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PP Editor’s Blog: RHF Pipe Major/ Black Watch Pipe Major/John MacFadyen etc.

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P/M Gordon Walker has sent this: ‘The picture [above] shows D/M Ronnie Hughes and P/M Eddie Frame at Edinburgh Castle. Eddie was P/M of the Royal Highland Fusiliers before P/M Gavin Stoddart. Eddie passed away last week and his funeral is on Monday, November 30th, at Holytown Crematorium, Lanarkshire.’ Don’t forget the Gordon McCready recital in the Hole in the Wa’ pub in Dumfries tomorrow night (Tues, Nov 24). Support…

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New Marketing Opportunity for PP Advertisers

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Piping Press today launches a new marketing tool for all bagpipe manufacturers and suppliers. Starting today we will accept product reviews organised and sourced by the companies themselves. Our first such review is on the Ayrshire Bagpipe Company’s new African blackwood drone reeds (pictured above). You can read the review here. Please note this facility is only available to PP advertisers. If your firm is not already on board then…

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New President Heads Pipe Bands Australia

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Pipe Bands Australia has a new president following the retirement of Greg Gordon OAM after 19 years at the helm of the organisation. Taking over is Chris Earl who was elected in Adelaide, South Australia, where state branch councillors held their biennial conference. The conference acknowledged Greig’s outstanding contribution to, and leadership of, the national association over almost two decades. In accepting the gavel of office Chris congratulated Greg on his extraordinary…

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PP Editor’s Blog: John MacFadyen Recording/ Edin. Police Names etc

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New recording added to the sound archive today. It’s of John MacFadyen playing Too Long in This Condition complete with open fosgailte. The tune has been made available to PP readers thanks to Chris Terry, Grahamstown, South Africa. John recorded the tune when he was on a visit to the country in the early 70s. Listen here. The above picture shows John leading the march to the games at Glenfinnan….

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Shotts: Band President and Chairman Talk of Future for the Band

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Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band have a new leading drummer. He’s Andrew Lawson and he takes over after 12 years playing under former leading tip, the world-renowned Jim Kilpatrick. Andrew’s immediate task will be to fill several vacancies in the Shotts corps which resulted from the recent changeover. Ewan McAllister, Band Chairman, said ‘Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band has a long and successful history. Andrew will help lead…

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