Volume three of our footage from the 1995 Northern Meeting highlights the brilliant playing in that year’s Hornpipe & Jig contest, writes the Editor. The contest was in two parts, a qualifier and a final, the first in one of the small rooms at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, and the final in the main auditorium. The contest was won by Angus MacColl with Alan Bevan, P/M of BC’s Simon Fraser…

The Annual Scots Guards Association Pipers Branch Junior Solo Piping competition will be held at the Army School of Piping, Inchdewar House, Edinburgh, this Saturday (17 November) commencing 10am. Contests: Under 15 March, Under 15 Strathspey & Reel, Under 15 Piobaireachd (own choice submitted on the day), Under 18 March, Strathspey and Reel, Under 18 Piobaireachd (two piobaireachd, and two MSR sets to be submitted on the day); Open Hornpipe and Jig entries on the day. The above picture…

Thousands of pipers around the world marked Remembrance Day with a tune in town squares, cemeteries, and churches. The day was one of special significance given that it marked 100 years since the end of the Great War. It is estimated that up to 1,900 pipers were either killed or wounded in the conflict. These pipers were up pre-dawn in Northern Ireland: And in Muthill, Perthshire, Piper Andy Renwick did…

The RSPBA have launched the next stage in their Pipe Band College programme by advertising for a Principal of Piping and a Principal of Drumming. This major development by the Association was approved at the 2018 Annual General Meeting which endorsed the formation of the RSPBA Pipe Band College. The main purpose of the College will be to improve standards in education and training for pipers and drummers leading to…

I hear the RSPBA’s Board of Directors are looking at ways of better using the Friday of the World Pipe Band Championships. One suggestion is that the Friday becomes the Juvenile World Pipe Band Championship day with all Novice and Juvenile bands and Junior Drum Majors completing their contests that day with a separate prizegiving on conclusion. Prizewinners from the Friday might be invited to take part in the finale…