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Northern Ireland News: Ravara Concert Review/ Richard Parkes Masterclass/ County Down Results

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The Lagan Valley Island Centre in Lisburn City was packed to capacity on Saturday, April 27th, the audience eager to hear Ravara Pipe Band ‘Live in Concert’. Those who attended were not disappointed. David Scott fulfilled the role of compere in his usual inimitable style. P/M Samuel Connolly’s band consisted of up to 22 pipers who were supported by D/S Matthew Shaw’s corps of 12 sides, six tenors and a…

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Royal Regiment of Scotland Compiling New Book of Pipe Music and Commissioning Piobaireachd

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The Royal Regiment of Scotland (RRS) is set to commemorate its 20th Anniversary on the 26th March 2026 with a new collection of light music and specially commissioned piobaireachd. The amalgamation of six regular Scottish battalions of the Army and two reserve battalions to form the RRS followed Ministry of Defence changes first mooted in 2003. By Pipe Sergeant Joe Davies, 2 SCOTS Over the past 18 years, regiment has undergone…

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Gordon Castle Games Results

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This games was held yesterday in the historic grounds of the castle in Fochabers, Morayshire. There were good entries in all competitions. Champion Piper was Hamish Munro; Junior Champion Craig Mitchell (pictured below). Piobaireachd 1 Angus MacPhee (pictured above)2 Calum Brown3 Hamish Munro4 John McDonald5 Jeffrey Lawson March1 Calum Brown2 Hamish Munro3 Gordon Barclay4 John McDonald5 Jeffrey Lawson Strathspey & Reel1 Hamish Munro 2 John McDonald3 Angus MacPhee4 Calum Brown5 Calum Dunbar…

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Editor’s Notebook: Highland Games/ SG KO Final Cancelled/ Angus MacKay Cairn/ Voice Returns/ Shotts Success/ Painter’s Piper

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A report in the Sunday Times newspaper last weekend bemoaned what they saw as a decline in our Highland games. In particular they mentioned Cowal which they said could not come close these days to the 40,000 crowds it used to attract. What they failed to mention was the fact that Dunoon was no longer a pipe band championship and as such automatically cut out up to 150 pipe bands…

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Results from Ontario’s Livingstone Invitational

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The 45th annual Livingstone Invitational professional solo piping competition was held on May 11 at the historic James Street Armouries in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in the Officers’ Mess of The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. The event was presented in two sections with a piobaireachd competition in the afternoon (each competitor to submit four tunes) and a march, strathspey, reel, hornpipe and jig of player’s own choice in the evening. …

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