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Highlands & Islands Festival 2023 Piping Full Results

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Another successful competition was held in the Oban High School today, Saturday, April 29, with healthy entries in most competitions. Sponsors included the Piobaireachd Society and the Competing Pipers’ Association. P/A Ceol Mor for Cooper Salver (1st) and Dugald MacColl Memorial Trophy (2nd).1 Roderick MacLeod, Old Men of the Shells2 Steven Leask, MacNeil of Barra’s March 3 Darach Urquhart, I Got a Kiss of the King’s Hand4 William Geddes, Lament…

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Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting Pipers and Judges

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The two leading solo piping competitions in the world, the Argyllshire Gathering, Oban, and the Northern Meeting, Inverness, will be held on August 23/24, and August 31/ Sept 1 respectively. Places for competitors are limited to under 30 and are allocated on a track record basis by a joint committee of promoters, competing pipers’ representatives and judges’ representatives. Competitors for the senior events are not listed. The Senior Piobaireachd and…

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Clan MacRae History – Readers Respond

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Matthew M Farrigan: Long time since we have chatted. If you remember, I don’t like to stick my big American nose where it doesn’t belong. However, on this occasion, I felt I might have some info (not 100% sure) to ID another chap in the photo.  In the mid-90s I traveled from Schenectady, NY, to Worcester, Mass, to play with the Worcester Kiltie PB. The band had rounded up all the…

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SPA Professional Contest – Full Results

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The annual professional competition run by the Scottish Pipers’ Association was held at the Piping Centre in Glasgow today, April 22. There was a good entry in all categories except P/A. The competition was sponsored by the Piobaireachd Society, McCallum Bagpipes and the Competing Pipers’ Association. President Logan Tannock reported a good standard of play especially among the prizewinners and thanked the stewards who were on duty throughout the day from…

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Jock Elliot 1974 – 2023

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It is with sincere regret we report the death of Jock Elliot proprietor of the well-known chanter and reed manufacturer G1. Jock was 47 and had been a member of Inveraray Pipe Band during their Worlds winning years. Jock began his pipe band career with Balingry School in Fife where he was taught by Bob Shepherd. From there he played with Dysart & Dundonald before moving to Shotts and then…

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