Category: Piobaireachd

Highland Games Season Details/ John’s New Recording

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Entries are now open for Aberdeen Games on June 18. Prizemoney has been increased. There are three senior events and three junior and a new open grade chanter contest. Entries close June 8. Enter here. Aberdeen’s Highland Games attracts between 8,000 and 15,000 people annually. Outdoor catering will be available with a public bar with a beer garden. Before Aberdeen there is solo piping at Gordon Castle (May 21) and Atholl…

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End of Year Recitals for Piping Students/ Black Watch Tune Search

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Students on the Royal Conservatoire / National Piping Centre Traditional Music degree course take to the stage for their end-of-year recitals on 1st and 2nd June, writes John Mulhearn. These public recitals are a major component of the course assessment and are part of the wider RCS Traditional Music Recital Festival. Commencing on Tuesday 30th May, the festival takes place at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts and is free to attend.  Piping…

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William Grant Foundation Leads the Way in Supporting Piping and Pipe Bands

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There can be few companies around that have done more to support piping than William Grant, the independent whisky distillers, writes the Editor. True to the wishes of their founding philanthropist Sandy Grant Gordon, the company continues to pour money into our art, these days through its charity wing, the William Grant Foundation. It states: ‘William Grant & Sons has always taken a long-term view to support its people, its…

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News: Atholl Gathering Entries Closed/ Pipe Idol/ Band Sponsor/ Aboyne Tickets/ Fèisean Cash

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Angus Clarke of the Atholl Gathering has asked us to point out that that entries for the C Grade Piobaireachd at this year’s Gathering on May 28 are closed. Later he confirmed all other senior contests were now closed with 62 pipers entered. Angus says there is still room for entries in the Juniors. The Atholl Gathering, held on the land adjacent to Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, is considered the…

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Editor’s Notebook: RSPBA Board of Directors/ Ontario View/ Aberdeen PS/ Duthart Tune/ Black Watch Tunes

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The RSPBA’s Board of Directors met on April 15 and the minutes of the meeting were published yesterday. Out takes from the meeting are as follows: Consideration is being given to the restoration of the popular Twitter results feed at the Worlds. This was particularly useful in letting bands know the outcome of the qualifiers. Posts were made after official announcements, but they meant that band members had an instant…

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