Page 36 - Yachter Autumn 2020

36 SOCIAL REPORT
WHISKY COMES TO GINS!
January 25th, 2020, Burns Night – a wee dram or three...
The evening was perfect.As guests left their cars and walked to the Club House, they were greeted by the strains of a selection
of Scottish bagpipe tunes, played from the balcony.
First up was a welcome glass of wine, and after time catching up with old friends at the first Social Event of the year, we were all summoned to take our places at table,
by the ringing of the bell by Lauren. Our Commodore then greeted us all, and whilst we were still standing, he recited the well- known grace ‘Some have meat and canna eat,’ concluding with ‘And sae the Lord be thankit.’.
The first course followed, before starting the second our cook, Rob, brought in the Haggis.Whilst he processed around the
room with the stunning haggis on a silver platter, he was greeted by guests rising
to their feet and clapping, with the pipes wailing in the background, and he then placed the beast on the table.At this point guest John McGinn addressed it with ‘To a Haggis...’ at the conclusion of which, with ‘Gie her a haggis!’ he cut the casing end-to- end releasing the gushing entrails! At John’s prompting we all joined into toast and shout ‘The Haggis!’, whereupon Rob took it back for plating up.
A memorable meal, but the evening was far from over, our Commodore then asked Bill Roper to give the after-dinner grace, which he did admirably, followed by The
Loyal Toast.We were then treated to an excellent, well-researched