In recent weeks Piping Press has published material provided by reader Trevor Clydesdale showing tunes played by the Grade 1 Bands at the Worlds in 1970 and then by Ian Forbes for Cowal 1968. I have found among old papers tune lists for a local competition at New Meadowbank in Edinburgh in 1948, the World Championships in Stirling in 1974 and will cover these in a later report. For now…
Former RSPBA Adjudicator Alistair Aitken concludes his series on the difficulties facing the pipe band movement as we head towards a possible resumption of activity. The first major of 2021 is scheduled for May next year, only eight months from now…… To work effectively, for adjudication purposes, the half-circle formation would require all bands to form up in the same way. The adjudicators would need to stand, or be seated,…
Former pipe band adjudicator Alistair Aitken OBE continues his article on the difficulties facing the 2021 season….. The World Pipe Band Championships is the pinnacle of the year for the RSPBA and its member pipe bands. Timing is possibly on the side of the Worlds in 2021 as they are not held until mid-August, being the last of the five Major Championships. It is difficult to envisage why the event…
It was very interesting to read Gilbert Cromie’s recent article about the effect of the COVID-19 virus on the pipe band and related teaching scene in Northern Ireland. Gilbert’s personal views regarding the difficulties in attempting to reintroduce pipe band competitions in 2021 were also very relevant and concerning. For those of us, young and old, who have been involved in piping, pipe band drumming, drum majoring or actual pipe…
Former RSPBA Adjudicator Alistair Aitken concludes his excellent look back over his three decade career as a pipe band judge. Piping Press wishes to express its gratitude to Alistair for sharing his highly entertaining and informative reminscences with the international pipe band world via our pages. One year I was judging at the Melrose local competition the day after the World Championships. The Harwich Pipe Band from England competed at…
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