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Lochnell Intermediate Piping Championship Results

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This prestigious contest for professional solo pipers aged under 22 was held yesterday, October 19th, at Lochnell Castle, Benderloch, Argyll, courtesy the Earl of Dundonald. The overall champion, by piobaireachd preference, was Cameron May, from Dillarburn, Lanarkshire. He is pictured above with (l) Ross Conner, Campbeltown, winner of the MSR, and (r) Ruiraidh Brown, Dunblane, winner of the Ceòl Mòr. Cameron received the overall trophy and the Royal Scottish Pipers’…

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Editor’s Notebook: Ten Years After – A Decade of Piping Journalism

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Just over ten years ago saw the start of Piping Press, the online continuation of our Piper Press magazine. The latter was taken over by the Piping Times in 1999. I then edited the PT for 15 years before departing Otago Street in 2014. Much has happened during the decade including the regrettable, though predictable, demise of the PT and the College of Piping. Four years ago we had the…

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Next Year Marks Significant Anniversary of Composer, John McLellan DCM, Dunoon

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I am helping to promote a very famous relative of mine, John McLellan, Dunoon, who made quite an impact with his music and continues to do so today, writes Duncan MacGregor. My role has been to promote his works and his life by setting up a tribute website. I’ve spoken to my cousins, Jim and Alasdair Henderson at various times and have their support with this project. It’s the 150th…

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History: P/M Angus Lawrie, Oban Pipe Band

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The recent upgrading of the Oban Pipe Band from Grade 3A to Grade 2 was richly deserved after a season which saw them crowned World Champions in their grade. Their founder was Pipe Major Angus Lawrie, ‘Old Toastie’ immortalised in the hornpipe of the same name written by his nephew, also Angus Lawrie. (Old Toastie’s son was Ronald Lawrie, Gold Medallist and former P/M of the City of Glasgow Police…

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Disturbing Legal Action in Canada/ Ken Eller Memorial Gathering

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Some of you will be aware that our Canadian piping and drumming cousins are currently involved in a bit of a brouhaha. On the one side we have a disgruntled judge who believes he has been unfairly treated after alleged transgressions. On the other we have the governing body, Pipers and Pipe Band Society of Ontario, which believes that, in taking what it saw as the required disciplinary action, it…

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