A composing competition for an original pipe tune to honour WW2 flying hero John Cruickshank VC is launched today. The competition is sponsored by the Royal Northern & University Club, Aberdeen, and Piping Press. There is one prize: £1,000. The competition is for a pipe march of any time signature, of any duration, but one that should be uplifting and reflect Mr Cruickshank’s home city and his bravery during his time with…

The following have been announced as qualifiers for the Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2018: Callum Beaumont Stuart Easton (NZ) Alex Gandy (Canada) Bruce Gandy (Canada) Finlay Johnston Jack Lee (Canada) Stuart Liddell Peter McCalister Angus MacColl Roderick MacLeod Judges are Piobaireachd: P Henderson, A MacDonald, J Wilson MSR: M Henderson, S Samson, R Worrall [wds id=”2″]

PP Advertisers G1 Reeds and Proprietor Jock Elliott, have sent the following…. We are a bagpipe reed and chanter manufacturing company based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. We are currently working with a very special customer who has unfortunately suffered a disease called ‘Systemic Sclerosis’ which is an auto-immune disease of the connective tissue. The customer in question is Andrew Shilliday and he is pictured above before his terrible illness. Here is…

A firm of Edinburgh-based landscape garden designers have asked for the assistance of Piping Press to help publicise this very worthwhile WW1 commemoration project….. We have been commissioned via a successful competition process to design the Scottish Garden for a Peace Garden project located in Arras, France. Our project is titled ‘Piper’s Peace’ and celebrates the pipers and Pipe Majors who played an important role throughout the Great War and beyond. We wondered…

The band has sent this…. Oban Pipe Band is delighted to announce the new leadership appointments of Daniel Johnstone and Alan Irvine with immediate effect.  Daniel is taking the reigns as Pipe Major, whilst Alan will be undertaking the role of Lead Drummer. Daniel, 29, is from Oban and has been piping from a very young age. He was initially taught under the instruction of P/M Ronnie Lawrie, then Angus D…