NorCal X Marks Burns Supper: plan now!

[walkerk]

OK, so how could you dress up a UK "to the max"?

http://mybedazzler.com/

I'm in the same predicament as Jake. Have a few kilts now but no formal jacket. We'll see what we can come up with before the date. (A Potaine? Yow! Those are pricey.)

Used Google Image Search to review some photo galleries and it appears there's a wide spectrum of dress although it tends towards the formal side.

http://www.scda.us/burns%20supper.htm

http://www.craggy.org.uk/burns_supper_18-2-06.php

http://www.chicago-scots.org/Photo%2...Thumbnails.htm

http://www.highlandgames.com/members/burns_gallery.htm

http://www.charltonpark.org.uk/Burns%20night.htm

Would hate to have any X-Marker feel uneasy attending, especially on a clothing issue. (Most of the newly arrived rabble have already squandered their money on kilts, beer, and whiskey and have none left for jackets.) I'm for just wearing your best, whatever that might be, and having a great evening with klilted friends.

[Alan H]

I don't want to hammer this "dress code" thing, eh? I just hope that everyone will put some effort into dressing up as much as they can, with what they've got. I'd like to gently discourage t-shirts and pushed-down hose, eh?

If you don't have a jacket and you don't like the look of a sportscoat with your kilt, then put on a tie and a dress shirt, and there you go. A vest dresses up the whole thing a bit, if you have one. A black vest isn't too expensive an article to purchase. You can get them from the Uniformalwearhouse (see link, below) for not much money.

If you have black-tie, then wear it if you want to. I sure will! If you don't have it, then don't stress. The point here is to have fun, celebrate Robert Burns, and get together.

Remember that you can acquire "black tie" stuff pretty darned inexpensively through http://www.uniformalwearhouse.com

That is a web site devoted to providing "uniform" formal stuff to waiters and musicians. The clothing isn't top-quality, but it "works" without breaking the bank.

Get the black, single button polyester Eton Jacket, which is about $35
Get an $11 dress shirt
Get studs and cuff links for, if I remember rightly $4
Get an inexpensive black bow tie, or a solid color bow tie in the primary color of your favorite tartan. I think they're about $3

.............you're done. Team that up with hose and flashes and your best sporran and call it good. You're ready for the most formal occasion in the world!

If you want to go on to ebay and buy some celtic pewter or silver buttons to dress up your jacket, super! If not, the black buttons work fine.

And if you don't want to spent the $50 for all that stuff, then the white shirt, black vest and tie with your best kilt works just fine.

[TimC]

The important thing as I see it is the time spent together - not who wore what. Let's have a great time....

-Tim

[switchblade5984]

Aye...

[Panache]

The important thing as I see it is the time spent together - not who wore what. Let's have a great time....

-Tim

Good Company, good food, and good drink...hmmm sounds like things that Burns fellow might have written about...


Cheers

[Alan H]

The important thing as I see it is the time spent together - not who wore what. Let's have a great time....

-Tim

There ya go! Amen!

[Alan H]

We have a menu, C/O the amazing Madalyn

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Appetizers

smoked salmon
*oatcakes (Walker's brand can be purchased at Cost Plus World Market), crackers
cheeses such as cream cheese, cheddar, Glouster, goat cheese, etc.

Soup

Cock-a-leekie

Salads

mixed green, fruit, pasta (no Jello)

Entrees

*haggis

"hagless" (vegetarian haggis)

Prime Rib Roast (provided in ticket price)
baked or fried fish
dinner rolls and butter
*chappit taties, *bashed neeps, *clapshot
green vegetables

Desserts

*shortbread
*sherry triffle

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If you are willing to sign up for one of the above dishes, cooked/brought in quantities suitable for 10-30, then please e-mail Madalyn at:burns_supper@crocuta.com

Please don't sign up to bring crackers for four people! We need to keep this a reasonable task for Madalyn, and the "bookkeeping" for who's bringing what needs to be manageable. When you e-mail her tell her:

A.) what you will bring, and
B.) how many it will serve

I'm volunteering to bring cock 'o leekie soup for 20, for example. If we can't cover an entire dinner from our own potluck then we have to order stuff and that costs money and we have to raise the price! So be thee not shy, and sign up for whateer you can.

Alan

[bunchdescendant]

Alan,

Thanks for posting the menu and please thank Madalyn for creating it. Now that we know where we're going, I will share this with the S.O. and see what our clan can bring to the table.

Ray

[Alan H]

Madalyn wanted me to make note that items on that menu that have a star (*) next to them, you can contact her for recipes.

If you plan to come, the sooner you let Madalyn know, the better. SO....

e-mail the amazing Madalyn at:burns_supper@crocuta.com