Month: June 2017

Preview of the Grade 2 European Pipe Band Championship

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The major pipe band championship wagon will again roll into the Highland town of Forres this Saturday for the Europeans, writes our Special Correspondent.  Past events have been blessed with improving weather, big crowds and excellent facilities in and around Grant Park. The local organisers really pull out the stops and bands have been welcomed into the bus park with hampers of goodies, visitors have enjoyed the food festival and…

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Another Successful Week in New England

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The Editor writes: Another successful New England Pipe and Drum Academy has come to a close and I’d like to thank Tommy Johnston and Matt Pantaleoni for all their hard work during a rewarding week. We didn’t have too many students to teach but those who did attended got the very best in piping and drumming instruction. Tommy’s reed making workshop was a real highlight and attracted a few outside…

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SFU Drums, Harnesses and Covers Stolen/ Eric Ward Recovering after Operation

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British Columbia’s Tri-city News reports the following: Two custom drums owned by a world-class pipe band were swiped from a car parked overnight at a north side Port Coquitlam home yesterday (Sunday). And musicians and staff with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band say the theft could land them in trouble as they ready for the world championships in Scotland. The Andante snare drums — as well as two harnesses, soft-shell black…

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Shotts Concert – An Interview with Leading Drummer Andrew Lawson

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August 9 will see a packed house at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall for the annual Worlds Week pipe band concert sponsored by Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band. Providing the music this year are the legendary Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band under P/M Ryan Canning and Leading Drummer Andrew Lawson. Andrew has given a short interview to Piping Press about the concert, his corps and working with Ryan….. How is the drum corps shaping…

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Aberdeen Games Results (pix added)

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Duncan Watson reports: The  weather  was  warm and dry and was good for piping but the extraneous noise of a funfair was overpowering at times and would have made it difficult for pipers in tuning and concentrating on their tunes.  Is there an answer to this when funfairs and such activities provide an attraction?  There was a big crowd of spectators in attendance. The results were as follows; Piobaireachd 1…

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