These students produced a huge decorative haggis, which was covered in messages sent from all across the globe before being paraded down the streets of the town to Alloway, for the festival.
The hope is that it will spark greater interest in the Burns Night celebrations held in the bard’s home town, and activities of this kind often make use of poster printing in Ayr and similar places, to help generate publicity.
The haggis made its way through Ayr on Saturday, 24th January to mark Burns Night, with its journey beginning at noon in the Tam O’Shanter Inn, and ending at Burns Cottage in the Alloway district of Ayr.
Among the students responsible for making the haggis was 16-year-old Lucy Martin, and afterwards she said:
“I had a Burns’ supper in primary school, but since then I haven’t had much to do with it.
“I’d like to take part in more Burns activities after this, because it was great fun.”
Once it was completed, the haggis had its official unveiling in Ayrshire College, at a ceremony that also saw local tenor David Douglas perform Auld Lang Syne, and Burns’ famous poem Tam O’Shanter likewise put in an appearance.