Date
Friday, 26th January 2024
Time
6.30pm - 9.30pm
We would like to invite you for our annual Burns' Night Supper event hosted by Cllr Jacky Pendleton.
- Date: Friday 26th January 2024
- Times: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
- Location: St Nicholas Church Hall, Elmer Road, Middleton-on-Sea, Bognor Regis, PO22 6ET (parking available in the car park accessed from Southdean Drive)
- Price: £25 per person
We will be holding our usual raffle with a multitude of prizes. Donations of raffle prizes are welcome.
Menu
- Starter - Haggis (vegetarian option available) and a wee dram of malt whiskey
- Main - Collops of beef in rich gravy or stuffed field mushrooms, with neeps, carrots and tatties
- Dessert - Cranachan or treacle tart and custard
Do let us know if you require a vegetarian meal.
Programme
The Burns' Supper has been part of Scottish culture for nigh on two hundred years. The First "Burns Supper" was started by a group of Burns' friends as a tribute to the Bard and to continue his memory
- Roun Ane - An introduction to the evening from our host
- Roun Two - The haggis is piped in followed by an "Address to the Haggis"
- Roun Three - Selkirk Grace
Some hae meat an' canna eat
and some wad eat, that want it
but we hae meat, and we can eat,
and sae the Lord be thank it
- Roun Fower - The meal
- Roun Five - The Immortal Memory - an invited speaker speaks about Burns' life and loves
Toast to the Lassies - traditionally only attended by men, devoted to the girls. Now everyone attends
- Roun Seeven - Reply from the Lassies - a humorous retort based on men's weaknessess
- Roun Eicht - Recitation of some poems and songs from the Bard
"Tam o'Shanter"
"To a Mouse"
- Roun Nine - Joining of hands to sing "Auld Lang Syne"
Bookings
To book, use the form below or contact Jacky Pendleton on office@bognorlittlehamptonconservatives.org.uk or by phone at 01243 585979