Sandy Strang - After Dinner Speaker

Sandy Strang has handled the entire spectrum of speaking engagements, is equally at home addressing audiences of 8, 80 or 800, and specialises in customising his extensive material to the exact requirements of his specific audience and is also very experienced and accomplished at chairing such events

From Aberdeen to Angus; from Bellshill to Belfast; from Coatbridge to Cambridge; from Hamilton to Hampden; from Ladybank to London; from Manchester to Musselburgh; from Newcastle to Newbridge; from Stavanger to Stenhousemuir - just a few of the many venues up and down the land where Sandy has entertained a wide range of audience!

Sandy has shared the top-table billing with many of the celebrated luminaries of the after-dinner circuit - Andy Cameron, Scott Glynn, George McNeill, Stewart Coull, Craigie Veitch, Willie Allan, Len Murray, John Htet-Khin, Bill Copeland, Howard Hazlitt, John Gahagan, Johnny Beattie, Kevin Connolly, and Dave Gunson; a host of leading personalities in the world of sport - Alan Rough, Jimmy Nichol, John Beattie, Geoff Miller, Martin Bayfield, Gordon Smith, Sir Michael Bonallack, Sir Garry Sobers, Fergus Slattery, Roger Knight, Alan Kennedy, Dave Watson, Frank McAvennie, Doddie Weir, John 'Bomber' Brown, John Rowbotham, Shaun Udal, Bob Crampsey, Tony Higgins, Chic Young, Andy Irvine, Roger Baird, Andy Nicol, Jim Leishman, Willie Young and Kenny Milne; and many leading figures from public life - Lord Steel of Aikwood, Lord Brodie, Sir Robert Smith, Lord Strathclyde and Lord McFarlane.

Sandy Strang - Burns Performer

Award-winning after-dinner speaker – Wag of the Year Glasgow 2007, Wag of Wags 2009, Wag of the Year Aberdeen 2010 – Sandy Strang has also won acclaim as a performer on the Burns circuit.Sandy is vastly experienced in delivering right across the entire spectrum of Burns Suppers and events – from the long-established traditional Burns Clubs – Bridgeton, Irvine, Paisley – to the burgeoning Burns corporate scene – RBS in Edinburgh, NATO North in Stavanger – to smaller, more intimate Burns gatherings.

Sandy has also performed – twice - before nearly 1,000 people at the self-proclaimed Largest Burns Supper in the World, hosted by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, a prestigious event broadcast worldwide on the internet. Remarked ex-Lady Provost Liz Cameron: ‘Your ‘Immortal Memory’ was quite frankly the best I have ever heard. Once you had caught our attention with your wit – you were excruciatingly funny! –we were utterly moved and entranced by your praise of our national poet. The way in which you did it was quite simply remarkable!’….’’Words fail me! What an absolutely brilliant – nay bravura! – ‘Toast to the Lassies’! Be assured you will be top of my list when I need wit, charm and intelligence – all delivered with the greatest deadpan expression I have ever looked upon!’

Sandy has also performed in his own one-man Burns show in Oxford, sponsored by Talisker Whisky and Loch Fyne Restaurants.

Sandy’s diary for 2011 already includes an invitation to deliver the ‘Immortal Memory’ at a Gala Burns Supper in Edinburgh’s illustrious Hopetoun House, and a ‘Toast to the Lassies’ at a Historic Scotland-sponsored Burns Extravaganza in the magnificent setting of Stirling Castle.