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Suffolk Party To Celebrate Scotch Poet Robert Burns' Birthday
It will feature poetry, song, a Scotch dish, as well as some fine spirits.
![The Patchogue Arts Council and the Museum of Modern Arts Long Island will host "Scotch doesn’t… Burns Night!" at Whiskey Neat in Patchogue on Jan. 25.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/24679441/20230117/045540/styles/patch_image/public/robert-burns-1___17165459266.jpg)
PATCHOGUE, NY — There will be some great food, high spirits, both liquid and emotional, seasoned with a dash of poetry and song, organizers say.
The Patchogue Arts Council and the Museum of Modern Arts Long Island will host "Scotch doesn’t… Burns Night!," a blending of the work of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns, and scotch and whiskey at Whiskey Neat in Patchogue on Jan. 25.
The event will start at 7 p.m.
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Organizers say they will warm you up with some of Burns favorites, while you order tasty bites, including a Burns Night Scottish dish, and your favorite scotch.
Burns is best known for the traditional New Year's Eve son, "Auld Lang Syne."
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Close friends of his first held a supper-party honoring his birthday on Jan. 25 in 1801, and that tradition folks has continued yearly. The event will be somewhat of a Robby Burns Remix Night that celebrated his 264th birthday with Fred the Human iPod.
"So, pour yourself a dram of scotch, grab a cock-a-leekie soup bowl, and buy a raffle ticket for a whisky treat. Celebrate with us at Whiskey Neat," reads a promo for the event.
All Scotch and Whiskey is 50 percent off all evening.
There is no cover charge though donations will be welcomed and greatly appreciated.
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