I talked yesterday of the Piobaireachd Society Conference and the clear air in Highland Perthshire, writes the Editor. Yesterday evening, after a lengthy meeting, I took to it and strolled over Thomas Telford’s elegant Dunkeld Bridge, stopping at an inn for a well-earned refreshment. The place was called ‘The Taybank’ and I was delighted to find on the wall a framed memorial to the late Gordon Duncan. In a glass covered…
To the Piobaireachd Society Conference today for what is always an enjoyable weekend of good friendship and good music. For the past several years it has been held at Birnam in Highland Perthshire, a peaceful spot on the banks of the mighty Tay river and always with a welcome hint of spring in the clean, clear air. It invigorates the mind in preparation for the active discussion (in committee) of…
This year’s Uist & Barra competition was cancelled due to the weather and we await details of a rearranged date. In the meantime a delve into the PP archives has revealed this cutting from the Daily Record of February 12, 1951, confirming that the contest was held even earlier all those years ago. These days it is usually on the first Saturday in March. Under the headline ‘Portrait of prize piper’,…
The RSPBA have announced that registration for all major championships for 2018 is now available online. Chief Executive Ian Embelton says on the RSPBA website: ‘Online entries are now open for the 2018 championship season. ‘Entries for bands and drum majors will only be available online. We introduced this facility three years ago and in 2017 almost all entries were made online so we have now decided to remove the…
The medals pictured above are the subject of a letter from reader Dorothy Tulloch. Dorothy writes: ‘I have pictures and medals of the piper Angus MacMillan. They were given to my dad, Drum Major Eric Allan, for an exhibition some years ago at the World [Pipe Band] Championships. ‘My dad was Eric Allan from Irvine and a member of Ayr Pipe Band as drum major (I think, maybe Irvine and…
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