187  pupils, former pupils and their guests enjoyed  traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties, although a few opted for cold meat and salad or raviola (vegetarian as was an alternative haggis).

After the welcome and introduction by President Gordon Laird, the haggis was piped in by former School Captain, Nick Forbes and addressed by Sydney Scroggie.  Alex Melvin said the Selkirk Grace.

The entertainment was kicked off with a selection of pipe music by two youthful pipers  Stewart McCallum and Stewart Findlay under their leader Ian Duncan.  School Captain Nicholas  Ward recited "A man's a Man for a' That", Jenna Davidson sang "Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonny Doon", Greg Davidson sang "Scots Wha Hae Wi' Wallace Bled" and Edward McLaren provided a selection of fiddle music.

The Rev Gordon Campbell gave a memorable rendering of the "Immortal Memory",  Gordon Laird "Toasted the Lasses" remembering the Dundee variety when the tramcar was "The" principal means of transport in the city and former School Captain Lesley Mackie provided an equally memorable "Reply" as befits one with her talent.

Lewis Cochrane  proposed the "Toast to the School" and Margaret Fraser the "Vote of Thanks".

The evening was rounded off with the singing of the"Harris Holiday Song" and "Auld Lang Syne"

As so many of the guests told me afterwards, "It was a most memorable evening"

 

All the aforementioned participants are either pupils or former pupils except for our principal speaker, Gordon Campbell who went to the  High, for which we forgave him, he had no say in the matter.