This popular contest was held today at the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, courtesy Major Rowan the Director. U-18 Piobaireachd winner Luke Kennedy is pictured above. U-15 Piob 1 Gregor Grierson 2 Nicholas Knowles 3 Dougal McKechnie 4 Lewis Maxwell U-18 Piob 1 Luke Kennedy 2 Christopher Happs 3 Brodie Watson-Massey 4 Hazel Whyte U-15 March 1 Nicholas Knowles 2 Gregor Grierson 3 Jack McGowan 4 Alasdair…

The picture up top will let you see what a huge success last week’s Northern Winter School in Lohheide, Germany, was. It is of the closing concert. Hundreds of locals attended. Admission was free and they made substantial donations to the school. The dates for 2019 have been announced as November 8 -15. Such is its popularity that registrations for the school will open early in the new year. Hornby,…

The Scottish Schools Pipes & Drums Trust have sent this… A schools piping competition which is already the biggest in the world is set to grow further. Organisers of next year’s Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championships say they expect over 150 schools from across Scotland to be represented. Event organiser Patrick Gascoigne said the predicted boost is based on the number of school pupils being taught in programmes run by…

A beautiful slow air by the late John D Burgess is published today. ‘Nancy’s Lullaby’ is one of the few tunes John ever composed. John’s widow Sheila has given permission for it to be published on Piping Press. The tune commemorates the passing of Nancy Sutherland the late wife of John’s great friend Col Sutherland, Caithness. Col takes up the story….’I first met John around 1964 in Invergordon when he…