Burns Banquet

[low_delta]

Every year the Milwaukee St. Andrew's Society hosts the Robert Burns Banquet. It's a formal event. I plan on upgrading my outfit so I can go in black tie next year. Earl always invites us to sit at his table. He and his wife provide springs of heather for us to wear. Another guest at the table gifted us with copies of his daughter-in-law's book, The Distance Between Us. Cocktails, then dinner of steak and salmon (which are always most excellent).


This is Ian giving his rendition of "Address To A Haggis" complete with (half of the) honor guard. That's my dad with a sword, second from the left.


Two pipe bands performed, and these four members of the second did their own performance. A singer performed one or two songs, but was often drowned out by the bagpipes.


There were several performances by Scottish dancers. Later, there was Scottish country dancing with instruction for people to join in.

Comments

[planetgeorge.livejournal.com]

I'd love to go to a Burns Supper one of these days....and try haggis.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I think the Milwaukee Burns club does a Supper every month. Do you have a Burns club, or any Scottish organizations there?

[planetgeorge.livejournal.com]

The closest Scottish organization that I know of is the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia. That's about 80 miles away from me. Evidently that's the oldest St. Andrew's Society in the U.S. and it was founded in 1747. I've checked out their website but it has no info on it about joining. And the closest Robert Burns Association is in Annapolis, Maryland, which is about 3 hours away.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

That's pretty far away. :-(

That one is about a hundred years older than ours, and we're the oldest charitable organization in Wisconsin.

[planetgeorge.livejournal.com]

Philadelphia is about 80 miles away so that would be doable. I'm not sure how to join the St. Andrew's Society, though. My dad is a member of the St. Andrew's Society in Tampa so I should ask him.