Today we launch our new Drummer’s Call column for pipe band drummers of all persuasions: tenor, bass and side. The first article is a review of new drumsticks by Steven Creighton of the St Laurence O’Toole band. The Piobaireachd Society has announced that their latest book in their celebrated series – Book 16 – will be officially launched at Piping Live! in August. It is scheduled for 12.00 noon on Wednesday…
A sunny day but with a very cold wind. Twelve played in the open piobaireachd. Open Piob 1 Gordon McCready, Battle of the Pass of Crieff 2 Ben Duncan 3 Mike Fitzhenry 4 Brian Lamond 5 Calum Wynd Judges: Andrew Wright, Andrew Frater. Snr. MSR 1 Ben Duncan 2 Brian Lamond 3 Gordon McCready 4 Mike Fitzhenry Judges: Ian Duncan, Roderick Barron. Download any MacCrimmon tune by clicking the…
Margaret Dunn reports: Please find attached the results from today’s CLASP competition. The competition was in the Army School of Piping, Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh, a great and inviting venue for pipers. Picture from left to right: Cameron Drummond (judge). John Campbell (Grade 2), Bob Low (Grade 1), Gill Cairns (Grade 3) and Greig Canning (judge). Overall Winners: Grade 1 Bob Low Grade 2 John Campbell Grade 3 Gill Cairns Grade 1 Piobaireachd 1st Bob…
Canadian piper Bruce Gandy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, won the annual Donald MacDonald Quaich competition held at the Clan Donald Centre, Sleat, Skye, last night. Others who competed for the £1,000 ($1,500US) first prize were Douglas Murray, Niall Stewart, Roderick MacLeod and Stuart Liddell. The adjudicator was Dr Jack Taylor. The competition was generously sponsored by the Glencoe Foundation, USA. Pipers had to play a piobaireachd from the Donald MacDonald…
Yesterday I mentioned the City of Edinburgh Police Pipe Band under P/M Ian MacLeod and I wonder if anyone can give us the names of the individuals in this shot taken of the band with multiple trophies in the early 1970s. Email them please, to pipingpress@gmail.com. The history of the band and its sorry demise was given in great detail in a series of three features in the Pipe Band magazine…
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