The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-26
CLENUGIE CLUB IN
ANNUAL GOOD TINE
Dance, Supper, Concert and Tehn Dance
Again Furnished Merriment
for Many

The members, lady friends and in.
vited guests OF the Glenugie club met in
Clan Gordon hail last evening. Christ
mas night, To hold their annual ban
.quet There were about go couples
present when Cooper's orchestra struck
mp the grand march, and every couple
present was soon on the floor to enjoy
the dance,
The custom Of the Glenugie club is
to have their first four dances at one
end Of the hall. and at the other end Of
the hall the banquet tables were set.
with all kinds Of eats on them When
the last Of the four dances was over,
the president OF the club, Alexander
Matthews, requested everyone present
to take their seats al the tables, as the
next part Of the evenings program was
q concert to occupy an hour before sup.
per was served Just before the con-
cert started, the stewards waiting ta-
Bile saw to il that everyone seated had
something to drink This part Of the
program however. was not as ii used
70 be, and deep drawn sigh was heard
from most of the men, as there was
not even 'home brew for them
The first number fthe concert pro.
gram was a few remarks from presi.
dent Matthews. who talked on the high
cost Of living aud complained how hard
it was to arrange such little banquets
nowadays but that the committee in
charge had spared no efforts to make
this one as big success as in former
years He then called on Mrs Rose
Penny for q song This artist has not
been heard much in Barre. as she lately
arrived from Aberdeen, Scotland. How
ever, her singing Of My Ain Wee
Hoose brought touch Of longing for
the old country back to all who lis
tened, and she responded TO an encore.
Coming next was an exhibition Of
highland dances hy Miss Marie Pirie,
her first being the highland fling, and
BY the applause given her it proved
that this talented little dancer was
more popular than ever She next gave
the sword dance and had TO appear for
a third dance before those present were
satisfied. A Cormack was as pleasing
as ever with his comic songs. The
Glenugie clubs fayorite sougster,
George Mcleod, sang two Of Scetland's
fayorite songs TO perfection and was
greatly applauded,
After this, the president announced
that the supper was ready, and the
stewards were busy then, and not until
about an hour later did they all rise
from the tables, declaring that they
had enjoyed a splendid supper. The
tables were then cleared away and the
president handed the remainder Of the
evenings program over to the floor
manager, James Freeland. who soon
had the splendid music from the or
chstra going. The company enjoyed
dancing TO the wee sma' hours of the
morning.
During this part of the evenings pro-
gram, the little popular dancer who
had 50 well pleased all present with
her highland dances at the concert part
of the program was called ON again.
This time Miss Pirie showed a fine
exhibition of step dancing, first being
the skirt dance, in lovely costume,
the next dance that has been very
seldom seen in Barre what is known as
the skipping rope dance This dance
was given in handsome dress, made
for the purpose, and by the applause
when she finished it could easily be
seen that everyone was delighted at the
exhibition given by the young artist.
Refreshments were served at various
times during the evening.
A dance called an affinity dance.
where tickets were given TO all and
each had to find their partner was
greatly enjoyed by all,
The success Of the banquet was due
to the following committee: A. Mat
thews, A. Cowie. b. Palmer, A. Cor
mack, A. Pirie, ]. Forrest, H. Mitchell,
j. Mcdonald. G. j. Freeland who were
assisted, by number Of the ladies',
with Mrs. Fraser of Merchant street as
supervisor.