Author: Robert Wallace

Adjudicators for the 2016 Argyllshire Gathering Announced

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Judges for the first day of this year’s Argyllshire Gathering, to be held at Oban on August 24th and 25th, are as follows (in alphabetical order): SENIOR PIOBAIREACHD Colin MacLellan, William Morrison, Jack Taylor GOLD MEDAL Patricia Henderson, Bill Livingstone, Stuart Shedden, SILVER MEDAL Ian Duncan, Malcolm McRae, Robert Wallace MacGREGOR MEDAL Michael Grey (Ontario), Bruce Hitchings, Ronald MacShannon, Stuart Samson – two judges to each heat. FORMER WINNERS’ M,S, & R Iain…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Bob Worrall Recital/ Tutor 3/ Albert Duncan/ Pipe Bags/ Highland Games League

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Videos and audio files to accompany Bagpipe Tutor 3 – Piobaireachd are now live and can be accessed here. If you would like to learn piobaireachd (pronounced ‘pee-broch’ with the ‘och’ as in loch) then you can buy the book here: I was sorry to hear of the passing of Albert Duncan a friend and teaching colleague on many occasions out in Western Canada. Always smiling and willing to help,…

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Greenville SC Games and Jimmy McIntosh Contest

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Greenville Highland Games Professional Piping, May 29, 2016 By Robert Wallace The  most impressive aspect of the Jimmy McIntosh MBE piobaireachd competition (held as part of the Greenville SC Highland Games) was the level of musicianship of the participants. They demonstrated an understanding of time signatures and phrasing not always heard on the professional stage. Much of that can be credited to Jimmy himself. Now 90 and living in Anderson, South…

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Blair Atholl Games Results (updated & pix added)

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A warm, dry, sunny day.  A Piob 1 D Urquart (Earl of Ross’s March) 2 P McCalister (I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand) 3 C Sutherland (My King Has Landed in Moidart) 4 W Geddes  (Lament for MacSwan of Roaig) 5 M Elder 6 J Greenlees; Judges: T Speirs, S Shedden B Piob 1 A Wright 2 B Duncan 3 C McDougall 4 C Watson 5 R Miller…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Greenville Games/ British Critique/ Alex Kiddie/ New Trophy Solo Games

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I am writing this on the balcony of Jimmy and Joyce McIntosh’s lovely home in Anderson, South Carolina. I’m here for the local Greenville Games which begin on Saturday and end on Sunday with the professional piping and a workshop in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The journey from Scotland via Newark is about 20 hours door to door depending on lay over time in NJ. The temperature here is 84…

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