Category: Piobaireachd

Donald MacDonald Quaich Result

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The recital/annual competition for the ‘cuaich’ took place on June 2 in the Stables Cafe, Armadale Castle, Gardens & Museum of the Isles, Sleat, Isle of Skye. The winner was Callum Beaumont. Callum is pictured at the Lochaber Gathering last year where he enjoyed another success. Pipers and tunes were: Iain Speirs, A Cholla mo Ruin or The Piper’s Warning to his Master Finlay Johnston, Cumha an Aona Mhic or…

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PP Ed’s Blog: J Ban MacKenzie/ Weekend contests/ Govan concert/ Donald McBride

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A painting of John Ban MacKenzie reputed to be worth £10,000 has been stolen from a house in East Lothian in what police have described as a ‘targeted theft’. The picture entitled ‘Piper to the 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane’ by JM Barclay, which dates from 1842, was taken from a house near Kippielaw Farm, near East Linton. The BBC reported that four other paintings of black and gold Asian-style design were…

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Balmoral School of Piping and Drumming’s 2017 Summer Music Sessions

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The organisers of this programme have sent this: This summer, 2017, the Balmoral School will run an intensive summer program for pipers and drummers of all ages, in Indiana and Pennsylvania. Both beginners and accomplished musicians will immerse themselves in weeklong music sessions with some of the best pipers and pipe band drummers in the world. June 29-July 2: University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Piping Instructors: Jimmy Bell, Nick Hudson…

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Solo Piping Versus Bands and Thoughts on the B Piobaireachd at the Atholl Gathering

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As you may have read, the winner of the B Grade Piobaireachd at Sunday’s Atholl Gathering was Charles MacDonald from Inverness (pictured above on his way to victory). His tune was the Lament for Captain MacDougall, writes the Editor. He had a lovely pipe as far as could be discerned through the discordant hum of the bouncy castle generator directly opposite the platform. Charles’s finger was good apart from the odd…

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Gairloch Iain Dall Young Pipers Festival 2017

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The Iain Dall Young Pipers Festival will take place in Gairloch High School on Saturday 23th September. The purpose is to encourage Under 18 pipers, from  primary school upwards, to participate in friendly and relaxed competitions. The Festival commemorates Iain ‘Dall’ MacAoidh (1656-1754) piper to Mackenzie of Gairloch, blind from the age of seven as the result of smallpox, the legendary ‘Blind Piper’. A pupil of the great MacCrimmon of…

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