SGF Burns Night -- January 23 2010

**macwilkin** · 9th December 09, 07:40 PM

The Scottish St. Andrew's Society of Springfield, Missouri will hold its annual Burns Supper on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at the Doubletree Hotel (corner of Kearney & Glenstone), Springfield. Cocktails/social hour will begin at 6.00 pm, and the Dinner promptly at 6.45.

Members of the Crooked Creek Ceili(dh) Band of Harrison, Arkansas will be the featured entertainment, and Pipers Jay and Lucinda Goetz of the John Ford Pipe Band of St. Louis will be the picked pipers for the evening.

Tickets are $40 per person and include a choice of chicken, pork or vegetarian dinners. A cash bar will be available for those wishing wine, beer or spirits with their meal. Haggis will be served.

Dress: Black Tie or Business Dress. Medals and Decorations.

Please visit our web site: www.springfieldscots.org for more information, or PM cajunscot.

**macwilkin** · 5th January 10, 07:14 AM

A bump for new member frae SW MO!

Just a note about this year's entertainment:

"Sangs & clatter" will be provided by Caven Clark and The Crooked Creek Ceili Band from Harrison, Arkansas. Caven and the band have lined up a great program of Burns songs, pipe & fiddle tunes. Caven's wife Eileen will be leading Scottish Country and Ceilidh dancing following the formal part of the evening.

Pipers Jay and Lucinda Goetz of the John Ford Highland Pipe band in St. Louis will also be playing; Lucinda is a former Central High School "Kilty" in Springfield.

Our Immortal Memory will be given by William Nicholl of the Scottish St. Andrew's Society of Greater St. Louis; Bill is a native of Fofar and attended the University of St. Andrews, where he preformed in a theatre troupe with noted Burnsians John Cairney and Andrew Keir.

Yours aye,

Todd

**piperdbh** · 13th January 10, 06:30 PM

Robert and Cathie Ryder, who are members of my clan association, Clan Lockhart, will be giving the toasts to the lasses and lads at this event. I would appreciate someone there taking some pics of them and posting them here, so I won't be the only one wearing the tartan here.

Thanks!

**macwilkin** · 13th January 10, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Robert and Cathie Ryder, who are members of my clan association, Clan Lockhart, will be giving the toasts to the lasses and lads at this event. I would appreciate someone there taking some pics of them and posting them here, so I won't be the only one wearing the tartan here.

Thanks!

I'll make sure someone does! Robert and Cathie are some of our most enthusiastic and hardest-working members of our society! We're lucky to have them.

T.

**piperdbh** · 13th January 10, 08:46 PM

I'm glad to know that. Thanks, Todd.
I just read about their involvement in the Burns Supper today in our clan newsletter. Robert's the editor thereof, and I hope to meet the two of them some day.