20 Feb 2009
Scotland sets a new world record!
Scotland has set a new world record by joining together thousands of Burns Suppers worldwide to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and open the Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrations.
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20 Feb 2009
Highlights of the Homecoming Burns Supper
View video highlights of the Homecoming Burns Supper in Alloway, Ayrshire on Saturday 24th January 2009
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20 Feb 2009
Home Sweet Home
For one lucky lady, 2009 truly was the year of Homecoming, courtesy of The Famous Grouse.
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20 Feb 2009
Burns Resurrected?
Young Scot celebrated all things Burns and Scottish on the 22nd January with a fun-filled night of music, entertainment, food and plenty more, reflecting Scotland's rich cultural diversity.
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20 Feb 2009
John Byrne draws Robert Burns for limited edition whisky to mark 250th anniversary
To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and Homecoming Scotland 2009, The Famous Grouse has specially created 250 bottles of The Famous Grouse 37 year old blended malt whisky, signifying every year of Burns’ extraordinary life.
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The World Famous Burns Supper
We are delighted that so many people across the world have joined Homecoming Scotland and The Famous Grouse in celebrating the 250th birthday of Robert Burns and in creating the World's biggest ever Burns Supper.
If you've already celebrated Burns night, we want to see how you toasted Robert Burns, so remember to login and upload your photos and video of your Burns celebration onto the website.
If you haven't registered your burns event with us yet, you can still get involved and for those of you who haven't hosted your event yet, don't forget to bring your camera!
The Homecoming Burns Supper took place in the birthplace of Burns, Alloway, Ayrshire on Saturday 24th January 2009. This unique event, hosted by Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond MP MSP First Minister of Scotland, featured works of Scotland's most renowned poet and songwriter presented by some of Scotland's finest talent.
View the highlights of this special event and enjoy some one-off exclusive performances here.
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Be part of the global celebrations!
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Scotland's Burns celebrations kick off a year long programme of events, Homecoming Scotland 2009, which celebrates not only our National Bard, Robert Burns, but also some of Scotland's other great contributions to the world. From our rich heritage and culture to golf, whisky and great Scottish minds and innovations Homecoming Scotland hosts a range of events across the country in honour of this important year.