Well, we had another great Scottish evening this year on Friday 22nd and hosted over 130 people for dinner at the Swissotel. It is one of those events which takes months to plan. So it's always a relief when it goes more or less according to plan. Using a hotel enabled us to significantly lower the price this year and that is something we were anxious to do. A highlight of the evening for me was listening to the 'immortal memory' - a speech about the life and poetry of Robert Burns - delievered by Märt Haamer in Estonian.So many people to thank but in particular Iain Lawson for making the trip out to perform as Master of Ceremonies, Agnes and Petriina for the pre-event work and the all important event sponsors of course.
Burns night has become our prime fundraising event of the year and I'm glad to say we raised 63 000 EEK this time - which goes a considerable way towards our 100 K target for 2010. So, a final thanks to those who bought raffle tickets or auction items.
