Category: Pipe Bands

Advertising Promo: Peter Henderson Bagpipes Launch New ‘Heritage’ Range

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Bagpipemakers R.G. Hardie & Co have taken advantage of our advertising feature facility by forwarding us news of their new ‘Heritage Bagpipes’ range. If you are an advertiser with Piping Press why not send us in a story about your products and services? There are no charges and advertisers can also advertise on our Facebook pages absolutely free. Reach thousands of readers worldwide by advertising on Piping Press NOW! All…

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Scots Guards KO Result

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P/M Jimmy Banks reports: Jonathon Simpson of Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band won our KO final yesterday beating Ben Duncan of the Army School. A huge audience of 70+ in the Guards Club at Haymarket. We had two really good performances. Each piper entertained us well. I had Ian McLellan, Walter Cowan and Jim Henderson as judges and they all endorsed Jonathon as a worthy winner on the day….

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Results from Northern Ireland’s ‘Ulster Solos’ – Comment and Pictures Added

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The Northern Ireland Branch of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association held their annual ‘Ulster Solos’ competitions today. It was a very well run event, held in Lisnagarvey High School, Lisburn, with competitions for tenor and snare drumming and piping at all levels from chanter to senior. There was also a qualifier for the World Solo Drumming Championship, the following going through to the finals on the big day at…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Fife Police/ Silver Chanter/ Ensemble Judging/ Cameron’s Winning Tune

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Congratulations to P/M Douglas Murray and his brother Jim for their ten years at the helm of the Fife Police band. It is a very difficult thing to take a band from nowhere and lead it into Grade 1 – and then start to pick up prizes among the elite. Jim, now in Western Australia, kicked things off and Douglas built on his work to such an extent that the…

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Review: Fife Police Pipe Band Concert Marks Ten Years ‘On the Beat’

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By Duncan Watson On the evening of Saturday 14th April, I attended the concert at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen featuring the Fife Police Pipe Band hosted by Bucksburn Pipe Band. The show was entitled a ‘Decade on the Beat’ as the Fife polis band has been in existence for that time. Their progress has clearly been significant and as a result the event was most enjoyable. Sadly the likes…

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