Lomond & Clyde Pipe Band Announce Changes

The Grade 1 Lomond and Clyde Pipe Band have sent this… The band is delighted to announce that Don Bradford and Gary Corkin have joined the organisation. Don takes up the role of Pipe Major and brings vast experience to the band. Gary Corkin [formerly RUC] will lead the drum section merging both Gary’s and Allan’s corps utilising the skills sets of both to best advantage. Allan Craig has stepped down as…

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Highland Dress: Time to Smarten Up and a Question for the Ladies

Highland dress, or a sloppy version of it, is exercising the mind of competing piper Brian Mulhearn…… Brian writes: ‘As someone who attends as many top piping competitions as I can, I am dismayed to see how some of the top pipers do not seem to care how they ‘turn out’. ‘Even at the major competitions it seems to be the fashion not to wear a jacket if you can…

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Composing Competition: A Tune for a Hero, John Cruickshank VC

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…

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Qualifiers for the Glenfiddich Championship

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″]

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Amazing Determination of Piper Andrew Shilliday

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…

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