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The Calgary Burns Club is pleased to sponsor
An Annual Celebration
of the Poetry and Songs of Robert Burns

0, my love is like a red, red rose,
that's newly sprung in June.
0, my love is like a melody,
that's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair thou art, my bonnie lass,
so deep in love am I,
And I will love thee still, my dear,
till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
and the rocks melt wi' the sun!
And I will love thee still, my dear,
while the sands of life shall run.

And fare the weel, my only love!
And fare the well awhile!
And I will come again, my love.
Tho it were ten thousand mile!

According to "Scottish Songs Illustrated," this song is a Robert Burns rewrite of an older street ballad, which is said to have been written by a Lieutenant Henches, as a farewell to his betrothed. Click HERE to listen to Andy Stewart sing the first verse. (mp3)..

Burns Recital - 2008 Competition

at the Calgary Highland Games August 30, 2008

$3000.00 total prize money.

The Competition has two sections - Song and Poetry.

And THREE (3) NEW age categories:
Youth - eight to eighteen.
Young adults - nineteen to thirty,
Adults thirty one and beyond

The first six (6) entries in each category of each section will be accepted. For 36 entries altogether. Thereafter a waiting list is made. There will be a $5.00 entry fee per each poem and/or song entry.

A Cash Prize pool of $3000 will be distributed among the 6 competitions listed above. The first prize in each section and each category earns $250. Second prize similarly wins $150. Third prize will be awarded $100 in each case.

Burns Club members while encouraged to compete are not however eligible for cash awards - just the fame and the name on the cup.

Contestants are to report and register with the Burns Recital Committee at 10:45 am on the day of performance to receive their notice of performance time and other assistance.

The Calgary Burns Club is pleased to sponsor An Annual Celebration of the Poetry and Songs of Robert Burns