"that has the odour of sanctity of CCE, "
Maybe in your part of the world Dick - not here in the real world
Comhaltas has no influence whatever here
It is the Willie Clancy Summer School and ITMA that has made the difference - not a competition to be seen anywhere
In Dublin The NPU has drawn in young pipers in their hundreds
As far as I know, there are none of the TG4 Musicians of the year from Comhaltas so far
As I said - maybe down in the depths of Cork and Kerry
CCE is what it was pronounced to be by Brendan Breathnach decades ago - "an organisation ith a fine future behind it"
One of the most impressive aspects of North Munster and Connacht music i the number of young musicians who are maturing and taking classes for their juniors independent of any organisation
Our local flute player, who we first remember as a pupil of the early Clancy School has several hundred pupils to her credit and turns them out fifty at a time on each St Pat's Day
Pleasse don't give Comhaltas the credit it does not deserve
Jim Carroll