I hope you'll have a listen to the new CoP Radio show which has Jonathan Greenlees's winning tune from Skye as the 'Piobaireachd of the Month'. A pretty good performance of the 'Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay' I think. Just shows you what a roller coaster business the piping game is. There was Jonathan last week up in the clouds and this week brought back to earth with disappointment at the Worlds with FMM. Still runner up is a great prize and no shame in coming second to SFU on this form (incidentally you can hear their Worlds sets in rehear

sal on SFUtube).
Also on the radio show is an excerpt from an old LP I found in Jeannie's Grotto (the Museum of Piping). It's by Seumas MacNeill (right) and is entitled 'An Introduction to Ceol Mor'. Apart from the actual value to the beginner in what he says, we also learn what a consummate communicator Seumas was. Whatever you thought of him (and I had plenty of run ins) you cannot deny his abilities as a writer and broadcaster on piping, certainly the best I've ever read and heard.
The archive spot is a scratchy recording of my old band Muirhead and Sons playing in Toronto in 1977. I played it during the 'Great Debate' last week and got nothing but abuse from messrs Livingstone, Mathieson, Aitken and Noble. Probably something to do with the fact that I introduced it by saying it was the greatest ever performance in pipe band history, by the greatest pipe band in history, by the greatest pipe corps in history, with the greatest left sided back rank in history (me and McBride). Now what's wrong with that? Some people just can't handle the truth can they? Anyway have a listen and see what you think.
The focus for many solo pipers will now be the games this weekend and Oban to follow next week. Any overseas pipers should be aware that if they are stuck for somewhere to practice when they are over then they can come into the College 9-5pm and grab any room that is available free of charge.




In the audience judge John Wilson won a pipe tuner in the raffle and there were 






