All solo piping interest will be on Oban this weekend for the Highlands & Islands Music and Dance Festival with very good entries in all events through P/A, B and C grades. The contest is held in Oban High School on Saturday April 29.
Senior adjudicators are Iain MacFadyen, Ronald MacShannon, Tom Speirs, Robert Wallace, John Wilson and Andrew Wright. There are five prizes in each event. All piobaireachd classes start at 9am with the MSRs in the afternoon. Here are the draws:
P/A Piob
P/A MSR
B Piob
B MSR
C Piob
C MSR
There is also a full selection of contests for juniors. Check PP on Saturday for all results.
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Tickets for the Worlds are now on sale – at a discount if you buy now. Grade 1 arena on the Saturday is £28 plus transaction fee. Other prices (add minimum £1 transaction fee): 
Here is the blurb: ‘The World Pipe Band Championships are a unique celebration of Scottish culture featuring outstanding musicians who have practised for years to reach the pinnacle of Pipe Band competition. The event has been associated with Glasgow for nearly 70 years.
‘Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band from Northern Ireland are the World Pipe Band Champions for 2016. They fought off stiff competition from Inveraray and District who finished second and St Laurence O’Toole from the Republic of Ireland who were third. The 2016 event was the 30th year in a row Glasgow has hosted the World Pipe Band Championships.’
Get your tickets here.
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Interesting draw and I am intrigued with the ‘unknown competitor.’ I look forward to the prize list being published if he or she is successful.
1 Unknown competitor —no fixed place of abode!
2 Blah de blah —Glasgow
3 etc etc.—Timbucktoo
The CPA and the SPJA will have their hands full ‘policing’ that guy or girl!