Festival Stars Call on Public to Tweet a Line of Burns for the Bard’s Birthday
Share your love of Scotland’s National Bard
Stars from the Big Burns Supper festival in Dumfries are calling on the public to join them in tweeting a favourite line from the Bard ahead of his birthday.
The Burns Tweet drive is a way for people to share their love of Robbie Burns ahead of Burns night this Sunday.
Graham Main, Big Burns Supper Artistic Director, said: “We’ve had loads of enthusiasm for Burns Tweets and hope as many people as possible will join in. It’s a fabulous way to share some really great lines of poetry and song.
“Imagine if Burns had been able to use social media. He had that incredible ability to conjure up the most powerful feelings and images in just a few words, his following would have been in the millions.”
Graham’s own choice is: To sum up all, be merry, I advise; And as we’re merry, may we still be wise.
Among the tweets being sent are:
• Hue and Cry: It’s coming yet for a’ that, That Man to Man, the world o’er, Shall brothers be for a’ that.
• Craig Hill, comedian: O wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us!
• Nina Nesbitt, singer songwriter: But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed
• Robyn Stapleton, BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year: As Tammie glow’red, amazed, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious!
• Gary Anderson, singer: The honest man, tho’ e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men for a’ that.
• New York Brass Band: To gie them music was his charge He screwd the pipes and gart them skirl Til roof and rafters a did dirl
• Empress Stah, burlesque performer: But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever
• Red Bastard, comedian: O Whisky! soul o’ plays and pranks! Accept a bardie’s gratfu’ thanks!
• Hamish the Haggis, children’s show star and festival mascot: To a Haggis – Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ the pudding-race!
To join in with Burns Tweet is easy – just choose a bit of Burns you love and tweet it with #BurnsTweets.
Big Burns Supper is posting some of its favourites on Facebook.
BBS is a festival of contemporary and traditional culture and a huge public celebration of the birthday of Scotland’s national Bard, Robert Burns, in his beloved town of Dumfries. It is also part of Scotland’s Winter Festivals (a programme of events managed by EventScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government) and attracts thousands of visitors from across the UK and overseas.
The festival is made possible by support from many organisations including Creative Scotland, 8020 and Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Beacon Event Programme.
Once again BBS has teamed up with other local festivals and promoters to present eclectic club nights which include the Eden Opening Party.
The carnival is supported by the Robertson Trust, Holywood Trust and Awards for All. Year of Food and Drink Scotland will build on the momentum generated by Homecoming Scotland 2014 with a series of exciting events and activities celebrating Scotland’s outstanding natural larder.
To see the Burns Night carnival live online just go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQRxrNwr7lA
This year Big Burns Supper has teamed up with Barnardo’s Scotland as its first ever charity partner. Text BURNS to 70500 to donate £3 to Barnardo’s Scotland.
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