The City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, which was formed in 1947 in the Midlothian mining community of Danderhall, is seeking a successor to Pipe Major Lachie Dick, who has decided to stand down because of work commitments. Announcing the band’s recruitment plans, band secretary, Paul White, said: ‘P/M Barry Donaldson left the band at the end of last season to concentrate his efforts on the City of Edinburgh Schools Pipe Band. …
We continue our build up to Saturday’s first major pipe band championship of the season, the British at the St James Playing Fields, Paisley. Here our Special Correspondent takes a look at one of the most competitive grades, Grade 2. A field of 16 will kick off the first major of the season for the Grade 2 prize. With four of the big guns of the most recent few seasons…
The draw for the European Pipe Band Championships, to be held at Forres on June 24, took place today at RSPBA HQ in Glasgow. Chief Executive Ian Embelton, Chairman Gordon Hamill and Vice Chairman John Hughes were all present, with the playing positions of all bands and drum majors made using a random selector app rather than the more traditional plastic balls system. The European Championship will be held at…
One of Renfrewshire’s charity champions will preside over more than 4,000 of the world’s best pipers and drummers when they arrive in Paisley at the weekend. Quadruple amputee Corinne Hutton (pictured), 47, who started the Finding Your Feet charity, will be event chieftain for the British Pipe Band Championships on Saturday. She will greet more than 140 pipe bands from as far afield as Canada and Denmark when they gather before…
The highlight of World’s Week this year will be the concert ‘Rise’ to be given by the 2015 World Champions, Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band (above). To help set the scene, here’s the second part of a 2010 interview with the band’s pipe major at that time P/M Robert Mathieson…. He [Jim Kilpatrick] has obviously been integral to the success of the band and you and him are seen…
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