The
next Burns Supper will be held on 23 January 2010.
Ciaran Sinclair, below
left, will pipe in the top table guests and haggis; Canon
Matt McManus, below centre, will welcome and thank participants; and George
McGrattan, below right, will chair the event.
Bill Andrew, below left, will recite the Address To A Haggis and Bill Nolan, past
president of Irvine Burns Club, below right, will deliver The Immortal Memory.
The
picture of Bill Nolan was taken by John
Keachie Photography to whom we are grateful for permission to use it.
Eric
Allan, head teacher of Saint Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats, below left, will propose
the Toast to the Lassies and Mary-Rose Martin, head teacher of Ardrossan Academy,
below right, will reply.
The
folk group, A Pinch o' Salt[coats] - Dusty Millar, Tommy Bingham and John Slavin
- will provide the music.
There
are more Burns Supper pictures on the Pictures
page.