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200th Anniversary Dinner
14th February, 2025

Postponed from 24th Jan. due to Storm Eowyn


Chairman Frazer McLellan

Chairman - Frazer McLellan


But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white - then melts for ever.


PROGRAMME



Introduction of Chairman
Robert Strahorn
Reply and Welcome
The Chairman
Piping In The Haggis
Callum Paterson
'Address To A Haggis'
Logan McCall
'Selkirk Grace'
Gordon Walker
SUPPER
Cock-a-leekie soup
Haggis, Neeps & Tatties
Roast Beef
Trifle & Cream
Oatcakes & Cheese

Song: 'A Man's A Man For A' That'
The Company
Secretary's Report
Lindsay Paterson
deputising for Alister Sim
Song: '23rd Psalm'
The Club Choir
Deceased Members
Jack Cruickshanks
Song: 'Land O' The Leal'
The Company
Poem: 'The Twa Dogs'
Alister Sim, Steve Richmond
and Jamie Houston
Song: 'The Bonnie Lass o' Ballochmyle'
Robert Strahorn Snr.
Piper's Pook
Callum Paterson
TOAST: The Clergy and The Church
Kinnear McCallum
Song: 'Westlin Winds'
Craig Paterson
TOAST: Town and Community of Dalry
David Park
deputising for Allan McGinlay
Poem: 'Epistle To The Rev. John M'math'
Gus McLafferty
Reading: Snippets
John Hodgart with Jim Clark,
Jean Lesperance, Gordon Walker,
David Smith, Morris McTaggart
and Stuart Clements (vln.)
Fiddle Solo
Stuart Clements
TOAST: Memory of Robert Burns
Frazer McLellan
Song: 'Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin'
The Company
TOAST: Memory of Jean Armour
Alister Sim
Song: 'O' A' The Airts'
The Company
TOAST: Guests and New Members
Robert Strahorn
Reply on behalf of New Members
Ryan Crawford
Reply on behalf of Guests
Robert Wallace
Musical Medley
Club Band
Song: 'The Star O' Rabbie Burns'
The Company
TOAST: The Chairman
The Croupier
TOAST: The Croupier
The Chairman
Song: 'Auld Lang Syne'
The Company

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Accompanists: Gordon Walker & Roy Davidson

Piper: Callum Paterson

Audio: Lee Brady



TBC Members



TBC Members' Guests

Club Guests

Ayrshire Association of Burns Clubs - Lorrie Headley
Barrmill Jolly Beggars BC - Donald Reid, Gordon Wilson,


3 Club Guests and TBC Members' Guests.


Images from the Supper   Further Images
(Credits: Alex Findlay & Armour Hamilton)


The Club gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship
(and the catering service) provided by:


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