Belfast once again hosted the United Kingdom Pipe Band Championships and the spacious cricket pitch at the Civil Service Playing Fields at Stormont provided a perfect venue. It was outstanding day for St Laurence O’Toole from Dublin (pictured above) who took first in G1 and the drumming P/M Alen Tully said: ‘After the disappointment of Paisley the band was outstanding today. We are delighted.’ The full result in Grade 1 was:…
A big day of piping on both sides of the Atlantic. At Stormont, Belfast, the UK Pipe Band Championships are already underway. This is the second major of the pipe band season. PP correspondent MacStig reported: ‘From a cloudy sky and intermittent sun in Belfast, the early contests are off and running. A healthy crowd for the Juvenile contest kicked off at 1030am. Tuning might be tricky and showers are…
I have some sympathy with the views of Calum and Stewart who commented on ‘The Analyst’ piece on MSRs – some sympathy but not too much. It is one of the problems of pipe band competition that the legislators, those who have the power to effect positive change, seldom sit through the events in need of an overhaul. Nor do bands people, the competitors, those on whose views the RSPBA…
Some say his granny was a welder on the Titanic with a mouth to match….that he has inherited her vocals and can be heard howling down the slopes of Black Mountain every full moon……that to him using his loaf is launching lumps of Veda at Lough Neagh’s birdlife. All we know is he looks like this…. Raincoat, check, umbrella, check, sun cream, check, ferry ticket….there’s always something you leave on…
Today we introduce our newest correspondent. He is highly placed in the piping and pipe band worlds. He has chosen to submit this article on condition of anonymity. (See what you’ve started MacStig!) He writes of the malaise that afflicts pipe band MSRs. Read on and you will discover that – let’s call him The Analyst – is no fool, nor is he MacStig nor the editor on a good day….. The…
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