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Slàinte: Sicamous cheers to Robbie Burns

The legion and Shuswap Pipes 91Ƶn Drums celebrate the Scottish bard
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Shuswap Pipes 91Ƶn Drums will usher in Robbie Burns Night celebrations and Scottish traditions at the Sicamous Legion on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Submitted photo)

Great Scott, it91Ƶs almost Robbie Burns Day and the Sicamous Legion and Shuswap Pipes 91Ƶn Drums band have a celebration planned for the legendary bard.

The annual event honours the Scottish poet91Ƶs Jan. 25, 1759 birthday, and a party it will be with a dinner, dance, bagpipes and more.

The event will feature a traditional Scottish dinner, including the dubious haggis, a traditional concoction of minced organs boiled in a sheep91Ƶs stomach. There will also be roast beef, neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes) and Scotch whisky to help with the haggis course.

The Pipes 91Ƶn Drums will provide an authentic soundtrack for the evening, which will include the traditional Burns poems Address to a Haggis, Toast to the Lassies, Toast to the Laddies and a wee bit of the bard91Ƶs history. A silent auction will have a variety of items to bid on, in addition to a raffle, free draw and fun game of Heads or Tails with the winner taking away a prized bottle of Scotch. Following those shenanigans, there will be a dance featuring Julie and the Finn Riders.

The event will take place a couple of days after Burns91Ƶ actual birthday, on Saturday, Jan. 27, with the doors open at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 and the dance at 8. Tickets are $40 each and can be purchased at the Sicamous Legion, or by emailing the pipe band at shuswappnd@gmail.com.

91ƵDon91Ƶt wait as we are expecting a sellout crowd,91Ƶ Pipes 91Ƶn Drums member Tom Skinner said in a press release, adding that this is their largest fundraiser of the year.

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