Burns Dinner music

**JayFilomena** · 13th January 06, 10:10 AM

Some of you know that I am going to try and organize a Burns dinner in Baghdad this month. My friend Ian, an SAS operator from Scotland, said he would organize the music. Well, today he said he would not be able to get anything. Can someone recommend to me, a CD that would be appropriate for a Burns Dinner? I will need at least one song to "pipe in the Haggis" and I am really not sure what other tunes or songs to play at a Burns dinner. Advice is highly sought. If I can get some recommendations of CDs by this weekend, I should be able to order them on line, and maybe, just maybe get them here in time.

Jay

**macwilkin** · 13th January 06, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by JayFilomena

Some of you know that I am going to try and organize a Burns dinner in Baghdad this month. My friend Ian, an SAS operator from Scotland, said he would organize the music. Well, today he said he would not be able to get anything. Can someone recommend to me, a CD that would be appropriate for a Burns Dinner? I will need at least one song to "pipe in the Haggis" and I am really not sure what other tunes or songs to play at a Burns dinner. Advice is highly sought. If I can get some recommendations of CDs by this weekend, I should be able to order them on line, and maybe, just maybe get them here in time.

Jay

"A Man's a Man for a' that" or "Scots Wha Hae" would be my recommendations for pipe tunes to pipe the Haggis in. Both are relatively easy to find on various pipe band CD's.

As far as other music for a Burns Supper, a good friend of mine, Alex Sutherland, is a Scottish singer and will be performing tomorrow night at our Burns Supper. I would be happy to speak to him for you about ordering one of his CD's:

www.alexsutherland.com

Yours aye,

Todd

**cavscout** · 13th January 06, 11:18 AM

I don't know what kind of access you have to download music but if you have an email address that could receive the large files I'd be willing to put them into an mp3 format which could be played on most cd players if you have access to a cd burner or even and mp3 player.

Just let me know which tunes you want and I'll try an round them up.

**MacMullen** · 13th January 06, 01:49 PM

Scotland the Brave is a traditional favorite for piping in the haggis as well.

**macwilkin** · 13th January 06, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by MacMullen

Scotland the Brave is a traditional favorite for piping in the haggis as well.

True, but it's nae Burns! :mrgreen: That's why I like "A Man's a Man" -- it sounds very guid on the pipes!

Technically, the Haggis should be fiddled in, since Burns was a Lowlander from Ayr...but I like the pipes too much not to have them! ;)

T.

**Raphael** · 13th January 06, 02:27 PM

Have you tried to look for a local piper? When I was channel surfing a couple of months ago, there was a Iraqi piper in a news clip on CNN. It may be nice to introduce the burns night tradition to the local.

**wgority** · 13th January 06, 05:07 PM

http://www.robertburns.org/suppers/

Here's a good link for suggestions. Just remember, these are suggestions and are not writ in stone.

Bill

**JayFilomena** · 14th January 06, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by Raphael

Have you tried to look for a local piper? When I was channel surfing a couple of months ago, there was a Iraqi piper in a news clip on CNN. It may be nice to introduce the burns night tradition to the local.

On it's own that is a great idea, unfortunetly, for operational security, it's not. If a local Iraqi were allowed access to our facility, he and his family would be in danger. Insurgents would kidnap, tourture, or kill anyone they thought would have useful information, like building layouts, number of security on duty etc. Some day it will be different, just not right now.