Every year, you can hear the music of the pipes dancing through the air in the vicinity of South Church Street. That would be the unofficial announcement of Jasmine’s Burns Supper, held every year at Grand Old House.
This time, it is slated for Friday, 28 Jan. at 6:30pm in the same location, with whisky, haggis and dancing on the menu. Dress code is black tie and tartan, but kilts are strongly encouraged, and often the male guests happily oblige.
You don’t have to be Scottish to attend, but it certainly helps to know that the Burns Supper is named after poet Robert Burns. It is usually held on his birthday (25 Jan.) but leeway is allowed to help celebrations fall on a weekend. Interesting note: The year 2022 would have marked his 263rd birthday.
The event is thought to have first been observed by the Burns Club of Greenock in the Scottish Lowlands in 1802, six years after his death. Since then, Burns Suppers have been held throughout Scotland – and spreading across the world – featuring rituals such as reciting Burns’ ‘Address to a Haggis’ and giving a ‘toast to the lassies’.
About Jasmine
Jasmine is a charitable organisation that provides palliative, hospice and respite care for any person in the Cayman Islands with life-limiting or terminal illness, and support to their families at no cost to them.
The Cayman supper is always a lively, social affair, and usually sells out early, but tickets may be available this year if you act quickly. They include a welcome drink, a three-course meal, a whisky and the entertainment for the price of $175 per person. Email [email protected] for more information.
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