Pleasant conditions for this light music only games held in north-east Scotland. Judges were James Hamilton and Duncan Watson (above). March 1 John Dew 2 Callum Brown 3 Allan Russell 4 Keith Christie Strathspey & Reel 1 Allan Russell 2 Callum Brown 3 Bobby Allan 4 John Dew Under 14 March 1 Joshua Reilly 2 Andrea Yates Under 14 S&R 1 Joshua Reilly 2 Andrea Yates Under 18 March 1…
Jim Sim reports from the Windy City, and apologies for the belated reporting…. I thought you might be interested in the results of the Chicago Highland Games. There were 50 band performances and the Grade 2 & 3 bands played their medleys in the concert formation again. The Chicago Games, which are now hosts the largest pipe band contest in the United States, were held in hot weather and sunny…
We are grateful to RSPBA adjudicator Harry Stevenson (pictured) and to Tommy Johnston of Pipe Dreams for supplying the following information on our historical Irish bands feature of a week or so ago. Main Picture (above): This is the Red Hand Brian Boru Pipe Band with Trevor Forster as Drum Major. They played the Brian Boru pipes which had been developed by Henry Starck the famous pipemaker in London. Brian Boru…
We are now well into the week at the New England Pipe & Drum Academy. Small but perfectly formed, with friendship, wonderful food and hard study the unfailing mix for a successful week. Tonight Tommy (Johnston) and I are off to the Stuart Highlanders band for a workshop. This is the band which recently had a Grade 1 standing but who are now down in Grade 5. How things can…
The RSPBA have published the draw for the Scottish Pipe Band Championships to be held in Dumbarton on July 28. Grade 1 – Final 1 14:20 Lomond and Clyde 2 14:30 Peoples Ford – Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia 3 14:40 Glasgow Police 4 14:50 The Glasgow Skye Association 5 15:00 Buchan Peterson 6 15:10 Denny and Dunipace Gleneagles 7 15:20 Johnstone 8 15:30 Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia 9 15:40 Field…
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