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Highland Games News: Nethybridge, Arisaig, Mallaig & Morar, Killin

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Normally the Nethybridge Games clashes with the Worlds in Glasgow and as a result the entries for Nethy, the ‘friendly games in the forest’, have been manageable, reports Duncan Watson. This year those events don’t clash and there is a concern that the entries will exceed the management of the competition as there is just the one competition platform.  In view of this the Nethy Committee are placing a cap on the number…

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Piobaireachd Society Concert Details/ Young Piper Official Report and Pictures

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The Piobaireachd Society has announced the running order for its gala concert to held as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival on August 6. The concert will take place in the highly acclaimed St Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Edinburgh, start time 7 for 7.30pm. The tunes and the playing order is as follows: Pipers play in continuous fashion with no tuning in the auditorium. PP editor and Society President Robert…

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The Australian Ladies Pipe Band – Conclusion of the Definitive History

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Piping historian Jeannie Campbell brings our tale to a conclusion with a recap on the car accident which cost the lives of three people, including a member of the Lawrie bagpipe-making dynasty, and injured two members of the band…. The band was honoured by a Royal Command to play before the King and Queen at Braemar on 9th September, 1926, where they marched past the royal party. One paper reported…

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Pipe Major Alec ‘Eck’ Brown

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The Executive Committee of The Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association Northern Ireland Branch have issued the following statement, ‘It is with profound sadness that we learned on Saturday afternoon at our championships in Newtownards that our esteemed friend, Pipe Major Alec Brown had tragically passed away despite the best efforts of the medical professionals on site who attended to him. The Executive Committee extends heartfelt condolences of behalf of the…

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Renfrew Band Contest Results

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Renfrew’s Robertson Park hosted this contest on Saturday, 22 July. It was a free event with free parking for everyone and was hosted successfully by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the RSPBA. G1: 1 Johnstone 2 Uddingston G2: 1 Uddingston 2 Kilmarnock G3: 1 Lower Clyde 2 Kilmarnock 3(EP) Uddingston Strathclyde 4 Strathendrick G4A/NJA: 1 Rothesay 2 Strathendrick 3 Uddingston Strath. 4 Kilbarchan 5 Renfrew Schools 6 Troon…

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