Last Monday he handed James W. a copy of The Piper and Dancer Bulletin (excuse me, what about the drummers?!) from June 1969. A booklet comprising articles of various competitions, workshops, business etc. that was published in Ontario.
This particular bulletin had a summary from the Vancouver Indoor Games from April 11 and 12th, 1969 (what we know now as the BC Annual Gathering run by the BC Pipers Association). James W. was in print...
Below is the whole summary of the Indoor is below by Alex McNeill. Funny to see that Terry Lee won the Junior Marches and was named the Most Promising Piper...and Alex wrote "I nominated Terry Lee for the award as this boy has what it takes to become a very proficient player".
Think he nailed that one.
-JLT
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This reminded me of my summer at Fort Qu'appelle Piping School in 1970 or '71 when Jamie Troy appeared in my class taught by Doug Lutz. Donald McLeod was the guest instructor in those days. I was pretty green and I think they placed Jamie in my class only because it was his first year there. Clearly he outclassed us and he was soon moved out. But he did bring a certain level of energy to the class for the short time he was there. I believe that Jack and terry Lee were also there at the same time but as dancers. I'll need to consult the camp photo on that.
JW often talks about the Fort Qu'appelle days! Thanks for the lovely recollection.
I remember JWT at Fort San too. He had some cool shirts, as I recall. There are quite a few school photos and other items in the Sask Pipe Band Association online archive, here: http://www.saskpipebands.org/archives/main.html
Wendell was my geography teacher in high school back in the 80s. He was the first piper I had ever seen up close as he was always playing at the Remembrance Day ceremony at our school.
In 1989 I started taking piping lessons at The Black Watch Armory in downtown Montreal. Every Saturday I would take my lesson and then sit in the men's mess and listen to th Black Watch Association Pipe Band play, under the direction of pipe major Bill Hannah.
When the Association Pipes & Drums folded, many of the members came over to play with The Regimental Pipes & Drums. Amongst them was Wendell.
Between Wendell and his good friend, the composer Angus MacDowell, there is a wealth of information on the Canadian piping scene in the 50s, and onwards.
Wendell is an all around great guy, our loss is certainly the West Coast's gain!
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