Author: Robert Wallace

James Campbell, Piobaireachd Expert and Gentleman

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The final excerpt of Jonathan Gillespie’s lecture on his tutor James Campbell of Kilberry is published today. In it Jonathan discusses some of James’s favourite tunes and names the performers. He also records James’s uneasiness with placing too much reliance on old manuscripts and allowing them to dictate the way tunes should be played in the modern era. He highlights the importance of James’s writings, in particular his ‘Elusive Appoggiatura’…

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JFK’s Funeral – Final Excerpt

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Today we publish the final chapter in  Lt Col Robert Keith Gunther’s fascinating look back at events of 51 years ago and the State Funeral of President John F Kennedy. This time Lt Col Gunther examines the role played by the pipe band of the United States Air Force in that defining moment in history. He also offers some conclusions on how he believes the American perception of the bagpipe…

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Scots Guards Junior Solos – Updated

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Adjudicator Robert Wallace writes: This was a first class day of junior piping in the impressive surroundings of the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House in Edinburgh. It was a credit to competition convenor Jimmy Banks, and to the Scots Guards Association, the promoters. There was substantial sponsorship from Pipe Dreams, manufacturers of the famous Eezidrone drone reeds, and from Grants of Dalvey who supplied beautiful silver keepsakes for…

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Pipes and President John F Kennedy’s Funeral

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Today sees the publication of the second instalment of our feature on President John F Kennedy and his affection for the pipes and pipe bands. This time the author, Lt Col Robert Keith Gunther, looks at the role the bagpipe played in the President’s funeral following the tragic events in Dallas, Texas, 51 years ago this weekend. Read the full story here.

PP Editor’s Blog 21/11/14

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[easyrotator]erc_14_1414056032[/easyrotator]A lot happening since we last met and thanks for all the support and huge amount of site traffic. Check out the new comments on last week’s blog and on Highland dress. Janet Montague has also made a very fair comment about the way pipers/bands write and play 3/4s. Janet is quite correct when she says we write our music with what should be an anacrusis, within the bar. The problem…

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