I arrived early enough at picturesque Grant Park, Forres, to hear the whole of the Juvenile grade. The young bands taking part were asked to play a March, Strathspey and Reel and all did so with considerable aplomb. Even in my day the Juvenile grade was always very demanding. This brought you on and invariably, once you reached 18, you were ready for Grade 1. So it is today, and…
Rain and sun at Ceres Games in Fife. There was the expected small turnout due to the counter-attraction of the band contest at Forres. The judge for all events was P/M Jimmy Banks MBE. Piob 1 Peter McCalister, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig 2 Edward Gaul, Lament for the Children 3 Garry Swinnerton, Wee Spree 4 Craig Martin, Massacre of Glencoe March 1 Edward Gaul 2 Peter McCalister 3 Craig…
St Laurence O’Toole from Dublin are the new European Champions after a high quality contest today at Grant Park, Forres, in the north of Scotland. In second place were Field Marshal Montgomery with Inveraray third and Shotts fourth. The drumming prize went to Inveraray. The full Grade 1 result was: 1 SLoT 2 FMM 3 Inveraray 4 Shotts 5 S Power 6 Spirit of Scotland Drumming: Inveraray Judges: Robert Mathieson, John McCarlie, David…
Solo piping adjudicator Archie Maclean has sent the following: ‘Enjoyed the interesting article on P/M George Ackroyd. Please find attached, a rather creased and tattered photograph cutting from the ‘Oban Times’ (circa. 1939) under the heading ‘Pipe-Majors of the Highland Brigade’. ‘P/M Ackroyd is standing fourth from the left, the only one wearing a feather bonnet. The accompanying text has him as Pipe Major G. Ackroyd (Depot) Black Watch. You’ll make out ‘big’ Donald…
Organiser Margaret Dunn of the National Piping Centre reports: The CLASP (Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers) overall winners from Saturday’s competition at the Army School of Piping, Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, were as follows: Grade 3 Overall winner – Bianca Kail Grade 2 Overall winner – Gill Cairns Grade 1 Overall winner – Robert Low Grade 1 Piobaireachd 1st Robert Frater 2nd Robert Low 3rd John Frater Grade 2 Piobaireachd 1st Gill…
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