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Programme for 2011 - 2012 |
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APRIL 11
Annual General Meeting
19/04/2011 |
Held in the Marriott Hotel, Argyle
Street, Glasgow. Election of new President. |
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MAY 11
Choosing Meeting
TBC
Spring Outing
TBC |
Directors and Past Presidents meet with
adjudicators and school teachers to select the comprehensive Schools
Competition pieces for pupils ranging from Primary 1 through to
Secondary 6, drawn from the widest possible spectrum of schools in
the East End of Glasgow. Competition categories encompass Choirs,
Solo Singing, Duets, Singers and Players, Verse Speaking, Choral
Speaking, News Desk (an innovative writing category) and Artwork.
Annual Club outing to locations with
an association with Burns. This year the outing is to
Burns Country in Dumfries. |
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OCTOBER 11
Hallowe’en Supper
28/10/2011 |
A relaxing, convivial social
function held on Friday the 28th October, which combines the works of
Burns with topics relating to wider Scottish culture.
Merchants Hall, Glasgow. |
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DECEMBER 11
Schools Competition
02/12/11
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Held in St
Mungo’s Academy and accommodating an annual participation of
approximately 700 pupils on one evening in early December together
with a further 300 entrants for the Artwork and News Desk
competitions. |
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JANUARY 2012
Anniversary Dinner
25/01/12
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Held on 25th January (or
Saturday 24th when the 25th is a Sunday) in
the Marriott Hotel, Argyle Street, Glasgow and attended by some 650
members and their guests, who receive the toast to the Immortal
Memory of Robert Burns proposed by a speaker of often
international reputation. The assembled company responds extremely
generously to the Appeal for funds for the annual Schools
Competition following performances by prize winning entrants.
We will be celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Robert
Burns. |
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FEBRUARY 2012
Schools
Concert
TBC
Adjudicators Dinner
TBC |
Pupils
from all categories receive their awards following the performance
of their particular prize winning pieces in the presence of family
members, friends, teachers, adjudicators and Club members.
Woodside Halls, Glasgow.
Held in late February as a "thank
you" dinner for the Adjudicators who assisted with the Schools
Competition. |
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APRIL 2012 AGM
17/04/2012 |
The Annual General Meeting will be held in The Marriot Hotel
Argyle Street Glasgow on Tuesday 17th April 2012 at 7.00pm.
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The
Bridgeton Burns Club