Ken Cameron: ‘Please see the attached Competition Entry Form for this year’s Junior competition and I would be grateful if you would include it on Piping Press. ‘This year we are re-introducing Drumming competitions after a short lapse and have re-classified them as Open instead of Confined as previously.’ Scroll down for other pages. Download the entry form here. Last year’s winners at this very well run event are pictured…
Our reporter at large, MacStig, rolled into town from his winter hibernation to catch the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland concert, braving the weather and wintry roads of Argyllshire to hit Glasgow for the early afternoon start on Saturday…. ‘Made in Scotland’ – NYPBoS Concert – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall It was a nippy start and I cruised down the western side of the loch, Ben Lomond glistening in the…
On Thursday 31st January 2019 Parliament Buildings, Stormont was the setting for a reception to honour the bands and individuals from Northern Ireland’s pipe band scene who achieved tremendous success at the highest levels of competition in 2018. Around 120 guests were treated to live traditional music, refreshments and a tour of the building. Sir Nigel Hamilton, Patron of the RSPBANI, was in attendance to recognise and celebrate the members’ success….
Tom’s family have issued the following: Funeral arrangements for Tom have been confirmed. It will be 11.30 on Wednesday, 13th February, at Clydebank Crematorium. We will be going on afterwards for a shindig (still hammering out those details between us so I’ll confirm where when I know). We encourage anyone with pipes, fiddles, drums, tin whistles, guitars – whatever you have to bring them along. Dad’s life was his pipes…
The Principal of the Northern Winter School, Ronnie Bromhead, ex-Scots Guards, tells me that registrations for this year’s school will open in the first week of March. Venue is as before at Lohheide in Lower Saxony and an excellent facility I might add. Ronnie has pledged to keep prices as affordable as possible but there will be no reduction in the quality of the world-class teaching on offer. Check the…
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