The RSPBA has announced that Saturday World Solo Drumming Adult Final and Juvenile 5 final are to be live-streamed via the Association’s YouTube channel. Chief Executive Ian Embelton: ‘We are delighted to announce that once again Glasgow Life will be live streaming the World Solo Drumming Adult Fina on Saturday 20th October. ‘Followers will find the live stream on The Worlds website at https://www.theworlds.co.uk/world-solo-drumming-championships ‘The RSPBA will also be recording…

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…

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…