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Burns Celebration 2024
The Caledonian Society of Arizona is pleased to announce our Burns Supper

The date is Saturday, January 27 at 6 pm
to be held at

    The University Club of Phoenix
    39 East Monte Vista Road
    Phoenix AZ 85004

There will be a traditional Scottish dinner, accompanied by:
  • The Haggis
  • The Pipes
  • Appropriate (and perhaps inappropriate) toasts
  • Whisky Tasting
  • A healthy portion of boisterous revelry
  • Cash Bar
 
Ticket price: $75.00 per person

Formal dress is suggested.     Kilts / Scottish attire are recommended.


To purchase tickets, visit the ticket site at:

www.tickettailor.com/events/caledoniansocietyofarizona/1093446

Booking fees will be included at checkout



The History of Celebrating Robbie Burns

Burns Night, effectively a second national day in Scotland, is celebrated near his birth date of January 25 with Burns Suppers around the world, and is still more widely observed than the official national day, Saint Andrew's Day, or the proposed North American celebration, Tartan Day.

This 2019 event is a more casual version of the formal Burns suppers - which has not changed format since Robert's death in 1796.

That would start with a general welcome and announcements followed with the Selkirk Grace. After the grace comes the piping and cutting of the haggis, where Burns' famous Address To a Haggis is read and the haggis is cut open. The event usually allows for people to start eating just after the haggis is presented. This is when the reading called the Immortal Memory—an overview of Burns' life and work—is given; the event usually concludes with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.



Read more Burns Suppers at Wikipedia

"Robert Burns." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 6 Aug 2009, 16:33 UTC. 6 Aug 2009

Wikipedia is a user-contributed encyclopedia. The article cited on this page is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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