Marathon poetry reading of Robbie Burns Poetry @ SFU Harbour Centre

  • Pictures from the Robbie Burns Day, marathon of poetry reading… lots of great fun.

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Dr. Leith Davis – creator of the Marathon Poetry reading event at SFU Harbour Centre.  She is director of the Centre for Scottish Studies, SFU.  We pose by a small bronze replica of the Robbie Burns Statue in Stanley Park, created for the St. Andrews & Caledonian Society of Vancouver.

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three of Leith's students give a reading – look at the time clock!

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Storyteller Mary Gavan read some poetry, then enjoyed the haggis I served her.

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My friends Bruce and Bob also gave poetry readings.
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I have never seen a BIGGER HAGGIS.

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Everybody sings Auld Lang Syne for the ending

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SFU Burns Marathon poetry reading

SFU Burns Marathon poetry…


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