Past President Cliff Parr had prepared an official, colour printed programme which was handed to each of our visitors as a memento of their visit and this was presented by our Club President. In turn Richard Graham gave us Atlanta Burns Club chocolates and a bottle of their local liqueur, Southern Comfort, while we provided wine, punch, nibbles and soft drinks and malt whisky, which the visitors thoroughly enjoyed.

President Woody Woodruff thanked us for our generous hospitality and expressed the wish that our association and contacts with their Club continue for many years.

 

President Dawson asked Past President Cliff Parr to give us a recitation which for this occasion wasn’t by Robert Burns but rather “McAlister, the Man Who Danced before the King”

This was splendidly delivered and very well received by the whole company.

 

At the conclusion we all sang Auld Lang Syne before the visitors took their leave to return to the Penta Hotel next door. All in all a great night of discourse and conviviality where everyone mixed wonderfully, took lots of photographs and cemented the bonds already established between our respective Burns Clubs.

Whisky provided by Dawson, Cliff and Glen.