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Editor’s Notebook: Dollar Contest/ Lochaber Piping Society/ Cupar PB/ EUSPBA Rankings

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I hear that Dollar Academy are once more running their popular and successful pipe band contest at the end of May. All grades and D/Ms are catered for I believe. Ample and picturesque grounds at the foot of the Ochils make a perfect setting for such an event. Reasonably easy to get to, the contest always attracts a large entry. If I were running the RSPBA I’d be on the…

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Draw for Archie Kenneth Quaich/ Police Scotland Seek Leading Drummer

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The Archie Kenneth Quaich is the top prize for amateur piobaireachd players. It is run by the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society. The competition takes place at the rooms of the Royal Scottish Pipers’ Society in Edinburgh on February 22nd. The competition is fully subscribed. The judges are PS committee members Derek Fraser and Darach Urquhart. Here is the order of play: 1  Thomson McConnell2  Donald Morrison3  Stewart Allan4…

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More Comment on Decline of the Pipe Band Movement

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These are perilous times for the pipe band movement which, as the editor states, is in something of a decline. But more than that, the RSPBA has once again demonstrated that it is incapable of preventing it, despite the role of the governing body being to oversee the flourishing of our cultural pastime. By A Special Correspondent Over many years, we have seen those all too keen to put the…

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Readers React to Loss of Fifth Major Pipe Band Championship

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Ian Plunkett: ‘Well done to Ian Forbes for speaking up. Remember there used to be six majors if we include Cowal, which was not only a championship but a massive all day event finishing after midnight. ‘For too long all bands have been taken for granted by the organisation and I believe therein lies the problem. If all worked together there probably would be a bit more tolerance with the…

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RSPBA Formally Confirms No British Championship in 2025 and Format Change for Euros

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The RSPBA have now formally confirmed that there will be no fifth major pipe band championship this summer. Bands were notified privately two weeks ago but until today there had been no announcement made to the pipe band public or media. They have also today confirmed our story of last week that the Euros in Perth on Aug 9 will be a two leg contest in Grade 1. In a…

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