Category: Bagpipes

New Marketing Opportunity for PP Advertisers

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Piping Press today launches a new marketing tool for all bagpipe manufacturers and suppliers. Starting today we will accept product reviews organised and sourced by the companies themselves. Our first such review is on the Ayrshire Bagpipe Company’s new African blackwood drone reeds (pictured above). You can read the review here. Please note this facility is only available to PP advertisers. If your firm is not already on board then…

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New President Heads Pipe Bands Australia

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Pipe Bands Australia has a new president following the retirement of Greg Gordon OAM after 19 years at the helm of the organisation. Taking over is Chris Earl who was elected in Adelaide, South Australia, where state branch councillors held their biennial conference. The conference acknowledged Greig’s outstanding contribution to, and leadership of, the national association over almost two decades. In accepting the gavel of office Chris congratulated Greg on his extraordinary…

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Archive copy of ‘Highland Wedding’ from John MacDougall Gillies

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Interesting letter today posted by Jimmy McIntosh re the performance of John Burgess in the Clasp contest at Inverness and mentioned in our Famous Pipers column last week. Read the letter here. Pipemaker Blue MacMurchie has again delved into his copious archive for the benefit of Piping Press readers. This time Blue has sent us a handwritten copy of the 2/4 march Highland Wedding in a setting by John MacDougall…

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Shotts: Band President and Chairman Talk of Future for the Band

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Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band have a new leading drummer. He’s Andrew Lawson and he takes over after 12 years playing under former leading tip, the world-renowned Jim Kilpatrick. Andrew’s immediate task will be to fill several vacancies in the Shotts corps which resulted from the recent changeover. Ewan McAllister, Band Chairman, said ‘Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band has a long and successful history. Andrew will help lead…

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Captain John MacLellan Memorial Competition: Updated with Pix and Comment

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This was a superbly run event, writes the Editor, a model of its kind, and one that deserves much more support than it gets. It was once more a credit to the promoters, the Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming and the Competing Pipers’ Association. Senior Pipe Major Martin Macdonald was responsible for the brilliant organisation in the absence of Major Steven Small, the Army School Director who…

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