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Island of Tears as Piper Eilidh Goes Home to Barra

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Piper Eilidh MacLeod’s body has been returned to her native Barra in the Western Isles. Her coffin was draped in the Barra flag as it was carried from the aircraft on the Traigh Mhor airstrip with P/Sgt Duncan Nicholson of Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band leading the procession. The Scotsman reported: ‘The body of Manchester terror victim Eilidh MacLeod has been repatriated to the Outer Hebrides ahead of the first funeral…

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CLASP Results from the Army School of Piping Competition

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Margaret Dunn reports: Here are results from today’s CLASP competition at the Army School. The picture shows, from L- R: Connor Sinclair (judge), Gregor McCulloch, Ross Walker, Ewen Brindle and Wilson Brown (judge).  Overall Winner Grade 3 – Ewen Brindle Overall Winner Grade 2 – Ross Walker Overall Winner Grade 1 – Gregor McCulloch Grade 3 Piobaireachd Ground 1st Robert Wilson 2nd David McRobb 3rd Andrew Richardson Full Piobaireachd 1st Ewen…

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New P/M’s Job in School Pipe Band

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James Gillespie’s High School wish to appoint a Pipe Major to lead the school’s thriving Pipe Band. The successful candidate will complete a handover with Drum Major Graeme Peters and outgoing PM Jonathon Simpson in late June, and begin formally in August 2017. The Pipe Major will be responsible for delivering tuition via lessons during school time and directing band practices after school. The band regularly perform in concerts and…

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Donald MacDonald Quaich Result

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The recital/annual competition for the ‘cuaich’ took place on June 2 in the Stables Cafe, Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles, Sleat, Isle of Skye. The winner was Callum Beaumont. Callum is pictured at the Lochaber Gathering last year where he enjoyed another success. Pipers and tunes were: Iain Speirs, A Cholla mo Ruin or The Piper’s Warning to his Master Finlay Johnston, Cumha an Aona Mhic or…

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