All reports to the PP office indicate that the numbers attending the games this summer are definitely up on last year. I hope our mini-campaign has helped but all credit is really due to the pipers who’ve taken the trouble and spent the money to get out there and have a tune. The knock-on effect is that local organisers will be encouraged that their time has not been ill-spent and…

A very warm day on Dee-side and a good entry of 11 pipers in the piobairreachd and 12 in the light music. Pictured above is piobaireachd winner Anna Kummerlöw receiving her trophy. Piob 1 Anna Kummerlöw, Glengarry’s March 2 Edward McIlwaine, Desperate Battle 3 Alan Clark, Marquis of Argyll’s Salute 4 John MacDonald, Lament for the Little Supper 5 Calum Watson, Hector MacLean’s Warning 6 Calum Brown, King’s Taxes [/caption]March 1…

Some say his brogues are rogue, tassles twirled seven times and tied in a bo’sun’s knot…and with that tie in a Windsor he thinks he’s royalty…..but what the heck, he’s our G2 guru (gnu?) and we know you just love him. He’s the one and only MacStig….  ‘TWTWTW’, or TW3, will ring a bell with readers of a certain age, and memory jog others. Long before his ‘sir’ ‘That Was…

The annual Skye Gathering Piping Competitions were held today and yesterday in Portree. The picture above is of Jamie Forrester, the winner of the Dunvegan Medal. The picture and the one below of Finlay Cameron courtesy Cailean Maclean of Skye Media. Dunvegn Medal 1 Jamie Forrester, Earl of Ross’s March 2 Nick Hudson, MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament 3 Cameron MacDougall, Lament for the Duke of Hamilton 4 Finlay Cameron, MacLeod’s Salute…

Since my last posting on Piping Press, in addition to a number of local competitions across the country, there have been two RSPBA Major Championships – the European Championships at Forres on 30 June and the Scottish Championships at Dumbarton on 28 July. The European Pipe Band Championships have had a history of travelling around the country as well as beyond the UK.  This Championship was introduced by the then…