Introduction
In 2001 as a follow on
from the Howff Club's Millennium Events the
establishment of a Junior Burns Club was vigorously
pursued. The ability to attract young Burnsians was
always seen as a difficulty and, with this in mind the
winners, runners-up and third place children from the
Annual Burns Schools Competition were automatically made
founder members of the Junior Burns Howff
Club.
A close association
with the Friends of Ellisland and the Ladies Burns Club
No 1 has allowed the Howff Club to offer a unique
continuity with Burns Clubs in the
area.
The club rooms at the
Globe Inn, the meeting place of the Howff Club will be
used to promote an active Junior Burns Club Committee,
which will be parented by members from the senior club.
Ellisland Farm is to be used as the centre for functions
and activities and the Ladies Burns Club, in addition to
the Friends of Ellisland, offer another club through
which the female members of the junior organisation may
pursue an interest in the life and works of Robert
Burns.
There are six primary
sections and six from secondary schools in the Schools
Competition, held in Dumfries and this equates to a
potential thirty-six new members each year. In 2001
there were twenty-nine prizewinners who all became the
founder members of the Junior Burns Howff Club and we
look forward to welcoming the prizewinners from future
competitions.
The
Future
It is anticipated that this section
on the web site will expand as the Junior Burns Howff
Club develops with the formation of their committee and
the organisation and running of their own St Andrews
concert and Burns Supper.
The new committee will
be responsible for the detailed development of this
section of the website, with some assistance……..as if
they will need it!
The Junior Burns Howff
Club will be supported by the senior club throughout its
growth and it is hoped too that this connection will
stir a further interest by the parents and guardians of
these children to pursue an interest in the life and
works of Robert Burns.
The activities held at
Ellisland Farm will allow the children to have access to
one of the finest centres dedicated to Burns and gain
inspiration from the atmosphere that exists at the farm,
for more on Ellisland Farm go to http://www.ellislandfarm.co.uk/
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