Category: Bagpipes

PP Editor’s Blog: Highlands & Islands/ Skye Gathering/ Oz Livestream/ SPA KO

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Spare a thought for piper Darach Urquhart who suffered the opposing emotions of elation and disappointment at the Highlands & Islands Festival on Saturday. Firstly the piping steward read out his name as the winner of the March, Strathspey & Reel contest only for him to realise much later – and after he had been photographed with the winners’ trophy – that in fact there had been a mistake and the prize…

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Settlement on Long-Running Bagpipe Seasoning Dispute

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Bagpipe manufacturers RG Hardie & Co and businessman Mr David Ogilvie have reached an agreement concerning the famous ‘Airtight’ bag seasoning. An agreed statement as per the settlement agreement, the terms of which are confidential, is as follows: ‘R. G. Hardie & Co Ltd wish it to be known that they accept that Mr Ogilvie purchased the company of Robertsons Original seasoning in good faith and was not fully advised of the longstanding…

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Australia: RU Brown Gold Medal Competition Full Results

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The annual competitions run by the RUB Piobaireachd Society of South Australia is held over two days. The result in the Clasp competition for former winners of the RU Brown Gold Medal was: 1st: Fiona Manson – Mary’s Praise 2nd: Ross Campbell – MacNeil of Barra’s March 3rd: Jason Craig – The Big Spree Judges: Malcolm McRae and Sam Young. Gold Medal Piobaireachd 1st Peter Hewlett 2nd Katherine Belcher 3rd…

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Australian Pipe Band Championships Livestream

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The 2016 Australian Pipe Band Championships at Knox Grammar School Sydney on 1 and 2 October will be live-streamed to the world. Pipe Bands Australia president Chris Earl said the national management committee had engaged Tim Kelly of pipebanned.com to stream the biennial signature event over the internet in 2016 with an option to extend the agreement for the 2018 and 2020 championships. Mr Earl said live streaming of the championships was…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Highland & Islands/ May’s Funeral/ BB Championship/ MacArthur Book Deal

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All roads lead to Oban this weekend for the annual Highland & Islands Festival. A good entry in all piping events. Check out the order of play for the seniors here. Check here tomorrow evening for results. Still on solo piping, the entry form for Ardrossan on June 9 can be downloaded here. Check out the updated 2016 Guide to the Games here. May McLellan‘s funeral will be held next…

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