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Such a panic's in their breastie!





As Burns Night approaches, there are just a few tickets left for one of the strath's celebrations of the great man's output.

While the actual birthday is Wednesday (25), Grantown folk will be marking their respects on Saturday and they will want a full house.

Poster boy: Robert Burns
Poster boy: Robert Burns

The event is being staged at the Royal British Legion Scotland Strathspey Branch Club, where Rob Clark told the Strathy: "We still have a limited number of tickets."

The day will see whisky tasting between 3pm to 4.30pm and a full Burns supper at 7pm for 7.30pm.

The supper will include live music from Stuart Anderson and a full cast of 'players' to pay their respects to Scotland's bard.

Piper Lyall Kinnard will herald in the haggis, and guests speakers will be David Nisbet, Ewan MacGregor and Margaret Robertson.

Tickets are available behind the bar of the clubrooms at £15 for each event.

"Cash only please," said Mr Clark, who added that vegetarians will also be catered for during the supper. Or, as Rabbie might have put it:

“Some hae meat they canna eat

And call it someone else's –

But we hae meat and we can eat

While they're all havin' pulses..."


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