Draw for the Scots Guards KO

Scots Guards Club 2018/19 Knockout Draw 4pm each date at Scots Guards Club Haymarket Edinburgh  0131 3371084 25 November: Cameron MacDougall  v Jonathan  Simpson 09 December Alan Clark    v    Ross Miller 27 January Calum Watson  v John Dew 24 February Willie Rowe  v  Calum Brown A toss of a coin for order of play on the day. A draw for the semi final will be done in February. Format is 30 minutes…

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Springbank Invitational Results

This annual invitational competition was held in Campbeltown today (Sept. 15). It is sponsored by the local Springbank Distillery. Seven pipers played (pictured below). They were Alasdair Henderson, Callum Beaumont, Finlay Johnston, Roderick MacLeod, William McCallum, Gordon McCready and Cameron MacDougall. Chosen tunes from submitted lists were issued one week in advance. Piobaireachd 1 Roderick MacLeod, Lament for MacSwan of Roaig 2 Callum Beaumont, Mrs Smith’s Salute 3 Gordon McCready,…

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London Championship Entry Reminder

Mike Fitzhenry, co-organiser of the Scottish Piping Society of London’s annual championship, has sent the following: ‘We’ve had two cases of competitors thinking they’ve entered but it has not been received. If you were able to use the following for the website I would really appreciate it: A reminder that entries close on September 30th for the SPSL Annual Competition taking place on November 3rd at Kensington Town Hall. The…

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Piping Tutor’s Job in Clackmannanshire

The local council had issued the following…….:Applications are invited for a post of Bagpipe Tutor (Youth Music Initiative) Clackmannanshire Council. Based in the Alloa cluster, you will deliver whole class group tuition to P6 pupils in three primary schools. The appointee will be an established practitioner in the delivery of such tuition. They will have proven ability to engage creatively with a varied cohort of students, and a commitment to…

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A Review of the 2018 Northern Meeting Silver Medal

The audience at the Inverness Silver Medal 2018, although small, was bigger than in recent years – perhaps because the set tunes for this competition were thought more interesting than those set for the Gold Medal, both competitions running  simultaneously. The room at Eden Court Theatre was a bit small but the acoustics were good.   MacCrimmon’s Sweetheart Four played this tune. It has been a very popular piece and…

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