The Kintyre Forum

This is a busy time for Lorne MacDougall, the talented piper from Carradale. As discussed before on the forum, viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4427&p=73707 he is in the Final of Young Trad Musician of the Year. Up against five others, the final will be held next Sunday - 1 February - and will be broadcast live on Radio Scotland.

And to mark this achievement - he is the only piper in the final - the piping programme on Radio Scotland tonight will also feature Lorne playing three sets, and being interviewed too, I think. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/play ... this_week/

Among the tunes he has picked are a few with a strong Kintyre theme. Some about the place, and others were composed by Kintyre people. That is also true of the tunes he has picked for the Young Trad musician final next week.

And as if this was not enough, Celtic Connections in on right now, and every young musician of that generation feels obliged to take in as much of the festival as they can ... or at least that it what Lorne told me when I saw him in the Festival Club around 12 hours ago! So busy in fact, that he didn't have the time to let you all know this busy schedule. So I offered to do it for him

By the way, tonight's Pipeline also has a track by Willie McCallum, I see from the play-list link above. It is almost embarrassing to have so much excellent local talent.

Excellent post Mary.

Ship called Dignity wrote:Excellent post Mary.

Thank you, Ship called Dignity!

It was an excellent broadcast too - no interview, as I had thought. Listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h2zyx or tonight when the programme is repeated at 7 o'clock.

And we should hear more from Lorne a week today, Sunday 1 February, in the broadcast of the 2009 Young Traditional Musician final. I think it starts around 5 pm on Radio Scotland.

Heard the Pipeline programme last night. Very impressive, and a good measure of Kintyre piping with a March Strathspey and Reel to follow from Willie McCallum.

Keeping Kintyre to the fore as one of the top piping areas of the country.

GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!! Good luck Lorne

Ags wrote:GOOSEBUMPS!!!!!!!! Good luck Lorne

Yes Ags - he was excellent in that set. Speaking totally objectively ... Lorne has been the best so far.

You can listen live NOW: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/radioscotland

Spoke to him on Friday night at the Festival Club, and he is totally laid back about it all. Really hope he does it.

Well done Lorne! We think you should have won but then we would!!!!!!!!!!! Must take the talent from the rest of your family!

Yes carreran - his performance was first class. That said, with three out of the six finalists being fiddlers it was always more likely that one of them would win.

Ruairidh Macmillan - the winner from Nairn was excellent. He has played in the town - I remember seeing him during the last couple of MoK festivals at sessions in the White Hart.

I would be interested to hear what our resident expert fiddler / piper thinks about the final, and whether he would have judged it differently.

I have spoken to Lorne and he was very happy with his performance and is looking forward to projects that will come his way due to the competition. We are all very proud of him, especially after the difficult time we have had recently and we all know of one person who would have been particularly proud of him tonight. It is true to say at this point she would be condemning the judges decision ( as all mothers do!) because she was always right!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, well done Lorne - superb achievement to get to the final.

It's been all said in the above posts Lorne and the opportunity will come again I'm sure .

Keep up the good work

Regards from Carradale.

I only heard some of the programme. I thought Lorne McDougall's performance was the best of the ones I heard, and these included the winner.

I was actually quite surprised to hear the result.

Again, well done Lorne. I am sure everyone here on the forum would like to congratulate you on your superb achievement in reaching the final and for an excellent set and wish you all the very best for the future. Great example of young talent from Kintyre.

Anyone interested in listening to the whole programme can so at the link below. I would encourage everyone to spare 15 minutes and listen to Lorne's set starting at 1.19.15. Excellent set on the pipes and the whistle including a bit of the Carradale humour - well done again. For information, the winner Ruairidh Macmillan follows Lorne.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... _the_Year/



For more information on Lorne visit his excellent website at http://lornemacdougall.com/

On reflection I really should have posted the following thread in Local News viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7278

Seems like Lorne was the 'people's choice'. And that of quite a few people whose opinion I trust. See here:

http://www.footstompin.com/public/forum?threadid=401782

Lorne's career and reputation have received a fantastic boost from this achievement. Well done!

I didn't hear all of the competitors but from what I heard Lorne you were robbed!! Well done!! You are right though Carreran - your Mum would have been very proud! and if Alex and Caitlin were listening in SILENCE they must have been very proud too