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Cupar Burns Club was Instituted in 1884 and Federated to the Robert Burns Federation in 1893. The Club Constitution states; “The object of the Club shall be to celebrate the genius of the poet Robert Burns and to study his Life and Works.”
Over the years the club has encouraged the study of the works of the Poet through the annual local Schools Competitions and supporting the National Competitions held under the auspices of the Burns Federation.
Since 1894, the club has held Anniversary Dinners in celebration of the birth of the poet, the first Anniversary Dinner was held on 25th. January 1894. Notable exceptions occurred in 1900 when the Dinner was abandoned on the occasion of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry departing to South Africa for action against the Boers and again in 1901 as a mark of respect on the death of Queen Victoria. Dinners were not held from 1915 to 1919 and also from 1940 to 1946, during the two world wars.
As a result of our Anniversary Dinner and other events such as our St.Andrewstide Ceilidh, we have raised substantial sums for local and national charities and worthy causes, the Ceilidh in 2006 enables us to present a cheque for the sum of £1,000.00 to the Anstruther branch of the RNLI.
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