Burns Supper 2008

(Sorry, no photos)

The 2008 Burns Supper was very well attended and carried out with excellent efficiency, from the setting up of the tables & chairs to the packing away of all the gear with hardly any food needing to be hosed off the walls at all. We cheated a little what with having the food prepared off site but it still tasted great.

The haggis was greeted in the traditional manner by being piped in by Andrew and carried by Aaron who adressed the haggis and dispatched it with alacrity. The Selkirk Grace was read by Andrew and we all tucked in.

The Immortal Memory was given by Keith (who tactfully did not mention that a certain amount of "immortal memory" was lacking from someone as he'd only been asked to give the speech the night before). Angus proposed the Toast the the Lassies who replied (Lucy & Naomi) with a more light-hearted view of the Leaders and Scouts.

Once the decks had been cleared David led the whole Troop in some energetic Highland Dancing and it was great so see almost everybody give it a go. Well done!

Thanks to the cooks (Jim, Terry & Mike), all the speechmakers, David & Keith for the sound & music, and last but not least Chris & Nick who co-ordinated the whole event.

Some of you have asked for the Lassies Reply to be reproduced here so, with the embarrasment of the Leaders concerned, here it is...

The Lassies Reply

There was a short Scouter called Terry
Who went to the pub to make merry
He would stand on a box
While drinking at Jocks
And up top he wasn't that hairy

Two Knuttons there are, Chris & Nick
Now Terry is always quite quick
To tell them apart
He does not need a chart
He just pokes them both hard with a stick
(… and Nick usually shouts "oi!")

Our Jim's a dab-hand with a brush
He mixes the paint till it's slush
Then he slops it around
All over the ground
But it never gets done in a rush

Now David's a man of fine sorts
When engaging the Scouts to do sports
He's such a good cook
Straight out of the book
With an apron tied over his shorts
(…….to keep them clean of course)

Mike's the one with the biggest of bellies
Cos he sits watching far too much telly
And at the last camp
When the weather was damp
He couldn't reach to put on his wellies

Keith's the one with the nice ginger beard
But there's rumours, and now it is feared
That he's dying it pink
We are all apt to think
This idea is a little bit weird
(….perhaps he could do it to raise scout funds)

All of our Scouts are brave laddies
But they wouldn't obey their own daddies
They sent them to Scouts
So they wouldn't be louts
But I'm not sure it's worked - they're all maddies

On this Burns night we're all gathered here
To eat haggis, neeps & tatties and drink beer
"Be Prepared" is our motto
So to finish I think we all otto…
Give a loud and big-hearted Scout cheer!!!