You guys, I’m worried. It’s been swirling around in my head for a while now, as I move from one season to the next, seeing dwindling numbers at our contests, our concerts, our ceilidhs, and it’s time to understand why.

With all credit due to the world’s Grade 1 bands and their awesome achievement in reaching and staying at the top, events over the last few years are suggesting that, increasingly, Grade 2 is, of the top two grades, the more interesting and competitive category of band competition. Outside of […]