Club members, friends and family chased away the January Blues at our Charity Burns Night Supper on the 21st January 2017. Venue NineteenNineteen provided a warm welcome for over 50 guests as we celebrated the life and loves of Robbie Burns.
Diane Walsh led the procession as she piped in the Haggis, with the Address to the Haggis being superbly recited by Keven Millar, ending with the haggis being raised in triumph and greeted by the guests with rapturous applause and a tot of whisky!
A very tasty traditional menu of haggis, neeps and tatties was enjoyed by all, thanks to the Soroptimist Team and the staff of 1919.
The Speech to the Immortal Memory was given by John Shore, with the Humorous Toast to the Lassies, being given by Roger Frier and responded to in a similar vein by Irene Kerr.
Between the speeches, a number of Harrogate Soroptimists entertained us with the poems and songs of Robbie Burns such as ‘Honest Poverty’ and ‘To a Mouse’.
President Pat Shore, our Chairman for the evening, kept us on track. On bidding us farewell, we all sang a hearty rendition of Auld Lang Syne, accompanied by Jonathan Hills on the accordion, before wending our way home.
It was a superb fun evening which raised over £400 for Soroptimist charities.
