With Christmas out the way and the brethren look ahead to 2025 the club made the long (in quite a few cases) journey up to Stow on the Wold for their Burns Night supper.
With over 100 people attendance, the Prorsum contingent there to support past chairman W Bro Brian Morris numbered 18 and included the Provincial Grand Master, Assistant Provincial Grand Master and their wives and partners.
After a short meeting up in the temple the brethren retired to the bar and met up with the wives & partners. After some quick refreshments everyone was escorted by the Cheltenham Pipe Band across the square to St Edwards Hall, an amazing venue steeped in history, which certainly added to the atmosphere of the occasion.
The Prince of Wales burns night is well known through the province and local area and for those going along for the first time it was evident why.
The address to the haggis was expertly performed by W. Bro. I. R. Jackson and W. Bro. K. Dickson-Lane although there remains some doubts with regards their Scottish heritage based on their accents!
Following a supper including the haggis (addressed, cut and suitably prepared) tatties and neep’s everyone was treated to the Prince of Wales premier boy band rendition of the Andy Stewart classic “Donald, Where’s your Troosers” along with some additional songs from the pipe band.
With the Province of Gloucestershire spread across such a wide area those temples at the extreme ends perhaps get forgotten about when people go visiting, so it was nice to see so many people from all reaches of the Province make the effort to come along, and there can be no doubt that everyone had a great evening and were made most welcome.
