We are indebted to Breton piper Patrick Molard for supplying two outstanding recordings for the PP Audio Archive today. They are of two giants of the post war piping world, Hugh MacCallum and John MacFadyen Both were made at the Argyllshire Gathering, Oban, in 1971, and whilst for the ceol beag there is some interference from the announcer’s loudspeaker, one gets the true atmosphere of the games and one of…
We are grateful to Hector Russell, Helensburgh, for supplying these pictures of P/M Alex M. MacIver (above, leading march) and piper Alex F Ibell (below). Through the 214th Glasgow Co. Boys Brigade Pipe Band, Alex Ibell and MacIver were responsible for beginning the piping careers of P/M Ian McLellan of Strathclyde Police, Hector himself, Robert Wallace and many other Grade 1 pipers. Alex Ibell is pictured in the uniform of…
Pipe Band Magazine is now live and free, at www.rspba.org and from the Piping Press Shop. As was reported at the Association’s AGM, each issue has circa 4,000 downloads. Readership has tripled since the magazine went fully digital in 2014. Articles include those on consultative judging, playing in a circle, ensemble, and a review of Reid Maxwell’s new drumsticks. Breton piper Patrick Molard has forwarded a copy of his new piobaireachd…
The Northern Meeting has announced the lists of pipers who will compete at this year’s championship at Inverness in September. The Argyllshire Gathering and the Meeting are the pre-eminent piping competitions in the world. Just to get to play at either of these contests is an achievement. At Inverness, 25 places have been allocated for the Gold Medal and 27 for the Silver. Lists of reserves have been drawn up…
Two fine looking sets of pipes for sale today in our Classified Ads pages. The first is a full silver set of Naill bagpipes (above), beautifully engraved, and the other a set of Sinclair plain silver pipes. Considering the price of silver these days, good prices on both. Check them out here. Posted today are the results from last weekend’s British Columbia Pipers’ Association Indoor Meet. Editor Robert Wallace writes:…
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