Category: Piobaireachd

PP Editor’s Blog: Picture ID/ SPA KO/ New Book/ Gaelic TV/ Xmas Discount/ Shotts Contest

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Tom Johnstone, President, Scottish Pipers’ Association: ‘Dear Members and Friends, Just a reminder that this Saturday will be the first in our new series of Knockout Contests. Venue: College of Piping; Date and Time : 7.30pm Saturday 7th November 2015; Pipers: John Patrick (holder) vs Finlay Johnston; Licensed Bar. Format : Audience Vote – 8 pipers in the series and final will be held on 7th May 2016. Please come…

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Glenfiddich 2015 – Full Report from Blair Castle

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This was a vintage Glenfiddich, which the packed audience in the great hall of Blair Castle was privileged to hear.  To begin with, we heard ten technically faultless tunes, played by ten of the world’s leading pipers of today: a rare occurrence. But technical perfection needs another ingredient: the pipers must convey the music as well as the notes.  But there was no shortage of music, and the adjudicators must…

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Some Thoughts on London 2015

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I first travelled to London for the annual competition in 1976 and have always found it an enjoyable experience. I can’t quite put my finger on why this should be. A chance to meet up with piping colleagues in a far off land? A different competing environment? The beer? I don’t know. Certainly the lure of the big prizes, the Bratach Gorm and Gillies Cup and all the history attached…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Pipes for Sale/ London Contest/ Caption Contest Winner

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Superb set of Lawrie full ivory pipes for sale today. If you’ve something to sell be sure to reach thousands of your potential customers by contacting PP Classified Ads: An interesting letter from Joyce McIntosh apropos the story about the ‘Westinghouse Bagpipe Band’ of a couple of days ago. Amazingly Joyce tells us she has the P/M’s pipes! See Letters page. To London tomorrow for the annual Scottish Piping Society…

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Westinghouse Pipe Band/ Archibald Campbell Part 2/ Pipes for Sale/

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We hear much about piping in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, these days: the Carnegie Mellon Pipe Band under the expert leadership of Professor of Piping Andrew Carlisle, and the piping degree course established at CM University by Jimmy McIntosh, a trailblazer for similar courses around the world. But how many denizens of the steel town know of this band of yesteryear? They are the ‘Westinghouse Bagpipe Band’ from Wilkinsburg and the ‘Piping, Drumming…

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