Kenny Mackenzie has inspired many Sutherland youngsters to engage with music, and with Gaelic song in particular. For more than three quarters of a century he has enjoyed attending Mòds as a competitor, a choir conductor and as an audience member. His journey with Gaelic choirs travelled full circle from a young chorister under the teaching of his headmaster Angus M Ross (Rossie) to conducting that same choir during his own years as headmaster at Lochinver Primary School.

During his young adulthood he sang with his brother, Rod and his own late wife, Marlene, and sister-in-law Joan and Marlene and Kenny continued to sing together at many concerts and cèilidhs throughout the region. Their close harmony singing inspired local youngsters and family visiting Achiltibuie and Lochinver where Mackenzie house cèilidhs were a welcome occurrence.

In this cèilidh celebrating his years of involvement with Gaelic music his legacy will be showcased by former pupils, among them Mòd Gold medallists, James Graham and Duncan Macleod, Rory Matheson, Rona MacLeod, his nieces Eilidh and Fiona Mackenzie as well as extended family.