What Happens at a Burns Night Gathering?
Burns Suppers range from formal gatherings of aesthetes and scholars (sometimes men only) to uproariously rave-ups in pubs. Most Burns Suppers however fall in between and more or less adhere to a broad program whose typical steps would be: • Piping in the Top Table • Chairman’s Welcome • The Selkirk Grace • Piping in the Haggis • Address to a Haggis • Toast to the Haggis • Burns supper • The Immortal Memory • Toast to the Lassies • Reply to the Toast to the Lassies • Vote of Thanks (to the speakers/entertainers/etcetera) • Auld Lang Syne The above are normally interspersed with sangs and clatter, that is music (especially piping!), song, Highland ceilidh dancing and entertainment: some celebrants may wish contribute the composition of original songs or poems; some may excel at giving toasts or reciting verse (by, about, or in the spirit of the Bard); other still may be captivating storytellers. document.getElementById(‘adsense_placeholder_2’).innerHTML = document.getElementById(‘adsens
