By The Editor A reader has contacted us to mention that his son played in a Piping Centre Junior competition Piobaireachd event last weekend. When the boy finished the judges called him over and told him that he had played well but that he had gone off the tune. The boy was surprised; he didn’t think he had. The father, in the audience, naturally asked the boy what the judges…

By Greig Canning, Inveraray & District PB The UK may have left the European Union but Scots pipers’ links with their Breton cousins are stronger than ever. Myself and a few colleagues and acquaintances from the Scottish pipe band scene were over in Brest in Brittany last weekend to play with various Grade 1 bagads [Breton pipe bands] in their Championship. I think each of the guys in the photo…

By Robert MacNeil, President, British Columbia Pipers’ Society A note for pipingpress.com that Alan Bevan won the 5th annual Boney Music Memorial Invitational on February 15, 2020, and over $2,800 was raised for brain cancer research at the BC Cancer Foundation. All the details and pictures are below. I have also enclosed a picture of Alan receiving the trophy from Andrew’s son Cameron Bonar (above). It was a great night all around,…

The above photograph is from the British Legion piping competition 2002. I can identify some of those pictured ((l-r): Donald MacKay, Stuart Samson, ?, Jim Penman, Brian Donaldson, a very young Ben Duncan?, Ross McCrindle, ?, ? If anyone can fill in the gaps please pass on. I met Jim again recently at Bob Shepherd’s funeral and among other things he was telling me about the early days of his…

A very strong entry today at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow for their Annual Junior Solo competition. JuniorChampion was Luke Kennedy and the Novice Champion Euan Lindsay. Winners and their trophies are pictured above in front of the sponsors’ banners. Results: 15-17 Piob1 Luke Kennedy2 Gregor MacDonald3 Hazel Whyte4 Liam McElhinney5 Jamie Brownlie6 Jack McGowan 15 -17 MSR1 Gregor MacDonald 2 Christopher Happs3 Luke Kennedy4 Cameron May5 Hazel Whyte6…