Margaret Dunn reports: Results from today’s CLASP competition held at the Army School of Piping and Highland Drumming at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, courtesy Major Gordon Rowan, Director. A good turn out and events were judged by P/M Ben Duncan and P/M Ross McCrindle. Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Dorothy Moodie2nd Stephen McCusker3rd Hector Thomson Full Piobaireachd Grade 3 1st Joe Moore2nd Dorothy Moodie3rd Hector Thomson 2/4 March Grade 31st Garry Murphy2nd Jeremy…

Last year the RSPBA Adjudicator’s Panel asked Anne Crookston, a senior member of the brass band judging community, to conduct a survey of pipe band major championships and commissioned a report of her findings. A copy of the report has been obtained by Piping Press and we print the first excerpt today. ADJUDICATION – WHAT’S THE POINT? Before we even discuss any questions regarding adjudication it is important to ask…

The promoters of the Lochaber Gathering have announced a date change for 2019. The date has been moved to August 24 to better accommodate overseas pipers who will be in Scotland for the contests at Oban and Inverness . The venue will be as before at the Nevis Centre, Fort William, and there will be the usual wide range of events for all grades: P/A Piobaireachd for the Gold Lochaber…

PP Publishing has issued two new piping books by PP Editor Robert Wallace. The first is the ‘The Bagpiper’s Handbook’. The full-colour book is described as ‘a concise yet complete handbook for all pipers. Learn how to tie in a stock, adjust your reeds, test your bag and much, much more. A handy size, the book can be kept in the pipe case for easy reference.’ In the Foreword the…

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…