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Older News ...... The Festival of St Andrew 6/12/09 Mike Duguid (President) had the pleasure and honour of leading the Federation delegation at the annual Festival of St Andrew Service at St Giles Cathedral on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. Margaret Morrall (President Ayr Burns Club) also contributed some pictures.
Representative of Grand Lodge of Scotland: =================== Meeting with Burns Descendant ... 21/11/09 It was a great pleasure for the President to meet with Janet Elsie-May Coom, the great, great, great granddaughter of the poet through Anna Park, barmaid at the Globe Inn, Dumfries.
First Minister meets essay competition winner Following a comprehensive tour of the Paliament building, fourteen year-old Seraphima Nechaeva met the First Minister, Alec Salmond, and delivered an abridged version of her essay in perfect English, and occasional Scots, and demonstrated powerfully why she had been chosen as the winner.
Shirley's Farewell. Goodbye to our Chief Executive..and welcome to Sam Judge A party was given for Shirley Bell our retiring Chief Executive There is an Invitation from The Auld Kirk of Ayr Homecoming Service on 13th December 2009 at 11am to all Robert Burns World Federation individual members and clubs Burns in Maybole. ======================
There is an Invitation from The Auld Kirk of Ayr Homecoming Service on 13th December 2009 at 11am to all Robert Burns World Federation individual members and clubs Burns in Maybole. ======================
Events at the Mitchell: A series of Burns related events is coming soon at the Mitchell Library Glasgow. Starting 30th Sept and running weekly through October. Click to download details. Fornicator's Court : Available Now......21-25th July 09 28/8/09
25/1/ 09 Anyone who is holding a Burns Supper to add the numbers of people raising a glass to ‘The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns’ to the Worldwide tally at our bespoke website? Suppers can be counted towards the overall total even if they have already taken place. 20/01/09 19/01/09 27/12/08
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At the recent Homecoming Ball at the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh a print of the new Burns Portrait by Charles Nasmyth:- “Robert Burns and the enigma of Immortality” featured here was sold for £300 together with 10 prints illustrating Tam ‘o’ Shanter. All proceeds from the sale were donated to the Stewarts Melville “Access to Excellence” programme. 