Author: Robert Wallace

‘Pibroch by the Sea’ – A Unique Piping Experience on the Breton Coast of France

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Well I’m pretty sure the weekend we’ve just experienced is unique in the piping world. It begins when you are welcomed off the ferry at St Malo by a piper. The place is Brittany in west France. We are here for the annual ‘Pibroch au Bord de la Mer’, piobaireachd by the sea, event. The setting is Cancale, the village from where Louis XIV sourced his oysters, but which is…

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Pitlochry Games Results (Juniors added)

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Very warm with the occasional shower at the final games of the summer at Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire. The new Piobaireachd competition sponsored by the Piobaireachd Society attracted a wide field of pipers and was hailed a great success. The entry was larger than at any time in the last 20 years. A very large crowd also attended. Open Piob1 Dr Peter McCalister, The Fingerlock2 Angus MacPhee, I Gave a…

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Review: The Northern Meeting 2023

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All the excitement of top class piping competition was contained neatly in Eden Court Theatre and its environs for the 2023 Northern Meeting. The NM committee and staff could not have been more welcoming, putting nervous pipers, inquisitive visitors, doddery judges at their ease the moment they stepped through the theatre’s glass doored maw. The bar prices were reasonable too so people were more inclined to hang around chatting in…

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Review: Argyllshire Gathering 2023

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The unique atmosphere of the Argyllshire Gathering was very much to the fore this year but we could have done without the torrential rain on the afternoon of the games. We now need covered platforms for the pipers to play on. Those caught in the deluge struggled on manfully and all credit to them, particularly the prizewinners. Day one began with the piobaireachd competitions. The winner of the Gold Medal…

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A Review of the Worlds Day 2

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My plan for the Saturday was to listen to the whole of the Grade 1 MSR and then to try to take in some of the performances in the other grades. Grade 1: I thought Inveraray were the outstanding band in the morning, again fluent and finger perfect. Boghall were good but a shade careful, though the technique in the strathspey was outstanding. FMM had a poor run with one…

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