Jonathon Simpson continued his recent good form with a successful day in the far north. Overall winner, presented with the Mrs Margaret Carnegie Miller Gold Medal: Jonathon Simpson. Conditions were dry, sunny and warm.   Piobaireachd 1 Jonathon Simpson (Lament for the Viscount of Dundee) 2 Cameron McDougall (The Old Men of the Shells) 3 Finlay Cameron (Lament for the Iolaire) 4 Angus MacPhee (I got a Kiss of the…

Press release on the 80th Annual Competition of the Scottish Piping Society of London…. The Committee of the Scottish Piping Society of London is delighted to announce that the 2019 Annual London Competition will be held on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November at The Caledonian Club, Halkin Street, London, SW1. As part of the move to this new venue, we are looking forward to hosting the prestigious Am Bratach…

A pleasant day at Arisaig with some sunshine and no rain for the 13 senior pipers. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland were all represented. Overall winner: Angus D MacColl (pictured top)Ceol Mor1 Angus D MacColl, Battle of the Pass of Crieff2 James MacKenzie, The Bicker3 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee4 Andrew Hutton, Old Men of the Shells5 Andrew Lewis, Massacre of Glencoe March1 Angus…

Bagpipemaker McCallums have sent this: Don’t miss the McCallum Bagpipes road-show as part of Piping Live, and it’s a free recital The venue is the Street Café at the Piping Centre on Wednesday the 14th August at 2.00pm. And what a line up of great solo pipers, Stuart Liddell, Fred Morrison, Willie McCallum and Gordon McCready. They all play MacRae or McCallum Bagpipes. Royal Burgh of Annan Pipe Band, one…

The Piobaireachd Society is now accepting affiliate memberships from piping societies, bands, forces regiments and other corporate bodies with an interest in ceol mor. Memberships cost £15 per annum and in return the secretary or chairman or other nominated official has access to the Society’s website and music archive. The Society has also announced a major boost to its archive with the addition of recordings of double Gold Medallist William…