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Thread #173832 Message #4216059
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
27-Jan-25 - 11:46 AM
Thread Name: Robbie Burns Day - 25 January
Subject: RE: Robbie Burns Day - 25 January
Dougie was actually doing another of his live-streamed concerts late afternoon on Saturday, on the theme of Burns: to get a "ticket" you had to apply through his website, then use some sort of electronic device to live-stream it. Just one of the HUNDREDS of concerts he has put out in this way since the start of lockdown - most of them free, but a few paid-for ones. I am in awe! But I digress slightly. Alistair Heather - yes, he's the guy who has been doing the Scots/English announcing on the annual Scottish Trad Award shows, along with Mary-Ann Kennedy who does the Gaelic bit. I agree with Johnny J that his Scots pronunciation jars a bit, and rattles a few cages. And the "Burns Night" programme shown on BBC Scotland and repeated on BBC 1 showed up how pop/rock singers do not necessarily do Burns songs well. But three cheers for Katie the piper! Could have heard more of her!