1/24/10 Burns Tea pix

**Tim Little** · 26th January 10, 10:29 AM

The Chelmsford (Mass.) Center for the Arts marked its inaugural fundraiser with an intimate gathering to celebrate Robert Burns' 251st birthday this past Sunday afternoon.

X Marks' own Blaxcot -- fresh from delivering the Immortal Memory at the New York Caledonian Club's Burns celebration the night before -- made the trek up from Manhattan (and back again!) to appear as the featured guest artist.

I took quite a lot of pictures -- some of which actually came out decently -- but haven't been home to upload them yet. In the meantime here are a couple of shots provided by Ruth Canonico, the event organizer and a fine musician and storyteller in her own right:

This first picture is of the semi-impromptu Address to the Haggis.

Mike (Blaxcot), with the haggis, dressed in his 18th Century finery. Brian Quirk (?) from the Sutherland Pipe Band piped in the haggis and graced us with a few tunes.

Mike is a dedicated Burnsian who happily performs his Burns "collaborations" -- and spreads the gospel of the Bard -- in the New York area and beyond.

More to come....

**GMan** · 27th January 10, 01:56 PM

Nice!

**Highlander31** · 27th January 10, 02:41 PM

Sounds like an interesting evening.

**Chas** · 30th January 10, 09:16 AM

Looks like an interesting twist on the traditional Burns celebrations.

Regards

Chas

**Galician** · 30th January 10, 09:40 AM

Looks nice indeed. But was it so intimate that there only the five of you??

**Mael Coluim** · 30th January 10, 09:48 AM

What great teasers for your pix to follow!

**svc40bt** · 30th January 10, 11:41 AM

These are good, waiting for the rest.

**Tim Little** · 27th February 10, 03:08 PM

Hi again.... Sorry for the lengthy delay in getting these posted, but I finally have a few more pix from last month's Burns tea. My wife and I took over 200 shots; here are some of the better ones:

**Tim Little** · 27th February 10, 03:09 PM

**Tim Little** · 27th February 10, 03:10 PM

The instrument being played by Ruth is an Appalachian dulcimer.

The masks on the gallery wall were part of the exhibition "Who is my neighbor?" exploring diversity in Chelmsford.