Dakota District Pipes & Drums presents its Ninth Annual Gathering of the Clans and Burns Night on January 20, 2007, at the historic Orpheum Theater, 315 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The social hour begins at 6:15 p.m. Festivities begin at 6:45 p.m., with the poetry of Robert Burns and a front set by Dakota District Pipes & Drums.

The Minneapolis group Piper's Crow will begin at 8:00 p.m., performing traditional music from Scotland, Ireland, Nova Scotia and other lands in the Celtic realm. Piper's Crow features Laura MacKenzie on wooden flute, whistle, pipes and vocals; Dick Hensold on Northumbrian smallpipes, whistle and recorder; Karen Mueller on guitar, bouzouki and autoharp; and Zack Kline on fiddle and octave violin, www.piperscrow.com.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune has called Pipers Crow "An all-star Celtic band ... Certainly the quartets' mix of jigs, slides and hornpipes is infectious, frisky, expert and crowd pleasing..."

Clan tartans are encouraged.

Cost is $15.00 per person. Children 12 and under admitted free if accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available at Mrs. Murphy's Irish Gifts, 219 S. Phillips Avenue, (605) 333-9700. For more information contact Brian Shaw at (605) 335-1068 Dakota District Pipes & Drums Ltd., is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the encouragement and preservation of Scottish culture.