Scots Guards Junior Solos – Updated

Adjudicator Robert Wallace writes: This was a first class day of junior piping in the impressive surroundings of the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House in Edinburgh. It was a credit to competition convenor Jimmy Banks, and to the Scots Guards Association, the promoters. There was substantial sponsorship from Pipe Dreams, manufacturers of the famous Eezidrone drone reeds, and from Grants of Dalvey who supplied beautiful silver keepsakes for…

Pipes and President John F Kennedy’s Funeral

Today sees the publication of the second instalment of our feature on President John F Kennedy and his affection for the pipes and pipe bands. This time the author, Lt Col Robert Keith Gunther, looks at the role the bagpipe played in the President’s funeral following the tragic events in Dallas, Texas, 51 years ago this weekend. Read the full story here.