Category: Bagpipes

Lochaber Gathering Draws for All Events/ World Amateur CLASP Grade 1 Results

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Grade 1 CLASP results from the World Solo Amateur Piping Competition. Margaret Dunn reports: ‘This year’s overall winner, Gill Cairns, received an all expenses paid trip to compete at the amateur section of the Metro Cup in New York, 2017. Thanks to Eric and Maureen Stein for sponsoring this great prize.’ Gill is pictured above with Mr & Mrs Stein. Piobaireachd 1 Gill Cairns 2 Gordon Hislop 3 Andrea Zingg March, Strathspey…

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Nethybridge Games Results – Updated with Tunes

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The annual games were held in Strathspey on August 14. 1 Alan Clark, Glengarry’s March 2 Matt Pantaleoni, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig 3  Dr Jack Taylor, Beloved Scotland 4  Emily MacLellan, Wee Spree 5 Steven McCabe, Lament for Captain MacDougall March 1 Alan Clark 2 Steven McCabe 3 Dr Jack Taylor 4 Matt Pantaleoni Strathspey and Reel 1 Alan Clark 2 Matt Pantaleoni 3 Emily Maclellan 4 Steven McCabe…

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Cortachy Games

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A poor entry at this delightful games venue. The picture shows the view from the competition board. Date August 14. Piob 1 Jason Craig, Lament for Captain MacDougall March 1 Jason Craig, Canberra, Australia 2 Archie Downie, Ardlee Village 3 Issay Kawai, Japan S&R 1 Jason Craig 2 Archie Downie 3 Issay Kawai Judges: G MacPherson [wds id=”28″]

More from the Worlds: Juvenile and Grade 1

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Thankfully the sun shone through occasionally on the Saturday of the World Championships and we avoided rain apart from some drizzle during the morning, but in general it was rather cold and not the ideal conditions for tuning and playing. Compared to the Friday, the difference in the atmosphere within Glasgow Green was quite dramatic with the buzz from all the bands and spectators, and a gradual build-up of people…

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World Pipe Band Championship: Some General Thoughts and Grade 1 Final Critique

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A few reflections on the overall day before we get to individual band performances. I thought it went on a bit long and some consideration needs to be given to ways of shortening proceedings. I appreciate that to cram in hundreds of performances in a nine-hour period is a logistical nightmare and I do believe that the RSPBA did, and do, a masterful job of doing just that. This notwithstanding, the last band went…

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