Robert Burns Memorial (Barre) Three each depict a scene from a Burns poem,"The Cotter's Saturday Night", "To a Mountain Daisy", and "Tam o' Shanter's Ride". The fourth panel depicts Burns' cottage in Ayr, Scotland. The statue shows the poet returning from his day's work, in ploughman's dress, sleeves rolled up, bareheaded, his coat on his arm, eyes on the ground, and with an attitude and expression of thoughtful meditation. In January 1890, the Robert Burns Club of Barre was founded as a social and literary group in honor of Burns. On July 21, 1896, the fifty-member club met to commemorate the centenary of Burns'
BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year The BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year is an annual music competition launched in 2001 open to young Scottish traditional musicians and presented by BBC Radio Scotland. In 2007 the event was broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland for the first time. The award "exists to encourage young musicians to keep their tradition alive and to maximise their musical potential by the pursuit of a career in traditional music. The winner [is] provided with high profile performance opportunities and the necessary tools and advice they require to launch a career