Seventeen pipers played in the iconic setting of Glenfinnan in the west Highlands. A mostly dry but windy and overcast day. Seven played in the juniors and 10 in the seniors Piob 1 Ed McIlwaine, Canada, Desperate Battle 2 Jason Craig, Australia, Glengarry’s March 3 Dan Leyden, USA, Red Speckled Bull March 1 Dan Leyden 2 Sandy Cameron 3 Jori Chisholm S&R 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Jori Chisholm 3 Jason…

Twelve bands have made it through to tomorrow’s final in the World Pipe Band Championships Grade 1 competition. After a full day of playing sometimes in rain and always with a cold wind, two sets of four judges settled on the following names. They are: Johnstone St Laurence O’Toole Simon Fraser Fife Police Inveraray Boghall 78th Frasers Shotts Vale of Atholl Field Marshal Scottish Power Dowco Triumph Street This is…

The 2018 Worlds are go! Piping Press reporters are already out and about on a grey, overcast Glasgow Green listening to the Grade 1 bands preparing for the biggest performances of their year. There are two heats with six from each going forward to tomorrow’s final. Qualifier 1 MSR 1 11:00 Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia 2 11:10 New Zealand Police – New Zealand 3 11:20 St Laurence O’Toole – Eire…

Ángel Hernando, President: Dear Friends: We inform you that the Band of Gaitas (Galician bagpipes) Lume de Biqueira has just arrived to China, to participate in the China International Wind Music Festival. The performances will be made basically in the coastal city of Dalian, to finish in Beijing and a concert in the Great Wall of China. According to our information, Lume de Biqueira is the first Spanish band (of any genre) that…