St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-22
CLANS AND DANCES.
You Can See Them Accuratel
Reproduced This Week.

YOn Can See Them Accurately
Reproduced This Week.
"The clans they are gathering, gathering,
gathering,
The clans they are gathering from mountain,
hill and dell;
I hear the Pibroch sounding, sounding,
sounding,
I hear the Pibroch sounding which calls us
from the glen.
Next Thursday evening, at the Grand. the
clans will gather, and they viii do It again
on the two succeeding evenings and Satur-
day afternoon.
In the olden time the Scotchman was al;
ways member of some particular elan. His
clan was his family, so to speak. Each cIan
was distinguished by the color Of the plaid,
aud the Highlander was as true to the color
of his plaid as the American is to the stars
and stripes. Occasionally he could be found
at feud with the Wearer OF plaid different III
color from his; but all such dltterenceS
were sunk IN the approach of the South
ron, the mortal enemy or all Hlgnl6nQers.
When the signal torch was borne from
clan 10 clan they assembled as one to repeI
the invader and the differently colored tar
Ions became merged into one homogeneous
mass of plaiGS The Gathering of the
Clans to be depicted on the stage OF the
Grand will represent the gathering IN re-
Spouse to the call of common patriotism.
And this assembling will be grand pa
geant Other nations will be presented, TOO.
After the gathering of the clans VIII come
the dancing, truly US typical OF Inc scotch
as the elan system The true Highlander is
born dancing He takes national pride Ill
his ability to execute these airy. graceful and
exceedingly difficult dances The true
Scottish dance shows that the dancer must
have acquired agility in leaping from erag to
crag i'll his mountain home, and copied grace
from The deer that rOamed the hillSides. All
this will be represented i'll the pageant to be
given at the Grand this week. commencing
Thursday night.
The pageant Will begin with the singing of
1.-The Star-Spangled Banner" by chorus. i
Hear the Pibruch Sounding will be played
by the pipers The curtain will rise and re-
veal 200 ladies, presenting grand tableau of
nations. Among the historical and tSuratIve
characters that viii be represented are the
Goddess of Liberty, Mary Queen OF Scots,
Queen Elizabeth and Helen MacGregor. The
chorus will sing scots Wha Haze" and the
clans, dressed to represent ten OF the most
famous OF the old clans of Scotland,
VIII come marching down the mountain
side and winding along the valleys. IN full
battle array. with claymore on thigh ana
banners flying. After an international
match twelve little Kate GreenaWays viii do
a comic dance. After an overture the clans
will be seen resting on the side of the mount
ain after the battle. Three little girls will
dance the Shaun TreYs one of the pretuest
and most graceful of the Scotch dances.
Then a couple of songs and eight midgets
VIII dance out before the people i'll the baby
ballet Twelve more children will do the
Irish PatineIta. Ten of them will follow
in the Inverness reel, stirringly Scotch. The
sword dance, the most ancient of all Scotch
dances, will be done by thirteen children
who have been drilled to perfection. Tine
Pioroch o. Donald Dhu" will pave the way
for the appearance of sixty-tiye children in
the Highland fling. Queen Victoria S fayorite
dance Among the other dances will be the
Jack O. Tar" a German character dance,
q Spanish dance an Irish jig by two little
people in character a Scotch reel, May
pole dance, sailors hornpipe,
Gypsy dance and plantation scene
and negro dance. In each of these out three,
from eight to twenty-four children will par
ticipate. The pageant Will close with tab
leau representing the clans ascending the
mountains and scattering to their homes
This entertainment has been given once i'll
Minneapolis and twice in st. Paul. 1t has
been accorded more praise than any enter
tainment ever given in the city. The enter
tainment is given under the auspices of the
CALIFORNIAN club, and under the direction of
Prof j, 4. Walker, who has trained these
little people who take part in it TO what may
well be called the point of perfection. The
sale of seats for the entertainment will begin
at the box Office of the Grand tomorrow
morning.