The 14TH Anniversary Burns Night Celebration includes entertainment by bagpipers, harpists, guitarists, and singers. The banquet includes traditional Scottish dishes Tatties and Neeps, Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Haggis, and Trifle dessert, as well as Chicken in the Heather and top Sirloin. Date: Saturday, February 4, 2017; Time: Social Hour Begins at 5:00pm, Program and Banquet at 6:00pm; Location: Mill Casino Hotel, 3201 Tremont Ave., North Bend, Oregon; Tickets: $35 per person: Available at the Mill Casino Hotel Gift Shop Or may be ordered by calling 800-953-4800, #9; A special hotel room rate is being offered by the Mill Casino Hotel. For more info or tickets: 541-266-8989. Burns Night is celebrated annually by Scots around the world in memory of Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland’s national poet and songwriter, perhaps best known world-wide for the song Auld Lang Syne. The Celebration is rich with traditional ceremony including The piping in of the Haggis, accompanied by pipe band and kilted swordsmen honor guard; Burns’ Ode to the Haggis; Burns’ Selkirk Grace; Address to the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns; Toast to the Lasses & Reply to the Laddies; Singing of Auld Lang Syne at Evening’s End (audience participation); Scottish Attire suggested but not required. Proceeds of the event also support the Coastal Celtic Society’s Scholarship Fund, a 501C3 charity promoting Celtic Culture through music, dance, education and the arts. For more information, call Robert More at 541-266-8989 or email to themores@msn.com
