Category: Bagpipes

PP Ed’s Blog: British at Paisley/ Canada’s Sherriff Contest/ Glenfiddich

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Most people have been very pleased with the RSPBA’s decision to opt for Paisley as the host for next year’s British Pipe Band Championships – and for 2017/18. What it does mean is that three of the major championships on the RSPBA calendar are now being held in west-central Scotland: the Worlds at Glasgow Green, the Scottish at Dumbarton and now the British at Paisley. Belfast gets the UK Championships…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Piper of the Year/Mod Piping/Roseneath/SHGA

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Champion piper Gordon Walker will be in Northern Ireland this weekend for the ‘Piper of the Year ‘ competition. Kenny Stewart of the organising committee has sent this:  ‘The annual Piper of the Year competition will be held in the Adair Arms Hotel, in Ballymena, on Saturday 10th October 2015. The Piobaireachd competition will commence at 12.30pm with the MSR and Jig & Hornpipe resuming at 7.00pm. The adjudicator for…

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PP Ed’s Blog: A Kist o’ Riches – Tobar an Dualchais

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Alan MacColl of the 214 BB Ex-Members has alerted us to the following:  ‘Having this evening watched the Paul Murton BBC programme ‘Grand Tour of the Scottish Islands’, I was interested in hearing of Canna House. Basically this was where many recordings of Gaelic life are held. I then went on the following website: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/results  and was amazed at the amount of digital recordings available. I had just put in Lewis as a search…

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Pipe Band Ensemble/ Ceol Mor Comments/ New Advertiser

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New article published today on pipe band ensemble. Some important points addressed by former RSPBA Adjudicator Alistair Aitken OBE in the article first published in Pipe Band Magazine seven years ago but well worth another reading. Interesting comments on the ‘Some Thoughts on the Study of Ceol Mor’ article. Check them out by clicking on the link. Welcome to our latest advertiser Ayrshire Bagpipes. Wise decision! Proprietor of the company is…

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Venue Confirmed for 2016 British Pipe Band Championships

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The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association has confirmed that the first pipe band major championship of 2016 will be held at Paisley on May 21. The deal between the local authority and the Association is for three years. Since 2013 the championship had been held at Bathgate in West Lothian but there had been widespread dissatisfaction with the facilities afforded the bands and the Association by the hosts, with considerable difficulties over…

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