Uist & Barra Announce Line Up

The promoters of the Uist & Barra Professional Piping Competition, the first major of 2019, have announced details of this year’s event. It will be held in the National Piping Centre, Otago Street, Glasgow, on Saturday March 2 at 9am. There are events for Ceol Mor, March, Strathspey and Reel and Hornpipe and Jig. The invited pipers, in no particular order, are Cameron MacDougall, Connor Sinclair, William McCallum, Cameron Drummond,…

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Tickets on Sale for European Champs./ Balmoral Schools

The promoters of the European Pipe Band Championships have sent this: The countdown is on to Piping Inverness with tickets now on sale.  Piping Inverness, which incorporates the European Pipe Band Championships, takes place in Bught Park, Inverness on Saturday 29th June 2019. Thousands of visitors made up of locals, tourists and the piping community, are expected to attend the one-day event.  It was announced back in June 2018 that the…

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New Sponsor for Northern Meeting

The Northern Meeting Piping competitions have attracted a new sponsor. The Clan Donald Lands Trust has become the main sponsor of the prestigious Clasp piobaireachd at the Northern Meeting offering a new trophy and increased prize money.  The competition, which began in Inverness in 1841, will take place at Eden Court Theatre at the end of August.  Major General Seymour Monro, Chairman of the Northern Meeting Piping Trustees, said he was…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Florida/ Shasta Piob./ Ulster Fundraiser/ SPA/ Lochaber 1948/

World class drummer Graham Brown has joined the teaching team at next week’s Florida Pipe & Drum Academy. Graham is currently the side drum tutor for the St Thomas Episcopal band in Houston, Texas, and is the brother of the well-known piper Glenn Brown. Graham is leading tip of the St Thomnas Alumni band and was a star member of the Worlds-winning Grade 1 drum corps at Shotts & Dykehead….

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