The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-20
KILTrEs AT THEATRE.
Novel Entertainment By Scotch
 Canadians.

Canadians.
 The KiIties Band at the Montgomery Theatre at matinee yesterday and last night gave an entertainment as pie turesous and as beautiful as their High land costume.
 The Highland kits. the hagpipes, reels. hornpipes. sword dances. the sweet. ouaint old Scotch songs lent variety and charm to a program which embraced Wagner. Meyerbeer and other standard composers. The Kilties do not pose as rivals of Creatores band and similar or- ganizations whose program Is made up almost entirely of classical or standard compositions. The Scotch-Canadfans. as they love to call themselves, pin their faith to the haunting sweetness of the Scotch music. They play some classical music just to show that they can do ts and they play 1t well. They are not above some lively and collaborating rag time.
 To an average audience composed in the main of the greater class of theatre goers who like music because 1t sounds invigorating, the Kilttes give a most de- lightful entertainment.
 They take the best and sweetest in Scotch music and give it to the people. And how they play 1t! Certainly no band can interpret 1t better In its strength and beauty better than the kilted Cana dians.
 A most attractive feature is made up of four people billed as the Clan John stone" It Is headed by Honorary Pipe Major Albert Johnstone, an earnest and dignified Scotchman with a true rever- ence for the bagpipes His rendition. of a bagpipe solo clearly indicated his firm belief that human ingenuity had never fashioned more pleasing or agreeable musical instrument than the bagpipes. He certainly understands every peculiar ity of his instrument and his solo at the night performance was a feature. The three young members of the elan are dancers and most graceful dancers they arc too. It was the true poetry of mo- ton that they interpreted in the grace full old Scotch and Irish dances. They were seen in the Scotch reel in costume, the sailors hornpipe and the Irish jig and Tom Johnstone. the young man of the clan, was applauded in the lively sword dance.
 The Kilties have in J. Coates Lockhard a splendid singer of the old Scotch songs. At the matinee Mir. Lockhard was given three encores for his rendition O: Burns "f1ass of Ballochmile." His selection at the night performance, "Af- ton Water" was equally well received.
 The much heralded male choir failed to meet the expectations of the audience.
 The program of the entertainment at night was as follows:
 Overture-Eiheron Weber.
 Bagpipe SoIo-Honorary Pipe Major, AL bert Johnstone.
 Gems of Scottish song-Godfrey.
 Scotch Reel in Costume-Clan John- stone Troupe.
 Scenes from Prince of Pilsen"-Lu- ders.
 Part song-Robin Adair. Parks. The Kilties Choir.
 The Sword Dance-Tom Johnstone.
 (a) Two step--Dixie Girl, Lampe. (b) Indian Intermezzo--Wenonah. Wenrich.
 Tenor Solo--Afton Water. Old Melody. J. Coates Lockhart.
 Fackeltanze-Meyerbe ..t
 Sailors Hornpipe-Clan Johnstone.
 Down on the Swaunee, Myddleton- Descriptive of a Coon's Dream of the Past.)
 Irish Jig-cfan Johnstone Troupe.
 Prelude to third act of Lohengrin- Wagner.
 National Anthem.