Pictured is overall winner of the Piping Centre’s CLASP Grade 1 World Solo Amateur Piping Competition, Gregor McCulloch. The competition completed a series of graded events held during World’s Week as part of Piping Live. Piobaireachd 1st Stewart Gaudin 2nd Con Houlihan 3rd Gregor McCulloch 2/4 March Strathspey and Reel 1st Gregor McCulloch 2nd Ross Walker 3rd Stewart Gaudin Hornpipe and Jig 1st Gregor McCulloch 2nd Ross Walker 3rd Robert…
Straight off the bat, we’ll avoid the mumbo jumbo about the Pre Worlds’ Concert (PWC) band having the best chance of winning the big title itself a few days later. It’s one of those unconscious bias things we have, and in most recent times only FMM has done it. A double-edged sword perhaps. All that practice and time spent on the programme content, whilst the competitive edge may not really…
Margaret Dunn reports: Please find attached the results from CLASP Grade 2 – ‘World Solo Amateur Piping Competition’ at Piping Live! The venue was St Aloysius Convent Chapel and the judge today [Aug 9] was Willie McCallum. Piobaireachd 1st David McRobb 2nd Evan Wraga 3rd George Gordon 2/4 March 1st David McRobb 2nd Stewart Allan 3rd George Gordon Strathspey and Reel 1st David McRobb 2nd Stephen Ross 3rd Stewart Allan Jig 1st…
Pipers and drummers in and around Glasgow will hardly have time to draw breath today as the momentum continues to build towards Saturday's World Pipe Band Championships. Tonight we have the sell-out Shotts & Dykehead 'Rise' concert, the main attraction of Worlds Week, with over 2,000 enthusiasts heading for the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Check out PP tomorrow for our review of what is sure to be a stellar evening….
The Dunvegan Medal is one of our most important piobaireachd awards. Pipers have to submit four tunes from a list of MacCrimmon or MacCrimmon-related tunes. There was a mixed standard of play today with many pipers struggling with their instruments. Twenty-two played. The picture above shows the 2017 medallist Ian K.MacDonald from Toronto. Ian gave an outstanding performance of the classic Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon. Stay tuned for comment from the…
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