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TICKET - ARMADALE MUNDIJONG CALEDONIAN SOCIETY BURNS DINNER DANCE

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Overview

Yellow rectangle card invitation with brown printed text. On the left side of the card is a caricature of a man in a kilt, wearing a tam o'shanter hat and playing the bagpipes. The events starting time and the time the doors open have been altered in blue pen. The starting time was changed to 7.00,p.m and doors open changed to 6.30,p.m. At the bottom the ticket number has been written in as number 25.

Historical information

Ticket to the Burns Dinner Dance held by the Armadale Mundijong Caledonian Society at the Armadale District Hall in 22 January 1977. The Burns dinner is a celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns and is held near the poets birthday, the 25 January. Burn Dinners or suppers date back to 1801 and traditional feature the reading of Burn's poetry, eating haggis, drinking Scotch whisky and often end with a dance.The Armadale Mundijong Caledonian Society was formed in 1940 as the Mundijong and Districts Caledonian Society and ran through to 1983.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.7

Item type

Documents

Material

Ink

Width

148 mm

Height or length

87 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[ARMADALE MUNDIJONG CALEDONIAN SOCIETY / BURNS / DINNER DANCE / on / Saturday the 22 January, 1977 / at / ARMADALE HALL / Jull Street.Armadale / 7:30,p.m. 12.00 midnight DOORS OPEN 7.00.p.m. / PROMPT / Tickets : $7.00. per head / No. ]

Keywords

Burns Night

Jull St Armadale

Mundijong & District Caledonian Society

Armadale District Hall JULL Street ARMADALE

Armadale Mundijong Caledonian Society

Statement of significance

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Ticket to the 1977 Burns Dinner which was once a prominent event in the COA (c1950s-1980s) often held at the Armadale Hall by the Mundijong & districts Caledonian Society. Several families of Scottish heritage lived in the wider area and supported the society. The Mundijong and Districts Caledonian Society was founded in 1940 to celebrate Scottish heritage and culture. The Mundijong & District Caledonian Society also formed a Scottish Pipe music band that operated for many years. The society folded in 1983 due to falling membership.

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