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P/M Donald Shaw Ramsay and His Famous March for Jimmy Young

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I recently came upon a recording of P/M Donald Shaw Ramsay (above) discussing and playing his famous 2/4 march composition, Jimmy Young.  In this recording he points out numerous clerical errors in the tune as it was published in the Edcath Collection, Book 2, published by Hugh MacPherson.   He then goes on to play it on both the practice chanter and full pipes.  By the way….what a tremendous player…

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Canadian Summer School of Piping & Drumming Goes Online for 2020

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By Jack Lee Simon Fraser University Pipe Band have run the largest summer school for Pipers, Drummers and Highland Dancers in the world for quite a few years now. ‘Piping Hot Summer Drummer’ has had 26 tremendous years out here on Silver Star Mountain, BC. We usually get around 300 students over the two weeks in July. We have some terrific ‘overseas’ instructors, such as Stuart Liddell, Steven McWhirter, Callum…

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