Female voices—1
(£1 10s), Miss A. I. MacMillan, Dervaig. Prize
presented by Miss A. C. Whyte, Glenetive.
For the best rendering of a song by the late Henry
Whyte (“Fionn”)—Male voices—1 (£1 10s), Neil
MacLean, Oban. Prize presented by Miss A. C.
Whyte, Glenetive.
For the best rendering of a song connected with
Glenetive—1 (£1 10s), Neil MacLean, Oban;
2 (£1), Miss M. B. MacPherson, Glasgow. Prizes
presented by the Glenetive and Dalness Branch of
An Comunn.
For the best rendering of the old Kintail song in
praise of the “Four Johns of Scotland”—1 (£2 10s).
Miss May L. Smyllie, Glasgow; 2 (£1 10s) and 3
(£1), Miss M. B. Macpherson, Glasgow, and Neil
MacLean, Oban (equal). Prizes presented by Lt.-
Col. John MacRae-Gilstrap of Eilean Donan.
Solo singing of a Mull and Iona song—1 (£2 2s),
Miss May L. Smyllie, Glasgow; 2 (£1 Is), Miss E.
M. Cameron, Paisley. Prizes presented by the
Glasgow Mull and Iona Association.
For the best rendering of an Uist or Barra song—
1 (£2 2s), Miss J. M. B, Currie, Ford; 2 (£1 Is),