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--Robert Burns

Burns Night

Burns Night

2011 Burns Night

The 2011 TCSC Burns Night is scheduled to be held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Ramada, Mall of America in Bloomington, MN. More details we be added later.

2010 Burns Night

The 2010 Burns Night was held Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at the Ramada, Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.

A Silent Auction was held, with all TCSC donation item sales going towards the support of the TCSC. Details from this event will be posted on our Events page soon.



Who was Robert Burns?

Robert Burns (January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796) was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is the best-known of the poets who have written in the Scots language.   Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay (New Year), and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.

Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well-known across the world today include "A Red, Red Rose," "A Man's A Man For A' That," "To A Louse" and "To A Mouse".  Burns' Night, effectively a second national day, is celebrated on 25 January with Burns' Suppers around the world, and is still more widely observed than the official national day, Saint Andrew's Day

Source:  Wikipedia

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