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Burns Night

2009 Burns Night

BURNS NIGHT 2009!

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Join us for Burns Night 2009! Save Saturday, January 31 as the date. If you have any questions about this fabulous event, please contact Jennifer Peterson at 763-473-9049 or by email at jenip1971@hotmail.com.

We are also looking for donations for our Silent Auction!

2008 Burns Night

The 2008 Burns Night was held Saturday, January 26th, 2008 from 6pm to midnight at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, 7800 Normandale Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55439.

A Silent Auction was held, with all TCSC donation item sales going towards the support of the Burns Night. For more details about this great event, see our News section.

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.

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More Information on Robert Burns

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