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Masters Piping Results: Lament for the Earl of Antrim Wins on the Day 9th Earl is Laid to Rest

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Seventeen pipers toook part in the ‘Masters’ piping competition held yesterday at the National Piping Centre as part of Piping Live! The winner earns an invite to the Glenfiddich competition on October 30 in Blair Castle. The ‘Masters’ competition is open to Gold Medallists and winners of ‘A’ grade light music events at Oban and Inverness. Callum Beaumont, from Bo’ness and the piping instructor at Dollar Academy, was the overall…

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Piping Live! Well Underway – Time to Make Your Contribution!

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This year’s Piping Live! got underway last weekend and as Scotland enters a new phase of freedom, the Glasgow festival is set to host another six days of world-class performance and piping competition between now and Sunday, 15 August, writes Claire Hutchison A number of exciting in-person shows are being staged for up to 1,200 attendees as part of the annual event at the National Piping Centre, alongside a rich programme of…

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MacGregor Memorial Finalists Announced

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Twenty-seven young pipers aged under 22 entered for the MacGregor Memorial Piobaireachd competition promoted by the Highland Society of London and run by the Argyllshire Gathering. The competition is one of the most prestigious professional competitons for young pipers in the world. The winner is usually given entry into the Silver Medal at the Argyllshire Gathering. Judging for the 2021 MacGregor was completed last weekend. This is the second year…

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Argyllshire Gathering 150th Anniversary Competitions – Further Details

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Two major piping events will be held in Oban on August 25 and 26 to celebrate the Argyllshire Gathering’s founding in 1871. As previously announced on Piping Press, seven leading pipers with county connections have been invited to play in a competition for Piobaireachd, March, Strathspey and Reel, and Medley. These events are on the Wednesday, August 25. The pipers are: Sarah Muir, Jamie Forrester, William McCallum, Angus MacColl, Stuart…

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Lorient Festival Going Ahead this Weekend/ Piping Among the Bretons – A History, Part 3

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The world’s biggest festival of Celtice music is about to get underway in Brittany, France, but in a much-diminished format. Scottish Organiser Tom Johnstone told Piping Press: ‘It is on but very much reduced. ‘For Scotland we have no pipers or pipe bands also no dancers. We had two folk bands at first and it was cut down to one but they have pulled out due to the self isolation…

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