Welcome to Bondir’s 11th Annual Robert Burns Supper!
Monday, January 25, 2021
Thank you for joining us for our Bondir-At-Home Burns Supper. We hope you’ll enjoy, along with your dinner, the musical and poetry accompaniments which have been specially selected and recorded just for this night!
A Robert Burns Supper
“The annual celebratory tribute to the life, works and spirit of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). Celebrated on, or about, the Bard's birthday, January 25th, Burns Suppers range from stentoriously formal gatherings of esthetes and scholars to uproariously informal rave-ups of drunkards and louts. Most Burns Suppers fall in the middle of this range, and adhere, more or less, to some sort of time honoured form which includes the eating of a traditional Scottish meal, the drinking of Scotch whisky, and the recitation of works by, about, and in the spirit of the Bard.”
- From RobertBurns.Org
The Musicians
Dan Houghton and Eric McDonald make up two thirds of the power Scottish trio Cantrip, Scotland's unique power trio. This year they return with their fifth studio album. Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar and three rich voices blend to create a sound energetic enough to tear the roof off. After 20 years of touring, Cantrip has found a character like no other. Whether a duo or a trio, Dan Houghton, Jon Bews and Eric McDonald eagerly stir the elements in a witches' cauldron, slowly coalescing them into chaotic order. "Their music comes from wild landscapes and wild places of the spirit." -- The Orcadian
The Poet
Jennifer Funk is native Californian trying to prove her mettle in New England. A graduate of Warren Wilson's MFA Program for Writers, she has been a scholarship recipient of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and The Frost Place. Recently awarded The Friends of Writers' Levis Post-Graduate Stipend, she is at work on her first collection. Her poems can be found or are forthcoming at The Kenyon Review, The Cimarron Review, Four Way Review, Painted Pride Quarterly, The Boiler, Pangyrus, and elsewhere.
The Menu
Whole Wheat Sourdough, Soda Bread, and Seaweed Butter
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Oyster Stew,
Aged Ham, Smoked Potatoes, and Butter Crackers
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Grilled and Chilled Mackerel,
Beer Mustard Vinaigrette, Brussels Salad
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Wild Boar Haggis,
Neeps & Greens, Horseradish Cream
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Venison Osso Buco,
Red Cabbage and Dried Fruits
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Gingerbread Cake,
Huckleberry Mousseline
Music
Set of Hornpipes - Cantrip
A man’s a man for a’ that - Dan
Now Westlin’ Winds - Eric
Yestreen I had a pint o’ wine - Dan
Pipes for the haggis - Dan
Duncan Johnstone - Cantrip
Rattlin Roarin Willie
Auld Lang Syne - Eric
Poetry
Selkirk Grace – Robert Burns
Scotch Drink — Robert Burns
To A Mouse – Robert Burns
A Mans a Man for A’that – Robert Burns
The Silver Tassie – Robert Burns
The Banks o’ Doon – Robert Burns
The Usual - Jennifer Funk
Fantasy of Accurate Expectations —Jennifer Funk
Fantasy of Drinking Deep Enough I Stop Being Thirsty — Jennifer Funk
Address to a Haggis — Robert Burns
Sweet Afton — Robert Burns
Highland Mary — Robert Burns
Open the Door to Me, O — Robert Burns
My Heart’s in the Highlands — Robert Burns
Summiting Liberty and Flume — Jennifer Funk
And when — Jennifer Funk
There Is Nothing in the Yard But the Dark — Jennifer Funk
The Parting Kiss – Robert Burns
Auld Lang Syne — Robert Burns