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Solo Piping Boost: Lochaber Gathering Confirmed ‘Live’ at End of August

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The popular Lochaber Gathering professional piping contest is to go ahead this year after cancellation in 2020. Barring unforeseen problems, it will be one of the first ‘in person’ solo contests to be held in Scotland post-pandemic. By Ken A. CameronChairman, Lochaber Piping Society After the sad death last year of Allan MacColl, who almost single-handedly organised the competition, it looked as if this popular and successful event might disappear…

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Editor’s Notebook: Piping Times Archive/ Online Contests/ Brian Lamond/ Gavin Stoddart

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Director of Piping Finlay MacDonald continues his positive work at the Piping Centre with his announcement this week of the plan to archive the Piping Times and make it accessible to all online and free of charge. It would be criminal to allow this resource to be lost to piping and I hope everyone will support the project. Much of the indexing work has already been carried out. Annie Grant,…

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Review of Online Bagpipe Music Book: ‘The Fyrish Collection’ by Niall Matheson

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The title of the book comes from Fyrish Hill (Cnoc Fhaoighris, in Gaelic), near Evanton in Easter Ross. On the cover is the depiction of a summit monument built in 1782 on the orders of the laird, General Sir Hector Munro of Novar, who had served in India. At the time the population was being expelled from the land in favour of sheep and human survival was a under threat….

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Northern Meeting 2019: Day 1 Results plus Comment

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The Inverness Gold Medallist for 2019 is Connor Sinclair from Crieff. Connor is pictured above on stage at the Eden Court Theatre, the scene of his triumph. Twenty five pipers played in this competition. It began at 8.30am and finished at 5pm. The crowd was steady throughout the day and possibly higher than other years. The stewarding was excellent with breaks for coffee and lunch kept to a minimum. The…

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Aboyne Games – Full Results

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Scorcher at Aboyne today. Twenty in Open events, strong junior field.  Under 18 Piobaireachd  1. Kyle Cameron, Battle of Auldearn No 12. Christopher Happs, Battle of Auldearn No 23. Liam Brown, The Field of Gold4. Aly Williams, Cabar Feidh gu Bragh Under 18 MSR 1. Kyle Cameron2. Christopher Happs3. Ewan Allen4. Jake Roberts Piob:1 John Dew, Rory McLeod’s Lament2 Jonathon Simpson, Lament for the Viscount of Dundee3 Allan Russell, The…

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