We will be in the Morrill Meeting Room, entrance on Middle Street. This concert is part of the Winter Wisdom series sponsored by the Midcoast Senior College. We will be joined by the Senior Choir, under the direction of Stuart Gillespie, for a choral setting of Banks of Doon and Julia's song Run Before the Wind

The poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) working in both the Scots language and in English, collected and wrote new lyrics for hundreds of traditional Scottish folk tunes. Among these are My Love is Like a Red Red Rose, Comin' Through the Rye and Auld Lang Syne. Burns short but colorful life has become the subject of both legend and scholarly documentaries. The duo Julia Lane & Fred Gosbee of Castlebay will present a lecture/performance of these romantic love songs interspersed with lively dance tunes as well as poems and anecdotes about Scotland's National Poet. Castlebay has been weaving together the musical heritage of New England and the Celtic lands since 1987. Members Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee have loved and researched traditional music for most of their lives and blend history, legend and experience into their personable performance style. Their concerts feature poignant ballads interspersed with joyous dance tunes played on Celtic harp, guitar, fiddle and tin whistle.