A pleasant day at Arisaig with some sunshine and no rain for the 13 senior pipers. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Scotland were all represented. Overall winner: Angus D MacColl (pictured top)Ceol Mor1 Angus D MacColl, Battle of the Pass of Crieff2 James MacKenzie, The Bicker3 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee4 Andrew Hutton, Old Men of the Shells5 Andrew Lewis, Massacre of Glencoe March1 Angus…

Bagpipemaker McCallums have sent this: Don’t miss the McCallum Bagpipes road-show as part of Piping Live, and it’s a free recital The venue is the Street Café at the Piping Centre on Wednesday the 14th August at 2.00pm. And what a line up of great solo pipers, Stuart Liddell, Fred Morrison, Willie McCallum and Gordon McCready. They all play MacRae or McCallum Bagpipes. Royal Burgh of Annan Pipe Band, one…

The Piobaireachd Society is now accepting affiliate memberships from piping societies, bands, forces regiments and other corporate bodies with an interest in ceol mor. Memberships cost £15 per annum and in return the secretary or chairman or other nominated official has access to the Society’s website and music archive. The Society has also announced a major boost to its archive with the addition of recordings of double Gold Medallist William…

From afar on yonder rock, sou’wester on and boat in dock,A pen is poised and commentary flows, he writes it all and scratches nose, Lurgan, Paisley for your delectation, Glasgow Green his last destination,Now a review of Dumbarton here from MacStig our chap in the racy gear…..  As reported elsewhere it was a truly atrocious day and safety had to be considered first and foremost, not just for competitors getting…

Under very warm and sunny weather, the 2019 Pacific Northwest Highland Games was held on July 27 & 28 at the Enumclaw Expo Center in Enumclaw, WA. 118 solo players and 12 bands competed. The event concluded with the announcement of the BCPA season-long championship Grand Aggregate Awards. The Grand Aggregate Award winners and partial results of the 2019 Pacific Northwest Highland Games are listed below with complete results to…