1/31/98 Burns Supper with Jean Redpath in San Diego -- Press Release

[Robert Burns, Attorney & Counselor at Law]

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The Robert Burns Club of San Diego

c/o The Imperial House Restaurant
505 Kalmia Street
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 234-3525

21st ANNUAL ROBERT BURNS SUPPER
&
BICENTENARY CELEBRATION

ON SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31st, 1998, THE ROBERT BURNS CLUB
OF SAN DIEGO WILL PRESENT ITS 21st ANNUAL BURNS SUPPER IN HONOR OF THE
IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE INTERNATIONALLY-RENOWNED POET OF SCOTLAND WHO WAS
BORN ON JANUARY 25, 1759 AND DIED ON JULY 21, 1796. IT IS SAN DIEGO'S
MAJOR SCOTTISH SOCIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE
TOWN AND COUNTRY HOTEL CONVENTION CENTER IN MISSION VALLEY STARTING WITH
A COCKTAIL HOUR AT 6:00 P.M. TICKETS ARE FOR SALE @ $37.50/PERSON
(PARKING IS AN ADDITIONAL $1 WITH VALIDATION)).
THE LEADING ENTERTAINERS FOR THE EVENING ARE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
SCOTTISH FOLKSINGER JEAN REDPATH, SEAN McVICKER'S BAND, AND THE HOUSE OF
SCOTLAND PIPE BAND ACCOMPANIED BY HIGHLAND DANCERS. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE
WILL FEAST AT A TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH BANQUET COMPLETE WITH THE SERVING
OF HAGGIS, BE TREATED TO THE TRADITIONAL "IMMORTAL MEMORY", POETRY,
SONG, PLUS HIGHLAND BAGPIPES, DRUMMING, AND DANCING, AND PARTAKE IN
BALLROOM DANCING UNTIL LATE IN THE EVENING. A DOOR PRIZE AND NUMEROUS
RAFFLE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AT THE TOP OF THE EVENING.
FOR TICKETS AND SEATING, CONTACT CLUB TREASURER CURTIS PARKER
AT (619) 277-8717 (24-HR. ANSWERING CAPABILITY) OR
<cpa...@qualcomm.com>. FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES AND GENERAL INFORMATION,
CONTACT CLUB VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT BURNS AT (619) 223-0441 (24-HR.
ANSWERING CAPABILITY) OR <BobB...@OBLaw.com>. CHECK OUT THE CLUB'S
WEBSITE AT <http://www.oblaw.com/Robert_Burns_Club_of_San_Diego.html>
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND AN AUDIO SAMPLE OF THE GENIUS OF BURNS &
REDPATH.
THE TRADITION OF THE BURNS SUPPER IS AN INTERNATIONAL ONE DATING TO
SHORTLY AFTER THE POET'S DEATH IN 1796 WHEN A GROUP OF FRIENDS GATHERED
IN HIS MEMORY AT HIS BIRTHPLACE IN ALLOWAY, SCOTLAND.
THE CLUB IS DEDICATED TO STUDYING AND APPRECIATING THE WORKS, LIFE,
CULTURE, AND TIMES OF BURNS WITH AN HEALTHY DOSE OF THE MAN'S VERSE AND
SONG. THE CLUB WAS CHARTERED 21 YEARS AGO AS ONE OF MANY INTERNATIONAL
CLUBS WITHIN THE BURNS FEDERATION HEADQUARTERED IN KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND,
AND MANY OF THE CLUB'S MEMBERS WERE BORN IN SCOTLAND.
ROBERT BURNS WAS RAISED AS A FARMER WHO ROSE TO BECOME SCOTLAND'S MOST
ILLUSTRIOUS AND NOTED POET, BARD, AND SONGSTER. BURNS WAS A PATRIOT WHO
HAD NO GREATER WISH THAN TO LOVE AND SERVE HIS COUNTRY, BUT HE INSISTED
ON EXERCISING HIS RIGHT TO SPEAK BOLDLY ABOUT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
