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10/05/2015

Sunday

Coldstream Bridge

23/05/2015

Saturday

Mauchline Holy Fair

26/05/2015

Tuesday

Club Bowling Match (Newall Terrace)

09/06/2015

Tuesday

St. Michaels - Plaque Cleaning

05/07/2015

Sunday

Covington Mains

06/07/2015

Monday

Jean Armour Dinner

09/07/2015

Thursday

Club Treasure Hunt

12/07/2015

Sunday

Wauchope Cairn, Hawick

22/07/2015

Wednesday

Brow Well Service

02/08/2015

Sunday

Outing - Irvine Burns Club

04-06/09/2015

Frid/Sun

RBWF Conference, Peebles

20/09/2015

Sunday

Bowling match with Dumbarton in Dumfries

24/09/2015

Thursday

Club night

29/10/2015

Thursday

Club night

02/11/2015

Monday

Hallowe'en Supper

26/11/2015

Thursday

Club night

30/11/2015

Monday

St Andrew's Night Dinner

14/12/2015

Monday

Christmas Dinner in the Globe Inn

22/01/2016

Friday

Commemorative Service & Mausoleum

24/01/2016

Sunday

Charnwood Lodge Burns Lunch

25/01/2016

Monday

127th Anniversary Dinner

06/02/2016

Saturday

SSCBA Schools Competition (DFS Academy)

25/02/2016

Thursday

Club night

29/02/2016

Monday

Leap Year Dinner in the Globe Inn

31/03/2016

Thursday

Club night

28/04/2016

Thursday

Club night

05/05/2016

Thursday

Anual General Meeting

2015 Halloween Supper in the Globe Inn


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The traditional Burns Howff Club gathering at Hallowe’en in the Globe Inn opened on a somber note when members observed a minutes silence in memory of their Honorary Treasurer, Frank Manson, whose sudden death during the previous week shocked the club.


Halloween2015bPresident Callum Watson introduced the guest speaker, John Elliot, secretary of Coldstream Burns Club, who after dinner, entertained the company with a talk on the origins of the Celtic pagan festival of Samhuinn which the early church adopted as the Feast of All Saints on 1st November or “All Hallows Eve” on 31st October.  The Hallowe’en legend was used by Robert Burns in his poem of the same name and later drew on the lore of witches and warlocks throughout his famous narrative tale of “Tam o’ Shanter” and much later, the old Scottish custom of children as “guisers” going round the houses in disguise, seeking a reward for a song or poem. The speaker was thanked by the President and accepted an engraved tankard in appreciation.


Halloween2015cClub member Donald Shamash gave a hilarious recitation of Burns’ “Holy Willie’s Prayer”, a masterpiece of cynical hypocrisy, complete with nightgown and candle, to great acclaim. Making a welcome return to the Globe Inn was fiddler Andy Kain and accordionist Leonard Brown whose lively musical selections were a highlight of the evening.

Les Byers added his own interpretation of Burns’ poem, “The Letter” and later Andy’s Stewarts “Rumour”. Songs were contributed in fine style by John Caskie. The president announced that past president Ian McIntyre had been successful in the ballot for junior vice president of the Robert Burns World Federation at the recent conference at Peebles and would hold office as president in 2017-18.

The musicians rounded off the evening with a riotous medley of tunes, old and new including a snatch of Glen Miller and Chuck Berry before a Vote of Thanks, wittily proposed by junior vice president Colin Gibson followed by a raucous version of “Auld Lang Syne” which ended a night to remember.