The rescheduled professional piping competition run by the Glasgow Uist & Barra Association will be held in the National Piping Centre, Otago Street, this Saturday, September 29. Ordinarily the Uist & Barra is the first senior professional contest of the year but inclement weather last March led to its postponement. The competition affords the enthusiast the opportunity of hearing some of the best currently competing pipers. Included in the line…

Patrick Molard reports from Brittany: Great edition of ‘Pibroch en bord de mer’ (Pibroch by the Seaside) in Cancale for the 14th year on Sunday 16th September. Glorious weather in beautiful surroundings, the Mont Saint Michel and the coast of Normandy in the background. Thirty-three pipers turned up and 36 pieces were played as a few pipers played both in the morning and in the afternoon. Above is Yves Tison in Port Pican playing Corrienessan’s…

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The British Columbia Pipers’ Association was saddened and disappointed to learn of the dissolution of the Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. To lose any of the bands in our Association is very unfortunate, but even more so when it is one of our top flight Grade 1 bands. The Triumph Street Pipe Band has been a force in our Association for many decades. Over its many years, members of this…

Thanks to reader Darren Hart for sending on this picture (above and below) of his medal collection. Darren writes: ‘I’ve being doing some research on Pipe Major JB Robertson the famous Scottish piper. I have his original silver medal [Northern Meeting Former Winners’ MSR for 1937]. I do have a couple of others as well and thought to ask you if you would know of any family he has left…