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RSPBA in ‘Sound’ Financial Position Despite Fall in Revenue – Auditor Agrees Accounts

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We conclude our final report taken from the RSPBA’s 2021 AGM Order Paper. The AGM was held last March online. The Association accounts show a fall in income following the cancellation of all major championsips in 2020. This was offset by the savings in expenditure and Government grant assistance. In 2019 the Worlds generated £254,195; income for this event for 2020 amounted to £47,487. Other Chanpionships raised £301,480 in 2019….

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History: P/M William Norris and Glasgow’s Clan Fraser Pipe Band

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This is taken in the main from an edition of ‘Piping and Dancing’ magazine from March 1937. It highlights the qualities and arrangements every band needs if it is to be successful: a good pipe major, organisation, co-operation and a good committee. The band, with a very young Pipe Major William Norris, is pictured below in 1931.. This band was formed on 3rd February, 1930, by the present Pipe Major,…

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Standing Start for Lower Grade Bands and Development of Medley all Confirmed in Reports to RSPBA AGM

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Piping Press continues its look at the reports to this year’s RSPBA AGM held in MArch before the cancellation of all pipe band competitions for 2021. Below we have details of the Association’s finance and grant applications made to cover the difficulties caused by the pandemic. The Music Board reveal a pilot scheme whereby lower grade bands can start from a static position, and also information on liaison with Grade…

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Project to Place Piping Magazine Archive Online and Produce Piping Times Print Annual

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The National Piping Centre has launched a ‘crowdfunding’ campaign to raise funds to digitise and place online back issues of the now defunct Piping Times and Piping Today magazines. The archive will be free for the public to access and search. In addition the Centre are looking at producing an annual print publication under the Piping Times banner. The Piping Times ran from 1948 until 2020. It was the flagship…

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Very High Quality Bagpipe For Sale/ Comments on the Oldest Pipe Band in the USA

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Greig Canning, professional piper and member of the Grade 1 World Champions Inveraray & District Pipe Band, has acquired a vintage set of Robertson pipes and now has to sell another of the sets he owns. The pipes are David Naill and Co DN5H bagpipes. This is an opportunity for a PP reader to buy a high quality instrument at a reasonable price. Greig writes: ‘The bagpipe is mounted in fully…

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