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PP Editor’s Blog: Schools Funding/ New Letters/ Donald McKillop

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The annual 214 Glasgow Co. BB Reunion is on March 4.) Three new letters added today on Willie Ross, Norrie Gillies and old pipes in North America. Read them here. If anyone is any doubt about the amazing work being done by the Scottish Schools Pipe & Drum Trust have a look at their website to see the amount of cash that is being invested in young pipers and drummers….

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PP Editor’s Blog: CPA Poll Results/ Tulloch Castle recital/ School’s Teaching

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A couple of weeks ago we launched a poll asking the following question: Should all competing pipers have to belong to the CPA before they get to compete in Scotland? From the answers below a significant majority of respondents don’t believe in a Competing Pipers Association hegemony and there was not much in it between those who do and those who believe the promoters should decided who gets to play. Here are…

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Review: ‘Live in Ireland 2016’, at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall

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By ROBERT WALLACE  Good tunes, well played. There you have it, a four word summary of the ‘Live in Ireland’ concert given last Saturday by ex-members of the 78th Fraser Highlanders pipe band from Ontario – with a select group of Grade 1 pipers and drummers in support. The concert, in a respectably filled main auditorium at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, was, of course, much more than that. We had…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Tying Bridles/ Florida Academy Sponsorship/ Brian Niven/ Structured Learning Vids

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Pleased to announce that Wm. Sinclair & Co. are to sponsor the South Florida Pipe & Drum Academy. Thank you! I think it is a credit to the Academy that so many leading piping firms are willing to support it. Wm Sinclair join RT Shepherd, D Naill & Co, McCallum Bagpipes, G1 Reeds and Pipe Dreams on our list of benefactors. The Academy runs from February 24 – 28 inclusive…

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Judges Announced for ‘Wheel of Fortune’/ ‘Live in Ireland’ Dress Code

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Judges for the prestigious ‘Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune’ competition will be three of the most respected pipe majors in the pipe band world: P/M Bob Shepherd, P/M Ian McLellan, and P/M Barry Donaldson. A spokesman for the promoters, City of Edinburgh Pipe Band, said: ‘We were delighted when Bob and Ian agreed to join our own pipe major Barry Donaldson on the bench for what is going to be…

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