Category: Bagpipes

Magnificent Field Marshal Thrill Concert Hall Audience

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I think the old football cliché of a ‘game of two halves’ neatly sums up Field Marshal Montgomery’s ‘Impact’ concert last night at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Whilst never falling below the standard of excellence we have come to expect from this band, there was something almost reticent in their delivery in the first. But maybe they, like the audience, were befuddled by booming bass – and I mean booming….

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Results from the Festival Interceltique at Lorient

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The Lorient Festival is being held this week in Brittany, France. It is the biggest festival of Celtic music in the world and each year hosts important piping competitions with some of the highest prize money available to the solo piper, writes Younn Pensec. Piobaireachd: 1 Fred Morrison, Scotland (Scarce of Fishing) £380 2 Robert Watt, Northern Ireland (Corrienessan’s Salute) 3 David Shedden, Scotland (The Big Spree) 4 Stuart Easton, NZ…

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Pacific Northwest Highland Games

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BC Pipers President Robert MacNeill: Partial results of the 2016 Pacific Northwest Highland Games and BCPA Grand Aggregate Awards Under pleasant weather, the final highland games on the BC Pipers’ Association circuit, the 2016 Pacific Northwest Highland Games was held on July 30 & 31 at the Enumclaw Expo Center in Enumclaw, WA. One hundred and five  solo players and 13 bands competed. Jack Lee won the Open Piping Aggregate, Kyle…

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Newtonmore Games Results

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Thirteen pipers competed. The rain was on and off all day. Piobaireachd 1. Charles MacDonald 2. Derek Midgley 3. Ben Duncan 4. Nick Hudson Judge: John Don MacKenzie March 1. Ben Duncan 2. Graham Mulholland 3. Charlie MacDonald 4. James MacPhee S&R 1. Ben Duncan 2. Graham Mulholland 3. Derek Midgley 4. Matt Pantaleoni Jig 1. Graham Mulholland 2. Ben Duncan 3. Emily MacLellan 4. Matt Pantaleoni Light music judge:…

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Aboyne Games Results

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Piping Convenor Dr Jack Taylor reports: Here are the Aboyne Games results; it was a perfect day weather-wise. There were 11 in the senior events. It was good to welcome folk there from Halifax, Nova Scotia, who also took in Breabach’s concert in Aboyne last evening. Open Piobaireachd 1.  Calum Brown,  The Bicker 2.  John MacDonald 3.  Alan Clark 4.  Allan Russell 5.  Duncan Watson Judges Norman Matheson, Malcolm McRae, Ian…

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