Category: Piobaireachd

Dunedin Games, Florida, and Stuart Liddell Recital

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Our North American Correspondent reports a St Thomas Alumni win in  Grade 2 at this north Florida games. The picture up top shows adjudicator Ken Eller scoring Dunedin Middle School… In a sun drenched arena, 17 bands took part in the afternoon competition, with over 120 solo performers going through their paces in the morning session. A crowd of around 15,000, with a strong Texan contingent,  attended a full day of…

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SPA Adult Amateur Results

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This popular contest was held today at the College of Piping in Glasgow. Veteran winner was Andrew Frater. Veterans (over 60) play a two part slow-air and a four part march consecutively . Andrew played Leaving Lismore and Kantara to El Arish. The picture above shows some of the competitors on stage at the conclusion of today’s event. Veterans: 1 Andrew Frater 2 Brian Mulhearn 3 Graham Alexander Best slow air…

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Donald MacLeod Memorial Results

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The annual competition was held today in the Caladh Inn, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Champion Piper was Niall Stewart, Kyle, who placed first in Ceol Mor and fourth in MSR. Runner up: Ian K MacDonald, Ontario. Niall is pictured above receiving his trophy. The Hornpipe & Jig result is not considered in the overall prize assessment. Piobaireachd 1 Niall Stewart, Queen Elizabeth ll’s Sal 2 Roderick MacLeod, Cabar Feidh gu Bragh 3 Finlay Johnston,…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Pipe Band Anger/ PB Mag/ Braemar/ SPA/ Dunedin/ Letters

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Apart from running Pipe Band Magazine for the RSPBA and reporting on competitions, I have no direct involvement in the pipe band competition milieu. I am essentially on the periphery – the best place for the fourth estate in that fraught world. It was not always so given that I learned piping via the pipe band system in the Boys Brigade and later graduated to Muirhead & Sons at age…

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CITES Latest – Repairs Freed from Regulation

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Overseas pipers sending broken blackwood joints back to manufacturers in the UK for repair will not have to comply with the new legislation covering the import and export of African blackwood products. A spokesman for the UK’s regulator, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), said the European Union had issued a directive confirming the above. Other countries around the world seem to have adopted a similar stance though he said…

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