PALT holds 7th Annual Burns Supper

The Port Arthur Little Theatre held its 7th annual Burns Supper this past Saturday at the Courtyard in Groves. Robert Burns, the famous poet of Scotland who penned hundreds of memorable poems and songs, including the New Years Eve staple here in America, Old Lang Syne, is considered a national treasure in Scotland. Each year the nation celebrates his birthday with an evening of food and drink, along with readings of his poems and singing of his and other traditional Scottish songs. The theatre adopted the celebration as a fund raiser in 2004 and has continued the event every year since.

Eric & I attended this year with our friends Rich & Patrice Kihlken and their son Douglas. Eric also brought along his friend Colton Stone, a friend from both school and sports clubs and who had played in PALT''s production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with Eric.

Among several other singers and performers, yours truly performed a couple of songs in a quintet, including Old Lang Syne at the end of the evening. The highlight of the evening, though, had to be the Lone Star Pipe Band. As usual, these guys gave a fabulous performance and really gave the evening its true Scottish flare. Nothing like the sound of a bagpipe to put you in a celebratory mood and make you think your really in Scotland.


Well, that and the single malt scotch.