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Winnipeg Robert Burns Club | The 102nd Burns Supper will be held at the Marlborough Hotel on SUNDAY January 25, 2009, the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns. |
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December 5 Former MP to Emcee Burns Supper The Winnipeg Robert Burns Club's Burns Supper Committee confirmed this week that former Deputy Speaker and long time MP for Transcona, Bill Blakie will act as Master of Ceremonies at the 2009 Burns Supper. The 102nd Annual Event will be held on Sundasy, January 25, 2009, at the M<arlborough Hotel. For information on tickets contact us at winpeg@winnipegrobertburns.org November 15 Burns Club holds November Meeting Elects new member to Board The Winnipeg Robert Burns Club welcomed John Madden to the Board of Directors in an aclamation held at its November Luncheon Meeting. John, a member of several years standing will complete the term of Chris Conway, who resigned in the spring due to family commintments. Also, those in attendance approved the Board recomendation that the Burns Supper be held on Sundasy, January 25, 2009. The decision to hold the event on a Sunday is unprecendented in club history, but with 2009 marking the 250th anniversary of Burns birth, it was held to be appropiate. The Supper Committee are exploring the possibility of a late afternoon/early evening event, rather than the usual 8:00 p.m. For information on tickets contact us at winpeg@winnipegrobertburns.org October 19 The October newsletter, distributed to members and friends at the October luncheon meeting is now on-line. |
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The Club holds six luncheon meetings a year; hosts an annual Burns Supper in January, and holds an annual memorial service in July. The club meets for lunch, normally, on the third Saturday of October, November, December, February, March and April. During these meetings we share the poetry and music of Robert Burns, and other Scottish cultural activities. These meetings are open to both members and non members. Our Luncheon meetings will be held at Churchill's at the Marlborough Hotel on Smith Street for the coming year. Please check our calendar page for dates and details for our 2008-2009 year. The first Burns Supper held under the auspices of the Winnipeg Burns Club was held on Saturday, January 25th, 1908 at Manitoba Hall. In more recent years the Burns Supper has been held, always on January 25th, unless that day fell on a Sunday, at the Hotel Fort Garry, The Marlborough, the St Regis Hotel, CanadInns Polo Park and the Assiniboine Gordon Inn on the Park. The 102nd Annual Burns Supper will be held on Sunday, January 25th, 2009 at the Marlborough Hotel. The Memorial Service is held annually, at the Robert Burns Statue, on the Kennedy Street side of the grounds of the Manitoba Legislative Building, on the Sunday afternoon closest to July 21st, the anniversary of the bard's death in 1796. There is always a reading or two from Burns, usually our piper will play, and in latter years members of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society have joined us in celebration of the life of Scottish National Poet. The 2008 Memorial Service was held Sunday July 20nd at 2:00p.m.
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Please Note:
The 2009 RBANA Converence & AGM
will be held at the
Novotel in Missisauga ON
May 29-31, 2009
The Robert Burns World Federation Conference 2009
will be held at the
Holiday Inn, Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
September 4-6, 2009
These two events are part of the milestone 250th Anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
Updated Nov 22,2008
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