By Collette McCulloch The Irish Piobaireachd Society held its annual contest and master class in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork on Saturday, February 2nd. Mitchelstown lies in the shadow of the Kilworth Hills made famous by GS McLennan in his retreat march of the same name. We were delighted to welcome back Dr Jack Taylor who, after a day of adjudicating the event, took an enthusiastic group from all levels through the Battle…
Ken Cameron: ‘Please see the attached Competition Entry Form for this year’s Junior competition and I would be grateful if you would include it on Piping Press. ‘This year we are re-introducing Drumming competitions after a short lapse and have re-classified them as Open instead of Confined as previously.’ Scroll down for other pages. Download the entry form here. Last year’s winners at this very well run event are pictured…
Tom’s family have issued the following: Funeral arrangements for Tom have been confirmed. It will be 11.30 on Wednesday, 13th February, at Clydebank Crematorium. We will be going on afterwards for a shindig (still hammering out those details between us so I’ll confirm where when I know). We encourage anyone with pipes, fiddles, drums, tin whistles, guitars – whatever you have to bring them along. Dad’s life was his pipes…
By Alister Rae, Secretary, West Fife Schools Pipe Band In response to the article entitled ‘Music Teaching in Scotland – Is New Ruling More Hot Air or a Wake Up Call’, I thought I’d enlighten Piping Press readers about the situation in West Fife. There are very few opportunities in West Fife to learn piping or drumming in schools. My understanding is that St Columba’s High School in Dunfermline and Lochgelly…
P/M Jimmy Banks MBE reports: Callum Watson (pictured) won through against John Dew yesterday (Sunday, January 27).We had good audience. Next round is on 24th February when William Rowe and Callum Brown are the contestants.
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