The Glenfiddich Champion for 2024 is Callum Beaumont (above). He was placed first in MSR and third in Ceòl Mòr. Runner-up was Stuart Liddell, with Nick Hudson, Texas, in third. There was a large audience in the great hall at Blair Castle, Blair Atholl.
Piobaireachd placings:
1 Stuart Liddell, Unjust Incarceration
2 Finlay Johnston, Donald Gruamach’s March
3 Callum Beaumont, Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon
4 Nick Hudson, Lament for the Laird of Anapool
5 Alan Bevan, In Praise of Morag
MSR placings:
1 Callum Beaumont, Mrs Duncan MacFadyen, Inveraray Castle, Bessie MacIntyre
2 Alasdair Henderson, Donald MacLellan of Rothesay, Bob o’ Fettercairn, Sheepwife
3 Nick Hudson, Parker’s Welcome to Perthshire, Kirstie MacCalman’s Favourite, Drumlithie
4 Christopher Armstrong, Lochaber Gathering, Bob o’ Fettercairn, Willie Murray
5 Stuart Liddell, Bonnie Anne, John Roy Stewart, John Morrison, Assynt House
Other playing but not in the prize lists: Roderick MacLeod, Cameron Drummond, Craig Sutherland.
Hi Rab
Any chance of you doing a crit of the performances at the Glenfiddich? Those are always super interesting to read.
Regards,
Andrew
Couldn’t manage Andrew; perhaps the Piping Centre had their own reporter there. RW