Today we continue with our interesting interview with P/M Richard Parkes of Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band, the most successful of modern times. The band suffered a setback this year when trying for their fifth Worlds title in a row, but they still had a very satisfying season winning three Major titles and the Grade 1 Champion of Champions title. However, the Worlds was the big one, and here P/M Parkes…
Alan MacColl of the 214 BB Ex-Members has alerted us to the following: ‘Having this evening watched the Paul Murton BBC programme ‘Grand Tour of the Scottish Islands’, I was interested in hearing of Canna House. Basically this was where many recordings of Gaelic life are held. I then went on the following website: http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/results and was amazed at the amount of digital recordings available. I had just put in Lewis as a search…
New article published today on pipe band ensemble. Some important points addressed by former RSPBA Adjudicator Alistair Aitken OBE in the article first published in Pipe Band Magazine seven years ago but well worth another reading. Interesting comments on the ‘Some Thoughts on the Study of Ceol Mor’ article. Check them out by clicking on the link. Welcome to our latest advertiser Ayrshire Bagpipes. Wise decision! Proprietor of the company is…
It is now just over a month since this year’s Argyllshire Gathering …. gone but not forgotten, certainly not by those who had a successful visit to Oban. In this report, the piping correspondent of the London Times, Angus Nicol, gives a comprehensive round up of all the winners and the background to the Gathering. His report also affords us the opportunity to run some photographs we missed first time round. Those wishing to…
As part of its WW1 commemoration series, the BBC has published a good wrap up on Piper Daniel Laidlaw VC, KOSB. There’s an interview with his grandson Kevin Laidlaw. Kevin, also a piper, went to Loos in 2005 for the 90th anniversary of the battle. He says: ‘I stood out and played The standard on the Braes o’ Mar which was the regimental charge of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, which…
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