On 23rd January the Rotary Club of Anstruther & District gathered with family and friends for its now-traditional Burns Supper at the Craw’s Nest hotel.

It is an opportunity for club members to impress with their knowledge of Burns and even to practice amateur theatricals! We were off to a good start with the Selkirk Grace from Roderick Skinner and the Address from Graham Meacher – with the haggis led in by Poosie Nancy and skirled mightily by John Mitchell.

After an excellent meal there was a humorous toast to The Lassies from Allan Wood and a particularly interesting and thoughtful Immortal Memory from Andrew Lindsay.

Rotary club friends then took over – firstly from Peter Peddie and his usual rousing and outstanding interpretation of Tam O’Shanter and then to a great contrast with beautiful and moving music from the fiddles of ‘Strathearn Strings’, in the shape of Gordon Duncan and George Smith. They even motivated the audience to sing – no small achievement; and it even sounded quite good - though natural modesty precludes any greater praise or compliment!

Altogether a thoroughly enjoyable evening organised by Alastair Graham and ably chaired by club president Derek Mathie.

‘Oh Scotland, but I’ll suffer for ye the morn’