This competition was held in the National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow, on Saturday September 8. Pictured above are the ‘A’ Grade winners. Chanter – Slow Air 1 Euan McCartan 2 Joanne Will 3 Ruairidh Allison Chanter – March 1 Ruairidh Allison 2 Euan McCartan 3 Owen McCreadie ‘B’ Piob 1 Euan Lindsay ‘B’ March 1 Andrew Sneddon 2 Euan Lindsay 3 Christopher McCartan 4 Sandy Wedderburn ‘B’ S&R 1…

Tuition on how the 2019 set tunes for the Gold and Silver Medals might be played is now available from our Editor Robert Wallace.    [wds id=”2″]

Thousands were regaled in the SSE Arena, Belfast, this weekend by the rousing pageantry of the Belfast International Tattoo. Over 600 local, national and international artistes, with hundreds of sets of bagpipes, drums, brass and various instruments, delivered three captivating concerts which showcased some of the world’s most famous military and community marching bands. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pipes and Drums, pictured above during their performance, the band of…

I’m  Hazel Whyte, 15, and play with the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. This is my second year playing with the band and I was lucky enough to be selected to go and play at the 2018 Ortigueira Festival in Spain. This was an opportunity that I couldn’t turn down.  On arrival in Spain we then had a  two hour drive to the high school, where we stayed, and the realisation…

Margaret Dunn reports: Here are the CLASP results from Northern Meeting 2018, which was held in the Eden Court alongside the professional competitions on Friday, 31st August.  Judge for the day was Alex Gandy. Pictured l – r: Stewart Allan (Gd 2) Robert Wilson(Gd 1) & Robert Thomson(Gd 3) Grade 1 Piobaireachd 1st Bianca Kail 2nd Robert Wilson 3rd Stephen Ross Grade 2 Piobaireachd 1st Stephen Whitton 2nd Stewart Allan…