The Royal Ontario Museum celebrates the 250th birthday of Robert Burns with Robert Burns Day on Sunday January 25, 2009.
The afternoon, commemorating Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scotland’s national poet, features traditional Scottish dance, poetry readings, and music performed live on period-style instruments. Robert Burns Day takes place from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the ROM’s Signy and Cleophee Eaton Theatre.
This first ever Royal Ontario Museum event offers all the trimmings. Publisher Douglas Gibson will open the afternoon with a reading from his recent book, A Night Out with Robert Burns: The Greatest Poems (McClelland and Stewart, 2009).
In addition to songs, reels, jigs and airs from the R.S. Williams Collection held in Rare Book Collections of the Museum’s Library, participants can also enjoy a special ceremonial arrival of the haggis – and eat some too – when Reverend Sinclair, senior minister at Toronto’s Metropolitan United Church, reads Robert Burns’ Address to a Haggis.
Scot or not, participants are encouraged to dress in traditional Scottish garb for a chance to win a prize. -- www.rom.on.ca
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