Northern Meeting Day 2: All Results Plus Pictures – Calum Wins Clasp

The 2018 Northern Meeting Piping Competitions came to a close this evening in Eden Court Theatre. The winners are pictured above with contest officials and the Lord Provost of Inverness. The big winner today was Callumn Beaumont, Bo’ness who won the coveted Gold Clasp, his third. Overall Champion Piper was Angus MacColl who placed second in the Clasp for the sixth time though he has also been outright winner on…

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Northern Meeting: Complete Results from Day 1: Gold Medal, Silver Medal, ‘A’ MSR & Former Winners

The Inverness Gold Medallist for 2018 is Dr Peter McCalister. Dr McCalister is pictured above on stage at the Eden Court Theatre scene of his triumph. Highland Society of London’s Gold Medal 1 Peter McCalister, War or Peace 2 Cameron MacDougall, MacKenzie of Applecross 3 Sandy Cameron, Brother’s Lament 4 Cameron Drummond, Young Laird of Dungallon 5 Connor Sinclair, MacKenzie of Gairloch Judges: A Forbes, M Henderson, J Taylor Silver…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Inverness/ Drummer’s Call/ Band Season/ N Lanarkshire Schools/ Grampian League/ SPA

To Inverness today for the Northern Meeting. It begins with a reception in the Town House – always a pleasant couple of hours. The previous year’s Gold Medallist usually gives a tune or two, so on duty tonight should be Alasdair Henderson, P/Sgt of Inveraray & District Pipe Band. Tomorrow it is on with the action at the Eden Court Theatre. The weather forecast is looking positive so it should…

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John MacLellan Memorial Competition Result

Four pipers played in this black tie event in Edinburgh last Sunday evening. The winner was Glenn Brown. Thanks to Derek Maxwell and the William Grant Foundation for the above picture.Pipers and tunes: Glenn Brown – Farewell to the Queen’s Ferry Cameron Drummond – A Lullaby for Iain Jack Lee – Salute to Sir John A MacDonald Iain Speirs – Salute to the Piobaireachd Society. Adjudicator: A Wright [wds id=”2″]

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New Piobaireachd Compositions Wanted

Dr J David Hester has sent this….Only a few days left to send your submissions to us for potential inclusion in the Inaugural Volume of the APC Modern Pibroch Library! Let us recap: $200, publication on Jim McGillvray’s pipetunes.ca, and a share of the receipts from downloads.  An annual recital where we showcase the previous year’s compositions. We are accepting pibrochs of all sorts: scores for GHB, as well as other…

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