January 31, 2008

Thursday. It's cold and wet outside.

Burns Kit

The Burns Kit distributed during the Jan. 25th PFA Burns Night featured the following poems from the Series:

The Morning after the Battle of Bannockburn

Foul weather, fair friends. That sums up the annual Poems-For-All Burns night. As we got underway, it looked to be a weak turnout but in they came in ones and twos throughout the night. We hadn't factored in the impact of the opening of the new Chicago Fire Pizza nearby. It's patrons now filling much of the parking on nearby streets in the evenings. So foul weather AND bad parking. After "piping" (bagpipe music via mp3) in the "Haggis" (a small can of it brought to the podium by our daughter Ru), My wife Rachel and I proceeded with the poem Haggis, a Rebuttal in lieu of the traditional reading of Burns' Address to a Haggis (which, during the open mic Kevin Jones took on with passion and a rather goodly command of the Scots dialect!)

Exceptional feature presentations by Arturo Mantecon and Rebecca Morrison made the evening a grand success, supplemented by energetic presentations during the open mic. (Thanks again, Kevin.)

Pictured above: Arturo Mantecon addressing the assembled with a spanish translation of Burns To A Mouse.

January 18, 2008

Events

Poems-For-All
presents
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BURNS NIGHT:
A Poetic Celebration of Scotland
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featuring
ARTURO MANTECON, REBECCA MORRISON
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Friday, January 25th
7:30pm
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Free
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The Book Collector
1008 24th Street
between J & K Streets
(916) 442-9295
richard@poems-for-all.com
www.poems-for-all.com
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Every January Scots celebrate their national bard, Robert Burns, with an evening in his honor. Our take on the traditional Burns Night expands the tribute into a celebration of Scottish Poets past and present. The evening will include a reading of Burns' poems in Spanish by Poet and Translator Arturo Mantecon. Poet Rebecca Morrison will present a collection of poems from various Scottish poets. An open mic will follow the featured programme. Sign up to read a poem of your own and one from your favorite Scot. Any attempt to read a Burns poem will be rewarded with a dram! RSVP a slot on the open mic programme via the email above or signup at the event. Light refreshments provided.
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Poems-for-All special edition miniature chaplettes will be dispensed.
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