Montreat
Scottish Society
Montreat Scottish Society
PO Box 414,
Montreat, NC 28757
www.montreatscottish.org
| Annual
Robbie Burns High Tea — Saturday, February
3, 2007 On the first Saturday in February each year, members and friends of the Montreat Scottish Society eagerly assemble for our celebration of Robert Burns' birthday. Joe Bailey, our illustrious Pipe Major, pipes us into the festive atmosphere. There, we will enjoy Scottish treats, including cookies, cakes, and haggis. The 2007 Robbie Burns High Tea is chaired by MSS member Ann Vinson. The tea will be held at Bill & Susanne McCaskill's home, 114 John Knox Road, Montreat, from 2 to 4 p.m. Scottish attire is not required, but many who attend proudly wearing their colorful tartans. The surroundings will be decorated with tartans and Scottish memorabilia. This is a great time to see old friends and meet new ones. 
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| Robert Burns
(born
January 25,
1759,
died
July 21, 1796) By reinvigorating the Scottish vernacular through his poetry and his recording hundreds of the Scottish folk songs, Robert Burns became popularly known as the "national poet of Scotland." In 1786, he published a collection of his poems in the county town of Kilmarnock — "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect". The book (now known as the Kilmarnock Edition) was an instant success and he went to Edinburgh where he was welcomed by a number of leading literary figures. In Edinburgh, he met James Johnson, another keen collector of Scottish songs. Johnson was producing a series of volumes on songs complete with music, and Burns was soon the chief part of the production team. James Johnson's The Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803) was published in six volumes and contained 200 of Burns' songs. He also wrote the words for many songs found in George Thomson's Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs (1793-1813), published in five volumes. |
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Scots and descendants worldwide celebrate the man who brought the world poems and songs, such as
Auld Lang Syne, The Selkirk Grace, Tam O’Shanter and, of course, the famous (or infamous)
Address to the Haggis. From the first celebration in 1800 of 9 men in Scotland, annual Burns gatherings now are held from Edinburgh to Fiji to Montreat. |
Questions, contact Ron Vinson or Anna Hodgkin
