Author: Robert Wallace

Be A Better Piper: Selecting a Good Instrument – a Very Important Decision

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Forget the house or the car. The most important decision a piper has to make is the instrument he buys. Get it wrong and face years of  wasteful and expensive plumbing trying to make something out of a very bad situation. Get it right and you can have hours of musical satisfaction from an instrument that is easy to reed, steady, and an all round pleasure to play. In short,…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Schools Funding/ New Letters/ Donald McKillop

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The annual 214 Glasgow Co. BB Reunion is on March 4.) Three new letters added today on Willie Ross, Norrie Gillies and old pipes in North America. Read them here. If anyone is any doubt about the amazing work being done by the Scottish Schools Pipe & Drum Trust have a look at their website to see the amount of cash that is being invested in young pipers and drummers….

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PP Editor’s Blog: CPA Poll Results/ Tulloch Castle recital/ School’s Teaching

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A couple of weeks ago we launched a poll asking the following question: Should all competing pipers have to belong to the CPA before they get to compete in Scotland? From the answers below a significant majority of respondents don’t believe in a Competing Pipers Association hegemony and there was not much in it between those who do and those who believe the promoters should decided who gets to play. Here are…

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Judges for Band Majors Announced/ ‘Wheel’ Draw & Update/ SPA KO

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The RSPBA has announced the adjudicators for the Major Championships for the 2016 pipe band season. Judges for the Grade 1 Worlds are: Qualifier 1: Campbell, Young, Mordaunt, N Russell Qualifier 2: G Wilson, Garrett, Dinsdale, Snadden G1 MSR Final: MacShannon, Wark, Steele, MacInnes G1 Medley Final: Stevenson, Ronaldson, G Craig, Hutcheon Get the full lists for the other grades and all other championships here. Read about G1 Medley Final…

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Uist & Barra Professional Competition Information Released

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Details have been announced about the Uist & Barra  Professional contest to be held on March 5.  Invited pipers are as follows: Callum Beaumont, Glenn Brown, William Geddes, William McCallum, Niall Stewart, Gordon Walker, Angus MacColl, Gordon McCready, Finlay Johnston, Roderick Macleod, Stuart Liddell, Cameron Drummond, Faye Henderson, Alasdair Henderson, Iain Speirs. Judges for all three events (ceol mor, MSR, H&J): Ian Duncan, Stuart Shedden and Andrew Wright. Admission £12….

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