Burns' Night Party

Friday night the boys' school PA held a Burns' night party at the school.

Robert Burns is Scotland's most well-known and best loved poet famous for writing "Auld lang Syne," which everybody thinks they know and nobody actually does. Each year around his birthday, January 25, Burns' suppers are held to celebrate his life and poetry. At the start of the meal, the haggis is brought into the room preceeded by a piper. Then a poem written by Burns was read, To A Haggis, and then cut it open and everyone toasted this with their drinks. It was really quite interesting and quite fun. The haggis was not the main course, but mainly a side dish for the evening. There was a great Scottish string band for the remainder of the evening for dancing ~ think, barn dance and you get the idea.

It was really a great night but it made for a very long day...we set up from 2pm-5pm, the event was from 7-midnight and I finally made it home a little after 1am. It was worth it when it was all said and done.