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Northern Irish Band Season Ends with a Flourish at Portrush

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Gilbert Cromie reports…The curtain came down on the 2018 NI Branch contest season at Portrush on Saturday and despite the many reservations about the venue, the Lansdown Road Car Park, everything went smoothly. Despite the adverse weather in other parts of the country we enjoyed a pleasant day which contributed to the large crowd who attended. I would like to echo the sentiments of the Chieftain of the Day, Councillor…

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Nethybridge Games Results

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A good day of piping in the picturesque village with the Cairngorm Mountains as a backdrop. It was dry but grew colder later on in the day. Piobaireachd 1. Edward McIlwaine, The King’s Taxes 2. Alan Clark, MacCrimmon’s  Sweetheart 3. Gordon Barclay, The Piper’s Warning to his Master 4. John McDonald, Too Long in This Condition (Angus MacKay) 5. John Angus Smith, The Red Hand in MacDonald’s Arms 6. James MacPhee, Glengarry’s March…

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Have Pipes, Will Travel: How to Deal with the New Blackwood Legislation

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Since our articles on the new CITES regulations covering pipes made from African blackwood there has been a growing concern among pipers about how they may be affected when travelling abroad with their instruments, writes the Editor. In particular ‘what about the hundreds of pipers who travel here for the Worlds?’ has been a familiar cry. Before I get to that, I need to repeat that at the moment travel within the EU…

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Latest from the Midwest Highland Arts Fund ‘Winter Storm’ Event

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The organisers of the annual ‘Winter Storm’ piping and drumming weekend have sent this from Kansas City, USA: ‘MHAF Winter Storm continues to grow in 2017.  Since 2001, The Midwest Highland Arts Fund has been striving to continuously build, improve, and grow one of the premier piping and drumming events in the world – Winter Storm. ‘This year marks as the inaugural year for amateur grades 1, 2, and 3…

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The Day Richard’s Bag Burst, the Power Burst a Drum and the Vale Played the Wrong Tune

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This article first appeared in the October 2008 issue of the RSPBA’s ‘Pipe Band’ magazine. As this issue of the magazine is now out of print, it is reproduced here in the belief that it will be of interest to pipe band members, adjudicators and the listening public. The article was written by Alistair Aitken OBE, one of our most respected pipe band commentators and a former RSPBA adjudicator….. Burst…

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