Quote Originally Posted by cessna152towser View Post
Overall a good performance, spoilt by the rather sad behaviour at the address to the haggis.
I don't know, Alex. I like the admonition that no Burns supper should be conducted in such a manner that Burns himself would not want to attend. He was a lover of good times, and I think that the "translations", while a bit Vaudevillian, were in keeping with the festive nature that such an event should enjoy.

It is not necessary to wear a fez to a Burns Supper btw.
But if the fez has become something of an icon to the group holding the event, why not? My guess is that if I were putting together a Burns Night event in Fiji, there would be some form of native garb in evidence.

I really don't think that the NorCal folks were attempting to ridicule Burns...quite the contrary!