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Updated at 10:42 a.m., Thursday, January 8, 2009

Poet Burns to be honored in true Scottish Fashion

Advertiser Staff

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of poet Robert Burns' birth, the Caledonian Society of Hawaii will be holding a supper and celebration on Jan. 24.

The event from 5:30-9 p.m. at the Hawaii Convention Center will include singing, country and highland dancing, piping and poetry reading, including Burns' famous "Address to a Haggis."

Haggis will be on the menu, along with Cock-a-Leekie soup and Tipsy Laird dessert.

The reservation deadline is Jan. 15. Call 591-9398 or visit www.scotsinhawaii.org.