The Piobaireachd Society’s ‘Talk Piobaireachd’ sessions continue tonight at 8pm GMT. These well-attended online lecture/discussions are open and free to all members of the Society. If you are not a member you can join here. Standard membership per annum is £15 (senior) and £5 (student or junior). This evening’s session will be led by PP Editor and Society President, Robert Wallace on a topic of his choosing. This series has…

Today we have the penultimate batch of piping photographs from desktop wizard Ronan Maguire of St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band, Dublin. Ronan has generously given his time and expertise to clean, enhance and and/or colour a whole host of historic piping pictures. More than that he has kindly made them available to PP readers as free downloads. The first picture today is from the Argyllshire Gathering, Oban, in 1970. Ronan…

This was the 25th anniversary of the NPC Junior Competition and the first time the event has been held online due to the pandemic and lockdown. While we missed hosting the competition in The National Piping Centre, the online format allowed us to add six more categories to the competition, including a new Freestyle competition. By Andrew Bova Additionally, we had a record entry this year with 132 competitors, including…

McCallum Bagpipes have produced a new catalogue for their Classic Bagpipes range. If you are a PP advertiser why not let us know about your new products and company developments. You’ll reach thousands of potential customers every day. Check out McCallum’s high quality catalogue here: Download a copy here. Elaine Lee at Balmoral Schools: ‘Balmoral has made some additions to our Winter Workshop curriculum that we’re hoping you might let…

There has been a considerable number of tributes paid to Jimmy McIntosh who passed away yesterday aged 95 and we thought it sensible to group them together so that they could be better appreciated. There are messages from former pupils and many others who knew him well throughout his long life. Gary Hanley: ‘Good bye my old friend. You changed bagpiping in America with a steady hand and soft voice….