Category: Piobaireachd

Editor’s Notebook: Harry McAleer/ Piobaireachd Society News/ the CoP, Donald and Seumas

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Wasn’t that a good memeory of the late Harry McAleer to share yesterday? I know from your response that it was much appreciated. One photograph we forgot to include is the one above. It shows Harry (r) with his friend Fred Russell piping at Harry Stevenson’s wedding in 1971. (Harry is the respected RSPBA adjudicator and PP contributor.) In yesterday’s article Fred talked of growing up with Harry in their…

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In Search of Piping on the Beautiful Small Isles of the Inner Hebrides

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This past week saw me take a visit to the Inner Hebridean islands of Eigg and Muck with my bagpipe for company. Eigg is small but there is plenty of walking and quite a few historical places of interest to visit. It’s mainly a farming community with a few other enterprises which keep everyone employed. Once part of Clan Ranald lands, the island was the subject of a community buyout…

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Nashville Rocks Stone Mountain/ World Online Piping and Drumming Championship Entries Open

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A bright sunny day greeted crowds who turned out for the 49th Annual Stone Mountain Highland Games, in Stone Mountain, Georgia last Saturday, October 16.  This second major competition of the Southern USA fall season saw 16 bands in competition and a slightly reduced, yet still healthy, turnout of soloists.  A new layout of the Games site to reduce crowding due to COVID concerns was well received. By Bill Caudill…

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New Victorian Era Trophy for Northern Meeting

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News from a very generous Piping Press reader……. My name is Robert Baker, I live in Maclean, New South Wales, Australia. In 2018 I acquired, from Colin Ross, Ontario, Canada, two antique snuff mulls, belonging to his ancestors. I have included pictures. I am a piper, as were my sister, father, great-grand father and great uncle (Murdo Mackenzie, Gold Medallist 1895). Much as I enjoy my mulls, I also felt…

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Details of the Bratach Gorm and London Championship for 2021 Announced

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Presale tickets, players and judges for the prestigious Bratach Gorm piobaireachd competition on the Friday night of this year’s London Competition are summarised as follows, writes Stephanie Supranowicz. The Scottish Piping Society of London is delighted to open ticket registration for the Bratach which is to be held on Friday 5th November 2021. They are available now via the SPSL website at http://www.scottishpipingsocietyoflondon.co.uk/  This year’s competition sees a healthy entry of 11…

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