REFORMS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF EXTREME ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND
INFLEXIBLE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY. HE WAS AN HUMANIST WHO COULD AS READILY
MAKE FUN OF A SUBJECT AS GET ACROSS A SERIOUS POINT OF SOCIAL
INJUSTICE. HE WOULD WRITE SONGS OF SUCH BEAUTY AND SUBSTANCE AS "O MY
LOVE IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE", "AULD LANG SYNE", AND "AE FOND KISS".
THROUGHOUT THE PASSAGE OF OVER 2 CENTURIES, INTEREST IN HIS WORKS HAS
BEEN KEPT
ALIVE BY THE SCOTS AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS EVIDENT BY SEVERAL
HUNDRED ACTIVE BURNS CLUBS REACHING ALL CORNERS OF THE GLOBE (WITH SOME
OF THE MOST ACTIVE IN JAPAN AND RUSSIA). THIS ACTIVE INTEREST IS
ATTRIBUTED BY MANY TO THE FACT THAT BURNS WROTE IN THE "GUID SCOTS
TONGUE" AND STYLE OF THE COMMON FOLK OF SCOTLAND ON SUBJECTS OF
UNIVERSAL AND TIMELESS APPEAL.
AS NOTED BY G.S. FRASER, A BRITISH BURNS SCHOLAR, BURNS' COMMON-MAN
SUBJECTS, DEMOCRATIC TEMPERAMENT AND OPINIONS, AND USE OF THE SCOTS
VERNACULAR PROVIDE PARTICULAR APPEAL TO AMERICANS. "I CAN THINK OF NO
VERSE SINCE SHAKESPEARE'S WHICH COMES SO SWEETLY AND AT ONCE FROM
NATURE." [WILLIAM PITT] "NO POET OF OUR TONGUE EVER DISPLAYED HIGHER
SKILL IN MARRYING MELODY TO IMMORTAL VERSE, THAN ROBERT BURNS." [SIR
WALTER SCOTT] "READ THE EXQUISITE SONGS OF BURNS. IN SHAPE EACH OF
THEM HAS THE PERFECTION OF THE BERRY; IN LIGHT THE RADIANCE OF THE
DEWDROP." [ALFRED LORD TENNYSON] "THE GREAT DEMOCRAT WHO, PROCLAIMING
THE 'ROYALTY OF MAN,' STRUCK DOWN RANK WITH ONE HAND AND THE OLD
THEOLOGY WITH THE OTHER, DISPELLING THE FALSE CONCEPTION OF A HEAVENLY
FATHER WHO SENT 'ANE TO HEAVEN AND TEN TO HELL, A' FOR HIS GLORY.'
THERE CANNOT BE TOO MANY STATUES ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF BURNS."
[ANDREW CARNEGIE]
MAKING HER HOME AT "SUNNYKNOWE" ON THE LEVEN PROM IN THE COUNTY FIFE,
NOT FAR FROM HER NATIVE EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, JEAN REDPATH IS KNOWN TODAY
AS THE RECOGNIZED WORLD AUTHORITY, INTERPRETER, AND CHAMPION OF
TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH MUSIC.
BORN APRIL 28, 1937, REDPATH ATTENDED EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY TO MAJOR IN
MEDIEVAL STUDIES, BUT ALSO AVAILED HERSELF OF THE SCHOOL OF SCOTTISH
STUDIES, WHICH HELPED TO ESTABLISH HER LIFE'S WORK. THE DEPARTMENT
GATHERS AND PRESERVES THE LARGELY ORAL TRADITION OF THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE,
AND ITS RESEARCH FACILITIES INCLUDE A MAJOR ARCHIVE OF TAPES AND DISCS
RECORDING THE LIVES, TRADITIONS, LEGENDS. AND MUSIC OF THE GAELIC AND
SCOTTISH-SPEAKING AREAS.
SINCE 1962 SHE HAS TOURED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. AND CANADA,
ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND HAS PRESENTED PROGRAMS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND HONG
KONG. HER HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN IN VENUES AS
