Presented by the Mauchline
Burns Club in Partnership with East Ayrshire Council
The Holy Fair
Saturday 24th May.
Headline
Act:- Eddi Reader and her full Band.

Eddi Reader explains:-
"I sang My Love's
Like a Red, Red Rose to a bunch of 'worse for the drink'
people in a bar in Glasgow one cold January night and
I felt something happening between me and the words and
the people listening, something profoundly moving. After
all my travels singing songs to people, I recognised this
as being a vein of emotional gold as yet unmined ... I
began to be spooked by him and started on a journey to
find him, Robert, the guy from Ayrshire that I would have
drunk with, walked with and probably got into trouble
with. I wanted to show him off to everyone, sit folk down
and say 'no! no! listen, listen, really listen, listen
to this...'"
Also
appearing :-

Programme

Last Year The Mauchline Holy
Fair Took Place on Saturday 26th May
and it was a Great Success
From The Mauchline Burns
Club (2007)
It
was with great trepidation that the Mauchline Burns Club
accepted the responsibility for arranging the 6th Mauchline
Holy Fair on our own with input from East Ayrshire Council
Officers. However, after the day's events on Saturday,
we were absolutely delighted with the outcome. The feedback
we have had so far has been very encouraging.
We
feel that the format this year will set the precedent
for the future. The children's fairground was particularly
successful. The steam engine, big mill and baler were
star attractions with adults and children alike. Also,
a great many people were delighted to see the Lawrence
fairground family coming ‘home'.
The
quality, number and diversity of stalls was the best ever
and we are grateful to the stallholders for bearing with
us during the initial setup. We can only hope that they
found it was worthwhile being at our Holy Fair.
The
bleaching green was the highlight for many with the exhibits
and activities ranging from the old living van to the
World War One army encampment and farm implements. History
was made when the haggis was addressed (in the presence
of the World President) in the actual place where Robert
Burns first met Jean Armour. Our grateful thanks to Mrs
Mullen for the use of the bleaching green.
Our
cooper (not me) is now known as Tommy the Cooper and had
an appreciative crowd all day watching him skilfully assemble
the barrels. The farrier again proved a huge success.
The
helicopter continued to be a very popular attraction and
we are indebted to George Ramsay for the use of his field
once more.
The
street entertainers and screaming preachers were outstanding
and made a huge contribution towards the success of our
Holy Fair.
All
the entertainers in the Church were fully appreciated
and performed to full houses.
The
position of the Mobile Stage proved to be correct in allowing
the maximum number of spectators possible. You should
see the pictures taken from the stage!
From
the sound of the pipes at the start, to the finale by
the MacDonald Brothers, each act revelled in the atmosphere
created by the enthusiastic and appreciative crowd.
Mauchline
Burns Club could not have presented the Holy Fair without
the help of a great many people including our Committee,
Burns Club members, friends and very many local residents.
To all those people and to anyone inconvenienced by the
event, we give our grateful thanks.
If
anyone wants a Holy Fair next year and would like to make
suggestions, whether for acts or for improvements, please
write to the Mauchline Holy Fair, c/o Burns House Museum,
Castle Street, Mauchline.
Andrew
Cooper
Secretary
Mauchline
Burns Club
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Defence Minister, Des Browne signs up.
"I'm going to Mauchline
Holy Fair,
To spend an hour in daffin:
Gin ye'll go there, yon runkled pair,
We will get famous laughin"
from The Holy Fair Robert Burns 1786