NAIRN DUNBAR GOLF CLUB
A Nairn actor delighted audiences at a local golf club as they held a special celebration to mark Burns Night.
It was a great night for everyone.
Returning to his home town Nicholas Ralph, who stars as James Herriot in the popular Channel 5 series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’, was compere on the night at Nairn Dunbar Golf Club as he performed the Address to the Haggis, the toast to the lassies and other poems from Scotland’s Bard.
It was a very successful night at the club – of which the actor has been a member of since he was five – and one that they will be looking at repeating in coming years, according to event organiser Steven Delaney-Clarke.
“It was a phenomenal spectacle,” he said.
Around 90 people attended – ‘but we could have had more, everything went so smoothly!’ according to organiser Steven Delaney-Clarke
“That it’s the first burns supper I have ever been to and organised! But the amount of people who had been to many Burns Night celebrations in the past and said this was a great night was brilliant.
“A lot of it was due to Nicholas Ralph, the food and the musicians, it was just a good spectacle all in!”
Mr Delaney-Clarke explained how the idea of throwing a Burns Supper at the club was born on the golf course.
“Nicholas has been a member since he was five years old and his parents regularly play golf there,” he said.
“I was out playing with him and the topic of Burns Night came up – and he said that if we ever wanted to do a Burns Supper, he would be quite willing to come up and do the Address to the Haggis and the rest. Probably the wrong thing to say to me – because I took him up on the offer!
“He is such a good lad, and very generous with his time. He is very good at doing stuff for the local community.”
Mr Ralph was joined by renowned Nairn pianist Kenna Ross and fellow actor Malcolm Cummings – who sang and played the guitar for the occasion.
Nicholas Ralph alongside Nairn pianist Kenna Ross and fellow actor Malcom Cumming at the guitar.
“It’s something totally different from what we normally put on at the golf club,” said Mr Delaney-Clarke.
“We had around 90 people – but we could have had more! Because it was the fist time we limited the attendance to that – but everything went smoothly, and everything was excellent.
Credit – Inverness Courier & Billy Kirkpatrick – Story & Pictures
