Harry’s 2016 Raspberry Awards

The Second Coming Award

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
– William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming”

Harry thinks that the City of Whitehorse Pipe Band story was a breakdown from the centre. Here is a big, solid band, built on the hard work of leaders, band members, committee, funders, fans, and the whole thing melts down from the inside out. This story leaves an apocalyptic landscape of abandoned kilts, drums, saddened musicians and families, and a whole association wondering where to go from here.

Harry grabbed popcorn and a comfy seat for this one just like everyone else, but the popcorn goes stale pretty fast on these events. When Harry was shopping for Henrietta’s Christmas a few years back, he had his hand on a copy of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and the concepts in that book are all applicable to this situation. Harry suggests a thorough read. Of course, he didn’t buy the book for Henrietta. She woulda shoved it up his bahookie in jig time.

Henrietta says she hasn’t experienced the second coming since back in the days when the post was delivered morning and afternoon. Those were the days.

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+ More to the story: Whitehorse elaborates

+ You can’t fire us; we quit! Whitehorse story continues

+ WAPOL Oz Champs; Whitehorse DQed, security involved

+ Whitehorse removed from Pipe Bands Australia

+ Whitehorse appeals for an appeal

+ City of Whitehorse breaks down

+ World associations in suspense over bans