Residents at HC-One’s Murrayfield care home in Edinburgh enjoyed a full day of Burns Night celebrations on Friday 25th January.
Burns Night commemorates of the life of the bard Robert Burns, born 25th January 1759. The day also commemorates Burns' contribution to Scottish culture, including his best known work, Auld Lang Syne.
The celebrations were started with an afternoon of poetry and traditional Scottish music, afterwards, the haggis, prepared by Chef, Jimmy Laird was taken into the ballroom followed by Peter Hall, playing the bagpipes, who also performed the traditional address to the haggis.
Clootie dumpling and shortbread was served with whiskey and wine which was enjoyed by everyone before celebrating the birthday of fellow Resident, Beth Aikman.
In the evening, talented singer, Alan Weatherhead performed for Residents, who all enjoyed singing and dancing to their favourite songs. A great day was had by all, with some Residents commenting that their favourite part of the day was listening to the bagpipes.