4th Nor Cal Rabble Burns Night Supper (photos & videos)

[cessna152towser]

Overall a good performance, spoilt by the rather sad behaviour at the address to the haggis. How would you 'mericans like it if we in Scotland held such a mockery of Independence Day 4th July and then broadcast it on the internet?

To discover how you ought to conduct yourselves at a proper Burns Supper and in particular at the address to the haggis I suggest you could learn a lot by viewing the videos in the thread about the SOKS Burns Supper http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ght=soks+burns

It is not necessary to wear a fez to a Burns Supper btw.

[Tartan Hiker]

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!

[walkerk]

A presentation by Richard (way2fractious).

[Pour1Malt]

sorry... I disagree completely... the Fez is not native Scottish headgear and it is not native american headgear- it is Turkish... and it is often used (in the usa and the UK) as a symbol of foolishness and stupidity... (which is pretty racist in and of itself)

Robert Burns was a patriot and IS a national symbol... do not fool yourself into thinking Burns would find it amusing to have him, his country, his country's symbols ridiculed...

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.



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!