Obituary
he was mildly cross with himself as he had intended to play the King’sTaxes! Lewis had a substantial repertoire
of both ceol beag and ceol mor and at the Sunday afternoon sessions it was not uncommon to hear tunes that were appropriate to the
occasion.The set tunes for the Comunn Na Piobaireachd Society’s Gold Medal and Open and Clasp Competitions were often played. Lewis judged at a Christchurch
LabourWeekend Competitions in the early 1990s and on the Sunday night gave a recital that was up to his normal high standards. Later in the evening he played an impromptu recital and once again it was a masterful
performance.At the end he played the Donald MacLeod composition Cabar Feidh Gu Brath
and it is hard to imagine it being played better. Once again the sheer musicality of the performance left one with a feeling of inadequacy. In 1999 he brought out a book of
tunes, Lewis Turrell’s Collection of Bagpipe Music. Lewis will be greatly missed for
his sheer musical genius; his ability as a raconteur; his ability as an administrator; his bonhomie. But above all that is the love he had for his wife Kaye, for his sons Callum and Alastair,his daughter Catrina,his sister Marjorie, his brother Keith and all his grand children, nephews and nieces – they, too will be missing him dearly. Our thoughts go out to Lewis’s family and together we will mourn one of New Zealand’s great men.
Geoff Hore
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