Category: Piobaireachd

Netherlands Pipe Band Association Solos and Mini – Bands

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Netherlands Pipe Band Association and Mini – Bands March 25, 2018. Anna Kummerlöw reports: ‘This weekend we had a very well organised competition, indoors, run by the NOvDB in the Netherlands. There was a good crowd.  Saturday were mini bands, solo drumming with piobaireachd in the evening. Sunday: solo piping. Attached you’ll find the results and a picture of the two first winners in piobaireachd and Mr Ronaldson the judge. I played…

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Gordon Duncan Remembered at Perthshire Beauty Spot

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I talked yesterday of the Piobaireachd Society Conference and the clear air in Highland Perthshire, writes the Editor. Yesterday evening, after a lengthy meeting, I took to it and strolled over Thomas Telford’s elegant Dunkeld Bridge, stopping at an inn for a well-earned refreshment. The place was called ‘The Taybank’ and I was delighted to find on the wall a framed memorial to the late Gordon Duncan. In a glass covered…

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P Ed’s Blog: PS Conference/ Set Tunes/Glasgow Transport Band/ Duncan Johnstone/ Allan Chatto

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To the Piobaireachd Society Conference today for what is always an enjoyable weekend of good friendship and good music. For the past several years it has been held at Birnam in Highland Perthshire, a peaceful spot on the banks of the mighty Tay river and always with a welcome hint of spring in the clean, clear air. It invigorates the mind in preparation for the active discussion (in committee) of…

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Argyllshire Gathering Places Announced for Gold & Silver Medals

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Following meetings last weekend the pipers listed below have been granted a place to compete for The Highland Society of London Gold Medal and the Silver Medal at this year’s Argyllshire Gathering. They are as follows (not in playing order): ARGYLLSHIRE GATHERING GOLD MEDAL 1. Andrea Boyd, Canada 2. Glenn Brown 3. Gordon Bruce 4. Sandy Cameron 5. Andrew Carlisle, N Ireland 6. Jori Chisholm, USA 7. Cameron Drummond 8. Stuart…

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Archives: Uist & Barra/ Bob Hardie/ Northern Meeting/ Donald MacPherson

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This year’s Uist & Barra competition was cancelled due to the weather and we await details of a rearranged date. In the meantime a delve into the PP archives has revealed this cutting from the Daily Record of February 12, 1951, confirming that the contest was held even earlier all those years ago. These days it is usually on the first Saturday in March.  Under the headline ‘Portrait of prize piper’,…

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