Burns Dinner in Baghdad

[JayFilomena]

I was sitting at dinner last night with a McKellar discussing such things as the Scottish clan that kicked the McKellers off their land...(I forgot the name of the rival clan) places we visited in Scotland, and of course our kilts. Eventually the topic of Haggis came up and neither of us has ever been to a Burns Dinner.... I was wondering, from any of my friends at xmarks, If you could give me a run down on how to have a Burns Dinner. Sheep are actually a very common commodity in Baghdad, and I don't think it would be difficult to get a local national to make haggis for us, given the recipe. I am thinking of ordering a Burns poetry book off ebay, so all I need now, is an idea of how to host the dinner. What to start off with,, when to serve the haggis, what poem to read and when...? For those of you who have had enjoyable evenings please let me know what your experience was like. Unfortunetly, I left my Pittsburgh Kilt at home on the last leave, and will have to see if a Local can sew me a similiar "quick Kilt". Any Advice would be welcome, and any wishing to attend are welcome also. :-D Just RSVP by next week so I can put in a request for my tactical team to pick you up at BIAP. (By Op) Baghdad International Airport.