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.
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.