There is something to be said for travelling to the US via Dublin. There you can clear border control and avoid queues on the other side of the Atlantic. I got stuck in arrivals at Philadelphia last weekend in a crowd of 400 with three unhurried guys in kiosks checking passports. Result: missed connection and an unplanned overnight in Philly courtesy the helpful woman at the British Airways desk. By…

This new invitational competition was held in Orlando, Florida, yesterday, November 12. Promoter Eric Stein reported an audience of 200. There were two events a Piobaireachd and a Medley. Piobaireachd1 Callum Beaumont, Phantom Piper of the Corrieyairick, $1,0002 Angus MacColl, Nameless Cherede Darievea, $7503 Ian K MacDonald, MacLeod of Colbeck’s Lament, $5004 Bruce Gandy, Battle of Waternish, $2505 Stuart Liddell, Unjust Incarceration, $100 Medley1 Glenn Brown, $1,0002 Stuart Liddell, $7503…