Category: Piobaireachd

PP Ed’s Blog: Band MSRs/ Publishing Tunes/ Brass & Pipe Music/ PS Concert/ Alden Biesen

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Listening to Field Marshal’s MSR from the All-Irelands last weekend, did I detect a very slight disconnect between drums and pipes in the last few parts of Pretty Marion? Wrong to make assumptions based on videos of course, all sorts of things get altered in transmission. I may be talking rubbish, but it would tie in with the ensemble judge placing them behind SLoT. Have a listen: Those who read…

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Pipe Band MSR Poll Findings and Comment Thereon

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Our poll on March, Strathspey and Reels in pipe bands drew the second largest response of any we have so far conducted with hundreds of readers taking part. (The largest was on restricting band sizes.) Thanks to everyone for their valuable contribution.  The findings show that the vast majority care about the future of band MSRs, they do not want them to die, they see them as the true test…

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Harpenden Games Results

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The Scottish Piping Society of London report….A very hot day competing at Rothamsted Park, Harpenden, with temperatures in excess of 30 degrees. A big thank you to our judge, Andrew Hall, for travelling from Scotland to judge.   Open – submit 3 tunes Amateur – submit tunes of own choice Piobaireachd 1 Gwenael Dage, 2 David McRobb, 3 Steve Watterston March, Strathspey & Reel 1 Gwenael Dage, 2 Steve Watterston, 3 David McRobb 6/8…

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Forres Games Senior Piping

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Our correspondent reports: The games took place in Grant Park and the weather was warm and sunny. There was a good crowd of spectators. There may be a spin-off from he six years of success following the pipe band championships at the town. This year the organisers included a piobaireachd competition, a very welcome addition as there are not a lot of piobaireachd competitions in the area. The late John…

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Luss Highland Games Results – Open, CLASP (MSR added), Juniors

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The picturesque Loch Lomondside village was the setting for a full day of amateur and professional piping. The weather was perfect and a good crowd was in attendance. Thirteen amateur pipers, all participant in the Piping Centre’s CLASP league, played their piobaireachd in the morning and their light music in the afternoon. For the professionals it was the reverse. The picture above shows Champion Piper Donald MacPhee with the piobaireachd…

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