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…

Halkirk in Caithness bathed in warm, summer sunshine for the games last Saturday (July 27). Results in Senior (Open) Piping were as follows:Piobaireachd1. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson – Corrienessan’s Salute2. William Rowe – Lament for Donald Doughal MacKay 3. Alan Clark – Lament for Captain MacDougall March 1. William Rowe 2. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson3. Carol Ann MacKay4. Alan Clark5. Ross Shand Strathspey & Reel1. William Rowe2. Iain Ruairidh Finlayson3. Alan Clark4. Carol Ann Mackay5….

March1 Ben Duncan2 Brian Lamond3 Greig Canning4 Robbie MacIsaac S&R1 Brian Lamond2 Ben Duncan3 Robbie MacIsaac4 Lewis Russell Jig1 Lewis Russell2 Greig Canning3 Ben Duncan4 Christopher McLeish Junior March1 Bobby Allen2 Hazel Whyte3 Euan Allen4 Douglas MacKechnie Junior S&R1 Bobby Allen2 Joshua Reilly3 Euan Allen4 Hazel Whyte

Weather: heavy rain until late afternoon. Solo piping events were held in the groundkeepers’ equipment shed! Despite difficult conditions, 11 professionals and five juniors competed and a good standard of playing was heard. This games offers significant prize money, so pleasing to see a healthy level of entries despite the weather conditions and conflicting events.  Open Piobaireachd  1. Sandy Cameron – The Red Speckled Bull2. Brian Lamond (pictured) – MacKintosh’s…