Burns Night Celebration 7 А класс ГБОУ СОШ № 356
Bagpipers.
Burns Supper in style If there’s one night in the year to gather all of your nearest and dearest for a hearty feast with delectable haggis and dancing until the wee hours, it must be Burns Night.
On 25 th January • the world celebrated birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland’s best-loved son and its National Bard. His passionate and inspiring songs and poetry have touched many hearts and influenced thousands.
Haggis. • This is possibly the best known part of the Burns Supper programme. Normally a piper will be employed to play some suitably stirring bagpipe music as the chef enters with the Haggis. • This is paraded ceremoniously through the assembled guests as they applaud its arrival with a "slow handclap". • Eventually it is placed in front of the artiste who as been engaged to recite the address, "To a Haggis". This is done with much ceremony and when it gets to the verse. . .
• . . . the artiste plunges a large knife into the haggis, which normally spews forth its contents in the manner described by Burns. Drams (glasses of whisky) are then dispensed to the artiste, the chef and the piper. If they are men at all they will down these in one gulp! (Read about the life of a haggis. ) • Haggis is similar to the way we stuff our Thanksgiving turkeys, in consistency at least. It’s a kind of pudding, using the English term; it is savory and full of flavor. Haggis was my first meal when visiting Scotland several years ago. It was an excellent repast, one that I would gladly partake in again.
Readings of Burns Work • As part of the programme there will normally be about four readings of Burns's work. Some artistes make a speciality of particular poems. • To a Mouse - A Poem by Robert Burns • (Written by Burns after he had turned over the nest of a tiny field mouse with his plough. Burns was a farmer and farmers are generally far too busy to be concerned with the health of mice. This poem is another illustration of Robert Burn's tolerance to all creatures and his innate humanity. )
My Luve is like a Red Rose • • O my Luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June: O my Luve's like the melodie, That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry.
Burns Songs • Singers are invited to perform songs by Burns during the evening. Musical interludes usually punctuate the readings and speeches that take place to provide a balanced program.
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