Captain John MacLellan Memorial Solo Piping – Updated with Pictures and Comment

As ever this was a very well run competition held at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, home of the Army School of Piping and Highland Drumming, by permission of ASBMHD retiring Director Major Steven Small. Stewarding was by students of the Army School under the command of Captain Gordon Rowan. Prize money this year was increased by £1,000. Generous sponsorship came from McCallum Bagpipes who donated a set of new pipes to the…

College of Piping Prince Edward Island Gets Government Cash

The College of Piping and Celtic Performance Arts of Canada in Summerside, P.E.I., is getting $2.7 million in funding from the Canadian government for a new performance space. The school, the only year-round one of its kind in North America, offers classes in piping,  drumming, Highland dancing and Island step dancing to more than 250 year-round students and 200 summer students, as well as workshop participants. Principal of the school is the well-known…