Category: History

Editor’s Notebook: John Cruickshank VC/ Glasgow Skye/ Helmsdale Results/ Lorient Bagads/ Weekend Games

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The death has been announced of war hero John Cruickshank VC, Aberdeen. He was 105. Readers will recall the tune competition the Royal Northern & University Club and Piping Press ran for a march to honour Mr Cruickshank’s and his remarkable bravery. The result was a fine 6/8 by South African composer and piper Dave Mason. It was presented and played to Mr Cruickshank at a dinner in Aberdeen. It…

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Highland Games Round Up

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Piping Convenor Robert Paterson reports…. A very hot day (Aug.17) for pipers at Crieff Highland Gathering began at 9.30am. Fifteen juniors competed first off in the light music with entrants from Methil to Massachusetts and what seemed like everywhere else in-between. The senior light music gathered 17 players playing a straight through March, Strathspey and Reel from 12 noon onwards. The Piobaireachd attracted 15 players who played in the shade under trees…

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Worlds Juvenile and Novice Results

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George Watson’s College Edinburgh are the new Juvenile World Champions. Other places announced this evening were: 2 Dollar Academy 3 George Heriot’s 4 Preston Lodge 5 Renfrew Schools. West Lothian Schools are the new Novice Juvenile ‘A’ World Pipe Band Champions. Full results in Novice A were: 1 West Lothian Schools 2 Lochgelly High 3 George Watson’s 369 4 Brisbane Boys 5 Dundee High 6 Scots College, Sydney; Drumming: G…

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Worlds Underway/ Ballater Juniors/ Cortachy Games/ Weekend Games

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The World Pipe Band Championships kick off in Glasgow today (Aug.15) with the first two rounds of the Grade 1 contest and the Juvenile and Novice grades. The weather is set fair but if you cannot manage to Glasgow Green here is the live-streaming link. Prizes in the junior grades are expected anytime after 7pm tonight and at a similar time tomorrow for all other grades. Things should be over…

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Review: ‘Solas’ – Shotts in Concert

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Who would have believed that a band founded in a hut in the Lanarkshire coalfield 115 years ago could stage such a spectacular evening’s entertainment as we enjoyed last night? I said on Tuesday that this concert was the highlight of Worlds Week. After two hours of live pipe band music no one in the 2,000 crowd at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall could gainsay that statement. The title of the…

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