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Forres Games Senior and Junior Results
Twelve played in the seniors, scorching hot weather all day. Piob1 Brian Lamond, Lament for the Only Son2 Gordon Barclay, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart3 Angus Macphee, I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand March1 Hamish Munro2 Brian Lamond3 Fraser Maitland Strathspey and Reel1 Hamish Munro2 Brian Lamond3 Fraser Maitland Judge: Archie Maclean. JUNIORS U14 Piob: 1 Callan Erskine 2 Sophie BirdU14 March: 1 Callan Erskine 2 Sophie Bird 3 Andrew Fagan U14 S&R: 1 Callan Erskine 2 Sophie Bird 3 Andrew Fagan Overall U14: Callan Erskine U18 Piobaireachd: 1 Aaron Green 2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Hamish Addison U18 March: 1 Aaron Green 2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Callum PearsonU18 S&R: 1 Aaron Green 2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Hamish Addison Overall U18: Aaron Green Judge: Scott Rhynas
Editor’s Notebook: Reid Letters/ Festival Contest/ Tony Lightfoot/ MacLellan Contest/ Piping Live March
Comparisons are odious as they say, but it is a habit in which we pipers just can’t help indulging. For example, Robert Reid jnr., we read this week, believed Malcolm Macpherson a better player than the Bobs of Balmoral. I don’t suppose we’ll ever know. The ‘Binneas’ recordings of Malcolm are very poor and I know of no others of him. There are good recordings of RB Nicol and RU…
MacDougall of Aberfeldy, the Royal Warrant from Queen Victoria and Dunolly House
I noticed the brief feature on Piping Press concerning the sale of Dunolly House, Aberfeldy, and its association with the MacDougall pipemakers. Some facts and dates concerning Duncan MacDougall’s places of residence and his being a ‘Royal piper’. These are all from my ‘Bagpipe Makers’ books. By 1873 Duncan MacDougall was piper to Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle but he continued his pipe making business in Aberfeldy. By Jeannie Campbell Duncan’s…
My Father, P/M Robert Reid – Part 3
We continue with our correspondence from Robert Reid jnr. to Jimmy McIntosh. This abridged letter is dated July 1994. There are comments about RG Hardie, the firm of RG Lawrie, the Piobaireachd Society, John MacDougall Gillies, William Connell, John MacDonald, Inverness, and RU Brown and RB Nicol who, he reveals, went to his father for lessons…. Bob Hardie to my knowledge never was employed by Lawries. Hardie was an apprentice…
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