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Ross Harvey Stands Down at Boghall

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Pipe Major Ross Harvey, a stalwart of the last 30 years of Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia, is standing down, the band announced tonight. P/Sgt Calum Watson takes over. The press release reads, ‘Ross has taken this difficult decision in order to spend more time with his young family, and due to the demands of his job as Senior Piping Instructor at George Watson’s College, with whom he won the 2024…

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Editor’s Notebook: Malcolm Ferguson and Remembrance Sunday/ Piper Poem/ City Mural/ Kiwi Film

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Malcolm Ferguson’s grandson Colin Moulson has responded to our request for a picture. ‘Sadly we do not believe we have any of him in uniform or in whatever bands he was in post war. ‘The attached does however show some of his action in the First World War. He had a bullet lodged in his neck from being shot (on which occasion we are not sure) whilst leading troops to…

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US Junior Solo Piping & Drumming Championships

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The 18th ‘Balmoral Classic’ Championship was held on November 2, 2024, in the Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PIPING OVERALL (15 competitors)1 Alex Pavlovic (Bellaire, Texas)2 Abby Long  (Houston, Texas)3 Mihir Zambre (Pearland, Texas)4 Andrew Zhao (Sugarland, Texas)5 Magnus Stone (Natick, Massachusetts)6 Ray Flanagan (Grand Rapids, Michigan) PIOBAIREACHD1 Alex Pavlovic2 Abby Long3 Magnus Stone4 Mihir Zambre5 Ray Flanagan6 Andrew Zhao MSR1 Andrew Zhao2 Alex Pavlovic3 Mihir Zambre4 Abby…

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Editor’s Notebook: Malcolm Ferguson/ Euros and Worlds Confirmed/ Scots Guards KO/ BB Reception/ Iain Glass/ Piper Poem

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Response to yesterday’s Malcolm Ferguson tune riddle: ‘My name is Colin Moulson and my late grandfather, Pipe Major Malcolm Ferguson who died in 1981, was very close friends with ‘wee’ Donald MacLeod for many years. ‘It has always been a source of great pride to all the family that he had a tune dedicated to him by not only his great friend Donald but by a man who happened to…

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Scots Guards Knock Out – Round One

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I think it must have been the Scottish Pipers’ Association who started the ‘knock-out’ competition, two pipers play, the audience picking a winner who progresses to the next round. The famous final of the ’60s when Duncan Johnston defeated Donald MacLeod is still talked about in these parts. And I remember being robbed in the SPA final myself when playing against P/M Angus. By Robert Wallace Well it’s another guardsman…

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