Austin Burns Supper

[Irish Jack O'Brian]

Last night I attended the 1st Annual Burns Supper at Mister Tramps Bar. It was a great time. Here are some pictures, and I apologize for their poor quality - I have yet to get the hang of my new camera.


The Capitol City Highlanders Pipe Band opened the evening.


It was a pretty good crowd.


The Bass Drum and the Sword lead the Piping In of the Haggis.



The Haggis is carried in by its maker - a young lassie who made it from a 'kit' that she ordered from Louisiana.


The 'Chieftan o' the puddin' clan' is addressed and sliced by our host for the night, Alfredo, the owner of Mister Tramps.

Alfredo was a great host and had gone to great lengths to make the evening authentic. And just so you know about Alfredo's authenticity, here is the bio found on his website:
Alfredo was born in Italy, but at the age of 6 moved to Scotland. Primary school was Ellingham Hall, a boarding school in Northumberland, England, where he was tortured and beaten for 5 years, and then attended boarding school at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was beaten for another 5 years. He graduated with a BS Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1980. After a short period in Adu Dhabi, UAE and Doha, Qatar, he moved to Austin in pursuit of Aimee. For 11 years he worked as a Product Manager for Gore & Associates, makers of Gore-Tex and has 8 US patents from that period. The next 13 years he spent building up a printing business in Austin, which he sold in 2006. In April 2009, he opened Mister Tramps. He still returns frequently to Italy to visit family and friends.

[Irish Jack O'Brian]

The smell of the steaming departing haggis called for another toast.


One of the pipers broke into a jig to the skirl of his mates' pipes.


The dancing piper showed me how the Glengarry was perfectly shaped to accommodate his mohawk.


Bill, wearing a Macduff scarf, enjoys the 'Haggis, Neeps, & Tatties Slider.' He was a very companionable toastmate.

[Irish Jack O'Brian]

Poetry was read, and the evening ended with Auld Lang Syne.

[KiltedDixon]

Great Pics! Looked like a wonderful supper. Thanks for sharing.

[Jack Daw]

Great pics! Finally, a practical use for the glengarry bonnet!

[English Bloke]

Tremendous! Cheers.

[Spartan Tartan]

Looks like a good time. Thanks for sharing your pictures.

[Tartan Tess]

Great pictures.
Don't let Alfredo near the Haggis or it will be bound in Gore tex....
Isn't Burn's night fun?
This year I figured out that our piper who does the haggis blessing or what ever that is, always makes sure that the person "Piping in the haggis" is under the age of drinking for the toast , so he gets it...smart man

[CMcG]

I love it. Full of pomp and ceremony!

[Mike_Oettle]

And a good time was had by all.
Alfredo seems to have come away from Scotland with something of a fondness for it, despite all his hardships!
Regards,
Mike