CLASP World Solo Amateur Grade 1

Pictured is overall winner of the Piping Centre’s CLASP Grade 1 World Solo Amateur Piping Competition, Gregor McCulloch. The competition completed a series of graded events held during World’s Week as part of Piping Live. Piobaireachd 1st Stewart Gaudin 2nd Con Houlihan 3rd Gregor McCulloch 2/4 March Strathspey and Reel 1st Gregor McCulloch 2nd Ross Walker 3rd Stewart Gaudin Hornpipe and Jig 1st Gregor McCulloch 2nd Ross Walker 3rd Robert…

‘RISE’, the 23rd Annual Worlds Weeks Pipe Band Concert by Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia

Straight off the bat, we’ll avoid the mumbo jumbo about the Pre Worlds’ Concert (PWC) band having the best chance of winning the big title itself a few days later.  It’s one of those unconscious bias things we have, and in most recent times only FMM has done it. A double-edged sword perhaps. All that practice and time spent on the programme content, whilst the competitive edge may not really…