Following
the tremendous success of the supper/dance in April 2007, Stuart Gearty
summoned up enough energy to repeat the function – this time with a ‘Robert
Burns’ theme to it – in the Carnoustie Golf Hotel in January. It was, once again,
a great success, though there was a disappointing attendance this time around.
Those who did not manage to make it were the undoubted losers.
The haggis
( having been courageously and, at times, extremely threateningly, addressed by
Bill Nicoll ) was duly “cut up wi’ ready slicht” and subsequently devoured with
equal venom by the assembled guests. Following a short interval, Stuart’s
inimitable selection of music – Big Band to suit the Glenn Miller fans, Rockin’
Fifties stuff for Adrian’s table, followed by Abba, the Travelling Wilburys and
other classic sounds from the seventies and eighties, had the whole audience in
ecstasy ( please note small ‘e’).
The videos
on the big screen, sound tracks and all technical stuff required were supplied
by the splendid George Clark, whose superb sound system was a joy to behold.
The only disappointment was the failure by Amy Winehouse to put in her promised
appearance. Stuart humbly apologises for this....he was sure that his offer of
a packet of three still-wrapped Penfolds and a free fourball on the Buddon had
been enough to swing her making the trip – alas, it was not to be.
Undeterred,
however, Stuart has already announced his plans for the remainder of 2008. A
‘mixed’ putting night (we are not quite sure if the adjective refers to sexes
or the form of the participants ) is to be staged in the summer, with an
exciting – and no doubt controversial - golf quiz to follow afterwards. A
cabaret night, with supper and dancing, is being scheduled for September, while
he plans, this year, to have a Christmas Dinner with members of both Dalhousie
and Dalhousie Ladies in attendance. ( We are all for that - it sounds MUCH more
exciting than the gentlemen on one night and the ladies on another!)
Please log
on to the website for further news on all of these events as they unfold, or
check the Dalhousie notice board in the Carnoustie Golf Hotel. Stuart deserves
as much support as we can give him for the tremendous effort he puts into the
arrangement of the Dalhousie social calendar – please do your best to give him
yours.