Month: July 2017

Scottish Pipe Band Championships Underway

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Blustery, damp conditions confronted the first bands on at today’s Scottish Pipe Band Championships at Levengrove Park, Dumbarton. The picturesque park juts out into the confluence of the rivers Clyde and Leven and as such can be very exposed in high winds. Today’s competition, the penultimate championship of the pipe band summer, is seen as an important pointer for the World Pipe Band Championships on August 11 and 12, though…

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Tomorrow’s Scottish Pipe Band Championship at Dumbarton, Grade 2 Preview

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Tomorrow sees the penultimate ‘major’ pipe band championship of the summer, the Scottish at Dumbarton. The weather forecast is for rain for much of the day and, given the exposed situation of Levengrove Park, bands should be prepared for wet and wind. That however will not blunt the pencil of our intrepid Special Correspondent……Some say he is an Adjudicators’ Panel reject; others claim he pipes for tourists in Glencoe; yet…

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Arisaig Highland Games Results

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Wet weather eventually cleared. Good entry. The Games featured the 13th annual Clan Ranald Gathering. A ceremonial march through the village was led by Lochaber Schools Pipe Band. Champion Piper was Sandy Cameron. Piobaireachd 1 Sandy Cameron (pictured above) 2 Angus J MacColl 3 Andrew Hall 4 John Dew 5 Caitlin MacDonald March 1 Angus D MacColl 2 Angus J MacColl 3 Sandy Cameron 4 John Dew S&R 1 Angus…

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It is Time to Make a World Concert Pipe Band Championship a Reality

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Why don’t we have a World Concert Pipe Band Championship? Here’s an outline: Each August the 12 finalists from the previous year’s Worlds come together at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow. Date is the Saturday after that year’s  Worlds proper. The bands have prepared a ten minute set of music. To their pipe and drum corps they can add a maximum of any five instruments from mainstream…

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Glenurquhart Games/ South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy

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Total solo piping prizemoney at this year’s Glenurquhart Games will be over £700 the organisers have announced. Spokeswoman Jane Drennan has sent this: ‘This year’s games will be on Saturday August 26 at Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit. ‘There are piping competitions for seniors, juniors and chanter. Total prizemoney will be £709. This year we are delighted to welcome our four highly respected judges, Iain MacFadyen, Malcolm McRae, Robert Wallace and Dr…

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