The balustrade to the staircase was covered with blue and white cloth and the walls bore clan shields and lags at intervals. The entrance into the Mah-Jong room, facing the head of the staircase was draped with large St. Andrew's flags surmounted by crossed halberds and a Royal Stewart shield, flanked with blue and white anners with a rampant lion in red emblazoned.
To the left head of the staircase was arranged the Society's regalia and to the rear, covering the windows facing the grounds, were draped floes ud the clan shield of one of the past President's of the Society. Beneath the shield was a lifelike figure of one of the Highland V.C.s of the Great War, this representation being illuminated by floodlighting and flanked by palm and pot plants.
The main decoration of the ballroom consisted of banners in blue and white emblazoned with a rampant lion in red and surmounted by clan shields and flags. The walls at the rear of this had as a centre figure a large St. Andrew's flag with a large shield bearing the President's crest suspended in the centre. This feature was flanked by standards bearing golden pennants and banners in blue and white with clan shields and flags.
The opposite side of the ballroom was decorated with similar banners, shields and flags while the railings to the balcony were draped in blue and white. The back of the bandstand had the clan shield of one of the Vice-Presidents over the centre of the arch flanked by banners and smaller shields and flags, while the front of the band platform was draped in blue and white cloth.
On either side of the bandstand were flood lighted figures of Highland V.C.s the remaining-space being filled by banked pot flowers, ete. With a view to obviating crowding in the entrance lobby and the difficulty of partners finding each other the four corners of the ballroom were marked by a large letter and a picture of a typical well-known Scottish building or scene such as "E" with a picture of Edinburgh Castle. The letters were also engraved on the dance programmes,
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