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The Australian Ladies Pipe Band – The Definitive History Part 1

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I have read the various stories on Piping Press concerning the Australian Ladies. According to newspaper reports, on their arrival in Glasgow on Thursday, August 26th, en route to Cowal, the band was welcomed at the station by 42,000 enthusiastic citizens and the Clan MacRae Society Pipe Band, the champion band of Scotland, under their P/M William Fergusson, which played them to their hotel. Membership of the band was restricted…

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My Father, P/M Robert Reid – Part 4

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We continue with our correspondence from Robert Reid jnr. to Jimmy McIntosh. This abridged letter is dated 28th September, 1993. In the firing line are Alastair Campsie, Andrew MacNeill, Colonsay, and William Connell…. I can’t recall any article being written specifically about my father other than obituaries in the Piping Times, the Glasgow Herald, Daily Record and the Oban Times around August/September 1965. Occasionally some journalist would come into my…

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Victorian Championships and Australian Piobaireachd Medal Results

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Forres Games Senior and Junior Results

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Twelve played in the seniors, scorching hot weather all day.   Piob1 Brian Lamond, Lament for the Only Son2 Gordon Barclay, MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart3 Angus Macphee, I Gave a Kiss to the King’s Hand March1 Hamish Munro2 Brian Lamond3 Fraser Maitland  Strathspey and Reel1 Hamish Munro2 Brian Lamond3 Fraser Maitland  Judge: Archie Maclean. JUNIORS U14 Piob: 1 Callan Erskine  2 Sophie BirdU14 March: 1 Callan Erskine 2 Sophie Bird 3 Andrew Fagan U14 S&R: 1 Callan Erskine  2 Sophie Bird 3 Andrew Fagan Overall U14: Callan Erskine  U18 Piobaireachd: 1 Aaron Green  2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Hamish Addison U18 March: 1 Aaron Green  2 Hector  Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell  4 Callum PearsonU18 S&R: 1 Aaron Green  2 Hector Finlayson 3 Craig Mitchell  4 Hamish Addison Overall U18: Aaron Green Judge: Scott Rhynas

Editor’s Notebook: Reid Letters/ Festival Contest/ Tony Lightfoot/ MacLellan Contest/ Piping Live March

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Comparisons are odious as they say, but it is a habit in which we pipers just can’t help indulging. For example, Robert Reid jnr., we read this week, believed Malcolm Macpherson a better player than the Bobs of Balmoral. I don’t suppose we’ll ever know. The ‘Binneas’ recordings of Malcolm are very poor and I know of no others of him. There are good recordings of RB Nicol and RU…

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