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M$n In Uniform Enjoy Dance iHeld By Empire Club MondaySomething new in lt;»tlt; rtninmoni made its a|jc;iranee in Medicine lint on Monday night when a dance for privates and N.C.O.’s of the S.A K.. Canadian Legion Heme Guard, members ol the C.A.S.F. home on leave, was hold in the (Jranada Hall. The dance was staged by the Knlertain-mcnt Committee ol His Majesty's Forces Kmpire Club, and arrangements were handled by Messrs. li. il. ?». Lacey and Giffy F.mery. Mr. Lloyd McDonald did a splendid job as Master of Ceremonies, and with all the novelty numbers which had been Included in the program, he found I,is position was no .sinecure. Nearly cveiy dance was dedicatee to some' Unit of His Majesty’s Forres, represented at the dance and was announced as such, and sing-songs, solos, specialty dances and novelty numbers made up the entertainment total which was so well received that it is now under discussion to hold .similar dances later.Preceding the Grand March were numbers dedicated to the Koval Canadian Corps of Signallers at Kingston. aad to the Aii Force at Moss-bank.^ask. The Grand March was: led bj*'Limit-Col. and .Mrs. G. O. Elderjand ( apt. X. A. Whit.* V a IP singing as the crowd marched It’s a Long Wav to Tipperary.” I'ark Up Your Troubles.” K-K-Katie. and “Mademoiselle From Armen-tleres ami as the lC's came to a hall In front of in.- ..rene.Ura platform. Miss Joan White sang There’a Somcthng About a Soldier.” Two dances were dedicated to the 1st S.A.R. at Xannimo. I3.C.. and the Scaforth Highlanders.A slight change was made in the Blindfold Dance, as the men kept the bandages mi as they danced andin-, it saw their partners utnil I he . (-ml of tire number. The nc.\l dance was lor the t^iie.-n’s (.wn Cameron, Highlanders of Canada (Winnipeg), a for which Miss Joan White sang 1 Don't He Angry With Me. .Sergeant.” with the crowd joining in the chorus.Horns and hats were distributed during tin* dance dedicated to the Postal Corps, in Ottawa, followed by a wait, to I he No. A Wireless School Calgary. Miss kit a Frame and Miss I. Dunsheatli alternated two tap and song numbers, which were enjoyed by all. with everyone joining in the rhM'i;:* r.f There's a Long. Long Trail. and Park Up Your Troubles.A circle two-step was dedicated to to the Saskatchewan Horse,followed by a waltz to the -19th Edmonton Regiment.. iCaptain Norman White sang Severn' »Id army songs, accompanied by :Tommy Thompson of the 1st S.A.R. at Nanaimo, in honor of the Training i Depot at Red Deer; the next dances [ were for members of S. F. T. S. No. j ”»1 at Medicine Hat. tile Air Force at ! Mae!- o«l. and the Veterans' Home I Guard at Calgary. Another hliiul-, foul dance was arranged, and the I ladies danced with covered eyes this j time.i A special number was There'll Al-i way Be An England. sung by Miss i Derothv Davis to the one hundred J and thirty men present in uniform and to the three Medicine Hat boys | who had died in their country's ! cause in the past few months.God Save the King was sung by ! nil. standing at attention, j Gtn-sts included: jI Pie. W. J. Brook wick. CpI. Tim1 Weighed. Pie. Chapman, Pte. T. • Rutter. CpI. Frank Bell. Pte. K.': Forner. L.Sgt. R. Shannon. CpI. K.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Thu, Jan 02, 1941
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