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Major Championship Entries Open/ Moniaive Juniors/ Pipers and VE Day

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Entries for three of the 2025 Major Pipe Band Championships are now open. Grade 1 prizemoney at the three, the UKs on July 12, the Scottish on July 26, and the Europeans on August 9, is 1st £750, 2nd £550, 3rd £500, 4th £450, 5th £400, 6th £350. Prizemoney in all other grades is £100 less at every prize level, The cost to enter these three Championship is £20 per…

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New Music Book from John Mulhearn

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I have produced a new book of tunes, ‘Let Piping Flourish: A Musical History of Highland Piping in Glasgow’. It will be launched at Piping Live in August with pre-orders available from early May. Nowhere has shaped modern Highland piping as profoundly as Glasgow (motto ‘Let Glasgow Flourish’). Given the city’s unique history – its cycles of economic expansion and migrations – it is no surprise that its impact on piping…

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Lance Corporal Patrick Milne: Another Heroic Piper on the Heights of Dargai

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Two Victoria Crosses and seven Distinguished Conduct Medals were awarded to the Gordon Highlanders for gallantry at the battle for the Heights of Dargai on the North West Frontier of British India on 20th October, 1897. All pipers will be aware of the Victoria Cross presented to Piper George Findlater following the action, who ‘though shot through both legs, continued, while sitting on the ground, to play his pipes undauntedly’. …

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Scottish Schools Results/ Shotts’ Worlds Week Concert

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A record-breaking number of young musicians from across Scotland took to the stage at this year’s Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships, making it the most widely attended event in the competition’s history. Held at Kilmarnock’s William McIlvanney Campus on Sunday 9th March, the Championships saw 94 bands from 144 schools compete across eight categories. By Lesley Wilkinson Among the standout moments of the day was the victory of Sgoil Bhàgh…

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New Music: The Pinkman Family Collection

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I have compiled a new book of bagpipe tunes written by pipers from three generations of the Pinkman family. The majority of the tunes, which number over 300, were written by Pipe Major Robert (Rab) Pinkman (KOSB) pictured above.   There are also tunes from Rab’s father, Edward Pinkman, his grandfather, Robert D Pinkman and Archie Pinkman of Bilston Glen Colliery Pipe Band fame. By Stephen Beattie The book, with 354…

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