This popular contest was held today at the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, courtesy Major Rowan the Director. U-18 Piobaireachd winner Luke Kennedy is pictured above. U-15 Piob 1 Gregor Grierson 2 Nicholas Knowles 3 Dougal McKechnie 4 Lewis Maxwell U-18 Piob 1 Luke Kennedy 2 Christopher Happs 3 Brodie Watson-Massey 4 Hazel Whyte U-15 March 1 Nicholas Knowles 2 Gregor Grierson 3 Jack McGowan 4 Alasdair…
The organisers of the Balmoral Classic competition in the US have sent these reminders… Friday, Nov. 16, 7:30pm: Music and Contra Dance for Balmoral Classic competitors, families, guests and supporters, as well as the Pittsburgh dance community. The event is also a book launch for The Balmoral Guide to Scottish Pipers Playing for Community Dances. The Balmoral Classic judges, all celebrated musicians, will be playing smallpipes, border pipes, fiddle and snare…
A beautiful slow air by the late John D Burgess is published today. ‘Nancy’s Lullaby’ is one of the few tunes John ever composed. John’s widow Sheila has given permission for it to be published on Piping Press. The tune commemorates the passing of Nancy Sutherland the late wife of John’s great friend Col Sutherland, Caithness. Col takes up the story….’I first met John around 1964 in Invergordon when he…
We are grateful to Allan Chatto O.A.M. for the following article. We hope will be of interest to pipe band enthusiasts and students of piping history. Allan writes, ‘As you are probably aware the Glasgow Corporation Transport pipe band was well to the fore in the 1930s winning at Cowal a number of times. I found this interesting article from Angus MacPhee whose father was a piper in the band…
Thousands of pipers around the world marked Remembrance Day with a tune in town squares, cemeteries, and churches. The day was one of special significance given that it marked 100 years since the end of the Great War. It is estimated that up to 1,900 pipers were either killed or wounded in the conflict. These pipers were up pre-dawn in Northern Ireland: And in Muthill, Perthshire, Piper Andy Renwick did…
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