One of Scotland’s best known Burns enthusiasts has praised the National Trust for Scotland’s leading role in preserving the legacy of Robert Burns for future generations.
Eddi Reader is a long time Burns enthusiast and in 2003 released her first Burns album – ‘Eddi Reader Sings the Songs of Robert Burns’ – to critical acclaim. The album spurred a renewed international interest in the bard and in 2009, Eddi released ‘The Songs of Robert Burns: Deluxe Edition’ to celebrate the 250th anniversary of his birth.
Now, on the bard’s 251st birthday, she has agreed to act as the first celebrity ‘Burns Ambassador’ for the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, due to open in Alloway in autumn 2010.
As a Burns Ambassador, Eddi will assist the National Trust for Scotland in promoting the new Robert Burns Birthplace Museum around the globe and to kick things off, Eddi was the headline act at South Ayrshire Council’s 1759 event last night (Sunday 24 January 2010) which was hosted at the Tam o’Shanter Experience in the Burns National Heritage Park. The Trust will be working with Eddi over the coming months in the lead up to the opening of the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in autumn 2010, as the push to raise the final £1.1m for the project continues.
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