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23rd March 08, 03:45 AM
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Auld Lang Syne Manuscript
It was announced last week that an original manuscript of Robert Burns's Auld Lang Syne is to be removed from the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and displayed at the prestigious Grolier Club in New York as one of the star attractions of the Scotland Week celebrations from March 30.
The manuscript is valued at £250,000.
What is the Grolier Club and why is it so prestigious, can anyone enlighten me here?
I see that Tartan Week has been replaced by Scotland Week as apparently 'Tartan' was not recognised as being intrinsically Scottish, now the emphasis is to be put on creating more awareness of Scottish commercial and business activities rather than the celebration of Scottish culture and heritage, personnally I think this is the wrong way to promote Scotand as a place that people want to see and visit
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