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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Argyllshire Gathering Picture Gallery from Two Days of Wonderful Piping

Two days of quality piping in Oban, and here are some pictures which we hope will be enjoyed by those who attended and those who couldn’t make it. The picture above is of the Gathering’s own 2018 chuckle brothers, Silver Medallist Darach Urquhart and Gold Medallist Stuart Easton. Their pipes are adorned with the winners’ banners supplied by MacDonald Bag Covers. The banners are retained by the pipers. The gallery:…

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The Editor’s Reflections on Day 1 at the Argyllshire Gathering

Oh the tears, the happiness…..there was the new Gold Medallist Stuart Easton crying his eyes out, consoled, (consoled!) by his Kiwi colleagues. Stuart had just phoned home to tell his wife that all that travel and expense had been worth it. He was a Gold Medallist.  Mid sob Stuart was able to blurt out a few words: ‘I’ve worked so hard for this’ sniff, ‘I can’t believe it’, sniff, ‘it’s…

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Argyllshire Gathering 2018 Results: Complete Results from Day 1

Four of the major piobaireachd competitions in world piping were held today in Oban, Argyll. Stuart Easton from New Zealand became the seventh winner of the coveted Gold Medal from that country. Winner of the Senior Piobaireachd was Stuart Liddell (pictured above). Darach Urquhart from Kyle won the Silver Medal. All results below. Andrew Ferguson, a piper with Dollar Academy, won the MacGregor Memorial for intermediate ceol mor. Other results as…

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P/M Richard Parkes Equals Worlds Record and Talks to Piping Press

‘Neath louring skies the man made history. Stepping forward to receive his 12th World Pipe Band Champions title, P/M Richard Parkes MBE had equalled the record of the legendary P/M Ian McLellan of Strathclyde Police fame, writes the Editor. Yet only moments before, as drizzle fell and night closed in, no one really knew if his band’s scintillating performances at Glasgow Green 2018 would, this time, get their due reward….

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