Friday, Feb 1st -The Rhinecliff hosts their 5th annual, very interactive Traditional SCOTTISH ROBBIE BURNS SUPPER– 6:30pm till.
With piping from award winning piper (Jeremy Freeman, pictured above), tales of Burns from Hudson Valley Storyteller Jonathan Kruk, Swordsman Neil Roberts- The Parade of the Haggis, “The Traditional Selkirk Grace,” The Toast of the Lassies, The Lassies Response, Readings, poetry, song, recitations,special guests. The Final Auld Lang Syne.
Supper Guests are encouraged to read and participate.
SUPPER – Cock-a-Leekie Soup, Highland Beef Stew w/Neeps & Tatties, Lemon Curd Shortbread, Scottish Ale Tasting- “The Skullsplitter”,Whiskey tastings from Hudson Valley’s Tuthilltown Distillers. $35.95pp++,$29.95 bar seats available,
Special Room Rate $149+taxes for guests of Burns Night.
Reservations Required,Seating is limited. Reserve early always a sell-out. 845-876-0590, reception@therhinecliff.com www.therhinecliff.com
(next to the Amtrak station in Rhinecliff/Rhinebeck, NY) Just 90 minutes from NYC & 45 from Albany
A Burns Supper Guide
from Burns Night: My Supper With Rabbie
And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak’ a right guid-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
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, Burns Suppers range from stentoriously formal gatherings of esthetes and scholars to uproariously informal rave-ups of drunkards and louts. Most Burns Suppers (The Rhinecliff’s) fall’s 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.