WIDELY DISPARATE AS THE COMMUNITY CENTRE OF THE CARDHU DISTILLERY ON
SPEYSIDE [SCOTLAND] AND THE MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL IN AVERY FISHER HALL
AT LINCOLN CENTRE, AND AS WIDELY SEPARATED AS HAINES, ALASKA AND THE
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE. SHE HAS MADE MORE THAN THIRTY RECORDINGS, THE MOST
RECENT ON HER OWN LABEL, JEAN REDPATH RECORDINGS. THOSE RANGE IN SCOPE
FROM THE SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS AND TRADITIONAL BALLADS TO HER LEGENDARY
PERFOR-MANCE OF THE SONG OF THE SEALS AND THE CONTEMPORARY FAVORITE
SONNY'S DREAM. SHE IS KNOWN TO MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AS A RADIO
PERSONALITY THROUGH HER MANY APPEARANCES ON ROBERT J. LURTSEMA'S MORNING
PRO MUSICA FROM W.G.B.H. IN BOSTON, AND GARRISON KEILLOR'S A PRAIRIE
HOME COMPANION FROM N.P.R.
FROM 1972 TO 1976 REDPATH WAS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY IN MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT WORKING BOTH AS A LECTURER IN
FOLKLORE IN THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT AND AS CULTURAL RESOURCE IN THE LOCAL
SCHOOL SYSTEM. IN 1979 SHE WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT STIRLING UNIVERSITY AND WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE
STAFF OF THE HERITAGE OF SCOTLAND SUMMER SCHOOLS THERE, OFFERING COURSES
IN SCOTTISH SONG FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. SHE HAS TOURED SEVERAL TIMES
FOR THE SCOTTISH ARTS COUNCIL AND HAS APPEARED AT THE EDINBURGH
FESTIVAL.
SHE HAS RECEIVED MANY HONORS FOR HER WORK, INCLUDING HONORARY
DOCTORATES FROM BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING AND ST. ANDREWS
UNIVERSITY. IN 1977, JEAN WAS ONE OF ONLY FOUR PERFORMERS COMMANDED TO
APPEAR BY QUEEN ELIZABETH AT THE ROYAL BANQUET AT EDINBURGH CASTLE
DURING THE ROYAL JUBILEE YEAR. TEN YEARS LATER HER NAME APPEARED ON THE
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONORS LIST AND SHE WAS SUMMONED TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE
TO BE AWARDED AN M.B.E. (MEMBER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE). THE GOVERNOR OF
KENTUCKY HAS ALSO MADE HER A KENTUCKY COLONEL.
A LARGE PORTION OF REDPATH'S PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF EXPLORING THE WEALTH
OF SCOTTISH ORAL TRADITION HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND'S
NATIONAL BARD, ROBERT BURNS. HER WORK WITH THE LATE SERGE HOVEY, WHO
RESEARCHED AND ARRANGED 323 OF BURNS' SONGS HAS PRODUCED SEVEN
RECORDINGS WHICH HAVE WON CRITICAL ACCLAIM. FOUR MORE RECORDINGS MADE IN
SCOTLAND ARE SUNG MOSTLY A CAPELLA. THESE WERE PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION
WITH DR. DONALD LOW OF STIRLING UNIVERSITY AND BRING HER RECORDED
REPERTOIRE OF BURNS' SONGS UP TO 180.
A COPY OF NEWS CLIPPINGS ON SOME OF THE CLUB'S PREVIOUS SUPPERS IS
AVAILABLE BY FAX. FURTHER INFORMATION (E.G., A FLYER, PICTURE OF JEAN
REDPATH) MAY BE OBTAINED CAMERA-READY BY INTERNET FROM CLUB
VICE-PRESIDENT ROBERT BURNS, ABOVE.
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