An evening of music, poetry, dancing and food!
Our 6th annual Burns Community Ceilidh: A multicultural community celebration, featuring Burns poetry recitals, live band and other performances, ceilidh dancing, and food!
Tickets £3 (under 5s free). We strongly recommend purchasing tickets in advance as this event is likely to sell out.
BURNS COMMUNITY CEILIDH
SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY 5pm-9pm
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FROM Royston Wardieburn Community Centre.
£2 in advance only. Note: this event is likely to sell out early!
Featuring live music and live performances from some of the many very talented people in our community.
We’ll need a big team of volunteers on the day, so if you’d like to help please message Granton Community Gardeners – Volunteers get in free!
It’s the popular community ceilidh at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre tomorrow night – and there’s still time to snap up a ticket! Don’t leave it too late, though … and remember admission is by ticket only
Looking ahead to Burns Night 2018, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “We’re very proud in Scotland that Burns Night is celebrated every year in towns and cities right around the world – from New Zealand to Norway and from Mexico to Malawi.
“Here in Scotland, there are events taking place the length and breadth of the country: from Dumfries’s Big Burns Supper, an 11 day festival, to Inverness’ Stramash – a celebration of Burns which this year has a special focus on children and young people. And of course Burns suppers will be taking place in homes and social venues throughout the land.
“I always think it’s remarkable and admirable that Scotland’s most celebrated national figure isn’t a politician, a soldier, or a king or queen, but is instead a writer – someone whose songs and poems have enriched millions of people’s lives.
“I think that says something about the continuing importance of culture in our lives. And of course it also highlights the enduring value of Burns’ work – the way his sympathy, humour and passion still speak profoundly to us today.
“For those qualities, and many more, Burns will be remembered and celebrated, ‘till a the seas gang dry.’
“So wherever you are, in Scotland or around the world, I hope you have a fantastic Burns Night. And I hope you’ll join me in taking time to toast the immortal memory of the great Rabbie Burns.”
Information and tips on celebrating Burns Night is available online.
There’s a local opportunity to celebrate the life and works of Rabbie Burns at North Edinburgh’s very own Community Ceilidh on Saturday 3 February at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre.
Tickets are still available – see below for details:
Dear All,
Happy New Year!
Bit stormy and there’s snow, so there’s not so much gardening going on at the moment, though drop-ins are still on every Tuesday and Saturday when the weather is reasonable (dry and not frozen or blowing a gale!)
You’re all invited to our Burns Night Community Ceilidh! This has become a very popular regular annual event and this will be the 5th year.
BURNS NIGHT COMMUNITY CEILIDH
SATURDAY 3rd FEBRUARY. 5-9pm
ROYSTON WARDIEBURN COMMUNITY CENTRE
LIVE CEILIDH BAND AND OTHER PERFORMANCES FROM TALENTED LOCALS!
TICKETS £2. in advance only. (Volunteers, performers and under 5’s FREE) -tickets on sale from community centre reception.
Includes Food: Haggis Needs and Tatties (halal and veggie options available)
BYOB
We’ll need quite a few helpers at the event, especially in the teams setting up and decorating (it’s a big sports hall), and clearing everything up at the end. Please give us a shout if you’d be up for helping!
Also if you’d like to perform a song/dance/poem/etc. we have a few spaces available, either for traditional Scottish or other cultural performances. We know Granton has a lot of talent! Let us know if so …
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You’re also invited to our regular:
COMMUNITY MEALS
EVERY TUESDAY 5-7pm
GRANTON PARISH CHURCH HALL
(55 Boswall Parkway -entrance through gate on Wardierburn St East)
FREE -though help with washing up or donations are always welcome
ALL AGES WELCOME! (children with responsible adult)
We’ve been getting lots of good feedback on the food (thanks to our chef Jayne!) and it’s great to have somewhere warm to eat together. We also make extra meals that can be taken away at the end for family/friends/neighbours, especially if you know someone who’d particularly appreciate it.
Hope you’re all well,
Tom
BURNS NIGHT COMMUNITY CEILIDH
Royston Wardieburn Community Centre
Saturday 3rd February, 5 – 9pm
Let’s party like it’s 1759!
That Man to Man, the world o’er,
Shall brothers (and sisters!) be for a’ that
A Burns Night is about many things. Good food, shared with friends, family or neighbours – and sometimes all three! Burns is about love, about comradeship and about community but if there’s just one word that captures the spirit of Scotland’s national Bard it’s ‘celebration’ – and all those elements were there in abundance at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre last night.
Yes, last night’s Community Celeidh celebrated the memory of Burns but it was more than that – it was a vibrant, living tribute to all the good things Burns work extolls: a warm, friendly gathering of friends and neighbours of all ages, interests and ethnicities joining together to have fun in each others’ company.
Organised by Royston Wardieburn Community Centre, Granton Community Gardeners and Pilton Community Health Project’s Living in Harmony group the evening built on last year’s event and proved to be a huge success.
Around 150 people – aged from three months up to … well, a good bit older! – enjoyed a traditional Burns Supper and were entertained by the excellent Homecoming String Band and a succession of local performers, all made poosible and supported by a team of enthusiastic volunteers who were always on hand to make sure the evening went smoothly.
Congratulations to the organisers, the band, the excellent team of volunteers and the local performers who entertained us so regally on the night: the poets, the musicians, the singers and the wee dancer – you were all brilliant!
And thanks, too, the the local community who came along to support the event and whose enthusiasm made the evening such a success.
Rabbie would be proud of you all – here’s to next year!
Visit our Facebook page for more ceilidh pictures
The Burns Night Community Ceilidh takes place this Saturday evening at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre from 5 – 9.30pm – eat, drink and dance those winter blues away!
Admission is strictly by ticket only; they’re going fast, so get yours (only £1) at Royston Wardieburn reception now!
Don’t miss it …
Tickets on sale NOW at Royston Wardieburn Community Centre!
