PHOTOS: Prince Albert pays homage to Scottish culture
An annual supper named after Robert Burns uses the Scottish poet as the centrepiece to celebrate Scottish culture in Prince Albert.
The Caledonian Society hosted the Robert Burns Supper at the Travelodge on Friday night.
A little over 100 people came out for a full supper, Highland dancing and music, scotch, and a traditional reading of Burns’ late poem Address to Haggis from the late 1700s.
“That is recited and it’s a ceremonial process in which a sort of innocent little haggis is stabbed to death in front of everybody’s eyes,” said former president of the Caledonian Society and event organizer Bill Kerr.Jan. 25 is Burns’ birthday, and while not everyone at the event has Scottish heritage, the poet’s farming past appeals to locals.