The Editor writes……For our poll on the current attitudes to Highland dress we asked the following question: ‘Is it time for our solo pipers to smarten up?’ Here is a graph of the responses: You can see from that that there is a significant amount of concern out there. Those who were more non-committal clearly want contest promoters to apply their dress code with more vigour. Those on the trouser side…
Saturday 17th November some of the world’s leading solo pipers and a quartet from Scottish Power Pipe Band take to the stage in aid of the Wishaw General Hospital Neonatal unit in Lanarkshire. The line up at the National Piping Centre includes: Gordon Bruce (double Silver Medallist), William Geddes (Dunvegan Medallist, 3x runner-up Gold Medal, Silver Medallist), Finlay Johnston (double Gold Medallist and Clasp winner) Darach Urquhart (2018 Silver Medallist) and a quartet from Scottish Power…
Ken Stewart reports….The annual Northern Ireland Piper of the Year competition was held in the Adair Arms Hotel in Ballymena on Saturday 13th October 2018. This is the fortieth year for the event and fourteen players were invited, on merit, to compete for the award. Competitors are required to play Piobaireachd, MSR and Jig & Hornpipe with the overall title being awarded to the player who performs best in the…
Some say his tap is more flim than flam, others that his top head is as thick as a brogue sole and the only thing he knows about bars is how not to pay for his round. All we know is he is our one and only MacStig and that since the season closed he’s been far too quiet……. First thing to say it that I have a passing interest…
John Kelly reports…. A civic reception was held at Craigavon Conference Centre on Friday 5th October, hosted by the Lord Mayor to recognise the fantastic successes of pipe bands from within the borough of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, during the 2018 pipe band season. Pictured above are the Lord Mayor, Councillor Julie Flaherty, Councillor Mark Baxter (left) and Alderman Paul Rankin (right) pictured with Pipe Major James Knox MBE…
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