Following on from last week’s item on bands in shipyards, I enclose photos of the Strathclyde Police Pipe Band led by P/M Donald MacKay at Yarrow’s shipyard on the Clyde in November 2007 for the official launch of Royal Navy vessel HMS Diamond, writes Allan Hamilton. It was a cold wet day as usual, but undaunted the band played without capes to the delight of a crowd of Navy personnel,…
All the indications are that the restrictions/ recommendations on social gatherings limited to three households, as announced yesterday, will extend at least until March. What impact this will have on band practices here in Scotland I know not. But I am concerned. The knock on effect for the 2022 season could be significant. Already we have had the cancellation of the Scottish Schools contest scheduled for the end of March….
The airing last weekend of the online premiere of the film ‘Follow Me…I’m Right Behind You’ brought back a host of memories from my time as senior instructor at the former College of Piping in Glasgow. I retired from Strathclyde Police in December 2006 and during that first week of doing nothing I received a phone call; it was the College of Piping asking if I would come in and…
The Argyllshire Gathering and Northern Meeting advise that entries for next year’s competitions can now be submitted online at each of their web sites. There had been a problem with the Gathering registration form but that has now been resolved. Here are the relevant links: Argyllshire Gathering Northern Meeting Entries for the open competitions (Gold and Silver Medals, March, Strathspey and Reel A and B) must be lodged according to the…
Reader Michael Hubbard in the US: I thought to send this fairly dramatic photo from October 2021. This is the Clan Macleay Pipe Band, Portland, Oregon, USA (in continuous existence since 1912). We are playing at the launching of a barge at Greenbrier Marine. As can be seen, we were in our typically rainy period, with pipers and drummers in Inverness capes. The Drum Major, Dan Kelley, decided to stand out…
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