Burns Night
Harrow & District Caledonian Society has a strong tradition of celebrating the birth of Scotland's bard.
Our Burns Supper is usually held on a Saturday close to 25th January
and comprises a traditional dinner with speeches, songs and recitations
Our 2026 Burns Supper is on Friday 16th January
at the Blue Check restaurant, High Street, Bushey
The Immortal Memory will be proposed by Barry Gardiner, MP
and our piper will be Neil Esslemont.
Burns songs will be performed by our singing group.
At our 2025 event we were delighted to welcome
PlaidSong (Nicky Small and Syd House)
to deliver the Immortal Memory interspersed with song
and also to welcome Alain English, recent runner-up in the
world Tam o' Shanter recitation competition, to recite for us.
Further details from mail@harrowscottish.org.uk
Photos from the 2018 event are on our social media accounts
In recent years we have been pleased to welcome guest orators
PlaidSong (Nicky Small & Syd House), Jim Henderson, Prof Kirsteen McCue, Derek Darnell, Andrew Glennie, Wylie White, Adrian Moorman, Jane Brown, Clark McGinn, James Fields, James Fairbairn, Bill Henry, and Janet McNulty (a direct descendant of Robert Burns).
Our 2021 Burns Supper will be held on Saturday 30th January
at Northwood Golf Club, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood HA6 2QW
including three course meal, and traditional speeches
from members and friends of the Society,
Piper Neil Esslemont
CLOSING DATE FOR BOOKINGS tbc
(will be approx 2 weeks before the date of the event)
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Auld Lang Syne
1.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' auld lang syne.
3.
We twa hae run about the braes
And pu'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary foot
Sin auld lang syne.
5.
And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right guid willy waught,
For auld lang syne.
2.
And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp!
And surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
4.
We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn,
Frae mornin' sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin auld lang syne.
Chorus.
And for auld lang syne, my jo,
For auld lang syne,
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
Harrow & District Caledonian Society
offering Scottish activities and friendship in this part of Middlesex/NW London for over 95 years
