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Successful Piping and Drumming Academy Held in South West Scotland

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Andy McCartney reports…….. Friday 13th may be superstitious for a lot of people, but not for the families and friends of the youngsters who attended a week-long Summer School at SRUC Barony Campus near Dumfries. The South West of Scotland Piping and Drumming Academy (SWSPDA) had just completed its 5th Annual Summer School and this was the end-of-school concert. Thirty seven young pupils attended, and this was the time for them to…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Big Games Week/ New PP Site/ Pipes Sold/ PM Angus pic

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Big week of solo Highland games contests ahead. Would all secretaries, parents and pipers snap away and send us your shots. We now have an Instagram account so any that don’t make the main PP site can be posted there. Inveraray is tomorrow July 17, South Uist 18th, Benbecula Young Piper 19th, Tobermory 19th, 21st Tomintoul, Taynuilt, Lochearnhead, Inverness and North Uist. Isn’t that just tremendous? Thanks are due to all…

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Kinlochard Games Juniors

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Damp but not too wet at this games in the Trossachs. 2/4 March 1 Bobby Allan 2 Ruaridh Brown 3 Fraser Hamilton 4 Greig Will                         6/8 March 1 Ruaridh Brown 2 Bobby Allan 3 Greig Will 4 Fraser Hamilton Jig 1 Bobby Allan 2 Greig Will 3 Ruaridh Brown 4 Ewan Allen [wds id=”4″]

County Antrim Championships, Northern Ireland

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Glenarm Castle on Saturday last provided a scenic backdrop for the County Antrim Championships, writes Gilbert Cromie. The championships took place as part of the first day of the Dalriada Festival which has become well established as one of Northern Ireland’s biggest cultural family events taking place at the iconic Glenarm Castle & Village annually each July with an attendance in excess of 30,000 over the two days. While it…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Worlds Draw/ Northern Meeting/ Darach & PM Angus/ Mod Results & Reminder

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I don’t think we should be giving the RSPBA a hard time over the slip up with the Worlds draw. Errors of this sort are very rare within the Association and having attended the procedure I can vouch for the considerable care and attention to detail that is gone into in trying to get everything just right. As we say in Glasgow ‘nae body’s deid’. I did think it unfortunate…

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