The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-03
KILTIES ON PARADE.
Celebrated Band Will March
Through the streets at Noon.


The Kilties' Band. the celebrated
musical organization of the Forty
eighth Highlanders' Regiment of Can
ada, will reach Savannah early this
morning. The Kilties' private car,
"Hielan' La6die." will be parked at
the Plant System depot. The band
has been playing four-day engage
ment at Charleston.
A street parade will be held. This
will be promptly at noon, and the fol-
lowing will be the route: Liberty street
to Bull, to Broughton, to Drayton, to
Bay, to Jefferson, to Broughton, to
Bull to Wright Square, where the pa
rade will be dismissed. The police
department will have a detail out to
clear the way for the band, which will
/ doubtless attract a tremendous crowd.
The parade will probably show the
bandsmen in their kits. Though these
suits leave the Knees bare, the bands
men have grown injured to that, and
no hardship is entailed. Kills have
been worn wherever the band has APP
peared in the South, and even a snow
storm has not proven enough to force
the bandsmen to give them up.
The piercing brazen sound of the
British military bugle as compared
with the soft smoothness of the Amer
lean instrument has often been re-
marked by visitors to Great Britain
The British bugles will be used by the
four buglers who play at the head of
the Kilties' Band. These buglers al
ternate with the bagpipes in the bands
street march, but His Majesty's Scot
tish-Canadian soldiers do not carry
their band instruments, these being
reserved, of course, for their con-
certs.
The band will give two performances
in Savannah. Both will be at the
Guards Hail. the first at o'clock this
Afternoon and the second at 8 this
evening. There have been many seats
sold for the performances. Tickets may
be secured at Conida's to-day. The
matinee price is so cents while that
for the night performance is 81. A
large stage has been erected in the
hall, but space has been left for an
audience of more than 500 people.
All military men are requested to at
tend the performances in uniform. The
band comes under the auspices of the
First Regiment, Infantry, and the Sa-
vannah Vlunteer Guards. The COM
mands' share of the proceeds will be
devoted toward defraying their ex-
penses to Charleston.
Though Scottish airs are, of course.
the great speciality of the band, ii will
not confine it's programme to such
music. American, Irish and German
favorites will all be requested of
Bandmaster Slater, and he is cele-
! DRAFTED for his eagerness to respond to
| all such requests. The band responds
| to encores, and the arranged pro-
gramme never represent more than
one-half the music that is really rem
dered
In addition to instrumental music.
the band has chorus of sixteen voices.
which, among other songs, will render
Dixie" The 9-year-old lad Eugene
| Lockhart, who is acknowledged as the
| best of all Scottish boy dancers, and
| belongs to The Kilties' corps of High
land dancers and pipers, adds delight
ful and clever feature to the evenings
| entertainment. He is not alone q High
| land dancer, but eXcels in Irish char
acter dancing as well. The Countess
of Aberdeen, one of Eugene's warmest
| admirers, wrote him as follows from
Government House: THE Countess of
| Aberdeen begs to state with how much
| pleasure she witnessed the dancing of
the smart little Highland laddie, Eu-
| gene Lockhart, on the occasion OF the
| Hospital Fair at London. Lady Aber-
| deem begs to offer best wishes for his
success in whatever career he may
| adopt"
| While en- tour with Canadas famous
band, The Kilties, Gene" has received
many gifts from admirers, including a
| diamond ring from a New Haven lady.
| a substantial gift of money from a
Pittsburg millionaire, and many floral
trihutas