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PP Editor’s Blog 31/10/14

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[easyrotator]erc_12_1414049835[/easyrotator]To London today for the annual piping championship from where I will report for pipingpress.com. If the piping is anything like as good as at the Glenfiddich then we are in for a treat. London was always an opportunity to catch up with friends down south and I am sure this year will be no exception. I first went down in 1976 (Chelsea Town Hall) and hardly missed a year…

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PP Editor’s Blog 24/10/14

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[easyrotator align=”left”]erc_14_1414056032[/easyrotator] To the annual Glenfiddich competition tomorrow for my first visit in four years. I don’t suspect much will have changed at an important championship whose prime virtue is the treatment and reward for the pipers, with gratis hospitality throughout an enjoyable weekend. Another virtue is that the qualifying structure is pretty rigidly stuck to with very few disputed invites over the years. I do hope they have done something…

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PP Editor’s Blog Additions

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New comment re Northern Meeting Dress and Deportment: ‘My late piping instructor of 25 years, Jimmy Greig (Edinburgh Police, Clan MacFarlane Pipe Band) learned his piping from 1945 to 1952 in the 1st Battalion The Black Watch, under Pipe Major James Jenkinson.  Jimmy once described his former P.M. to me as….’ Read more here… [easyrotator]erc_75_1413484305[/easyrotator] Bob Worrall has re-affirmed the link for the Glenfiddich streaming: ‘Here’s how to access the Live…

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PP Editor’s Blog 17/10/14

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All eyes on Glasgow tomorrow for the Andante sponsored World Solo Drumming. 150 sides and 50 tenors all vying for the top awards in their grades. Everything kicks off at 9am in Glasgow Caledonian University with the Adult Hornpipe & Jig final at 3.15pm and the Adult MSR final at 4.30pm. Judges for the former are Gordon Parkes, Sandy Steele and Joe Noble. MSR judges are Ciaran Mordaunt, David Brown…

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PP Editor’s Blog 10/10/14

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To Northern Ireland tonight for the Piper of the Year contest in Ballymena. I am sure there will be plenty of good playing on show so get along to the Adair Arms tomorrow for a listen if you can. Secretary Kenny Stewart’s details are above for anyone who needs further information. We all know how Ulster’s bands have taken the world by storm, but thirty years ago the idea of…

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