Category: Bagpipes

History: Eight Times World Champions, Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band

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One of the great pipe bands of days gone by was the Clan MacRae Society. Piping and Dancing Magazine of 1936 detailed the for­mation of the now defunct band,  and its progress up the competition ladder …  The Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band was formed in the autumn of 1913 by the late Pipe Major Farquhar MacRae, under the name The City of Glasgow Pipe Band. The majority of the original members…

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Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition Details Announced

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The Annual Donald MacLeod MBE Memorial Piping Competition 2016 details have been announced. The contest, featuring some of the leading pipers in the world, is to be held in the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, on 8th April 2016. The piping begins at 10.15am, and, as last year, may be livestreamed over the internet. Competitors are as follows: Callum Beaumont, winner of the 2015 Northern Meeting Clasp Finlay Johnston,…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Highland & Islands Festival/ Sandy Hain’s Music/ Old Results

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Riona MacInnes of the Highlands & islands Festival has sent this: ‘We now have a Facebook page which is being regularly updated and if you have a look at that you will see that the syllabus is now available and the entries are to be in for 14th March. We are trying to be a bit more rigid this year about pipers changing their tunes at the last minute and I…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Wheel of Fortune/ Falkirk Piping/ RSPBA Entries/ S. Florida Expands/ Pipes Donated

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Get along to the Wheel of Fortune contest this afternoon if you can. Top class solo piping in a relaxed and good-humoured atmosphere guaranteed.   The pipers are Finlay Johnston, Douglas Murray, Callum Beaumont, Chris Armstrong, Angus Nicholson, Brian Lamond, Jonathan Greenlees and Alasdair Henderson. Venue is Danderhall Miners Club south of Edinburgh. Neil Clarke of the Falkirk Trinity Piping Society has sent this: ‘The Society is very much in…

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Be A Better Piper: Selecting a Good Instrument – a Very Important Decision

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Forget the house or the car. The most important decision a piper has to make is the instrument he buys. Get it wrong and face years of  wasteful and expensive plumbing trying to make something out of a very bad situation. Get it right and you can have hours of musical satisfaction from an instrument that is easy to reed, steady, and an all round pleasure to play. In short,…

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