A popular piper was one of the 12 victims of yesterday’s Virginia Beach shooting in the USA. Most of the dead worked for the resort city’s council. The piper was Christopher Rapp. `he played for the Tidewater Pipes and Drums, a south east Virginia pipe band. US news agencies reported that Christopher had worked for the council for 11 months. He loved Scottish music according to reports. The band remembered Christopher…

I think it’s time again that you raise the old chestnut of the same tunes being played time after time in the MSR, especially in Grade 1, writes reader Ian Forbes. I almost lost count of the number of G1 bands playing Lord Alexander Kennedy [at the British Championships]. I applaud Scottish Power who played the lovely march 93rd Highlanders, and who got two firsts in piping.  Marvellous. Here are my…

Hugh MacCallum’s funeral will be at Falkirk Crematorium, Dorrator Road, Camelon, Falkirk FK2 7YJ on Thursday, June 6, at 1:45pm. Hugh died earlier this week after a long illness. Report here. The 2019 Northern Meeting will be held at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, on August 30 and 31. Here are the benches and timekeepers: Gold Medal: Stuart Samson, Tom Speirs, William Wotherspoon. Timekeeper: A Fraser Silver Medal: Neill Mulvie, Stuart Shedden,…

The following judges have been announced for the piobaireachd competitions and the Former Winners’ MSR at the Argyllshire Gathering 2019.The Gathering is on August 21 & 22.

The following press releases were issued to day by Piping Inverness, the promoters of the European Pipe Band Chanpionships, and the National Piping Centre promoters of the Piping Live! festival. Firstly Piping Inverness….. Piping Inverness takes place next month, with over 140 bands competing, including eight from Australia (Knox Grammar School Pipe Band, Sydney, pictured above) one from the USA, and one from Switzerland. Piping Inverness encompasses the European Pipe…