Category: Pipe Bands

World’s Week Parade to Aid Glasgow Children’s Hospital

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The press office for Piping Live have sent this about a spectacular fundraiser during World’s Week…. Calling all pipers and drummers! Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival (7 – 13 August) is inviting you to take part in this year’s Piping Live! Big Band – a spectacular parade set to open this year’s festival, in honour of the work of the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity. The Piping Live! Big Band will…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Henderson Pipes For Sale/ Euros Promo Video/ Tartan Talk/ Queensland Ceol Mor

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A beautiful set of Henderson silver & ivory pipes is offered for sale today. The pipe is circa 1900 and has been played at the highest level. Get full details here. Impressive new promo video for the European Pipe Band Championships at Forres in a few weeks: John Kelly reports from Northern Ireland: The ‘Tartan Talk’ column which ran for decades in the Belfast News Letter will resume this Saturday 20th May…

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Weekend of Recitals and Concerts/ Cadet Pipes & Drums Beat the Retreat

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An important weekend of concerts and recitals tonight and tomorrow. Tonight sees Christopher Armstrong play in the Tulloch Castle Hotel in a recital organised by the Inverness Piping Society. Time: 7 for 7.30 tickets at the door; all welcome. Tomorrow we have the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipes Band in concert in the Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen. This is sure to be a great night if the Boggies previous concerts are…

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Piper Eilidh Dies in Manchester Terrorist Outrage – Updated

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Piper Eilidh MacLeod, aged 14, from Barra in the Outer Hebrides has been named as a victim of the Manchester bombing atrocity. In a statement released through Greater Manchester Police, her parents said: ‘Our family is devastated and words cannot express how we feel at losing our darling Eilidh. ‘Eilidh was vivacious and full of fun. She loved all music whether it was listening to Ariana or playing the bagpipes…

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Atholl Gathering Draws and Judges Announced

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The forecast looks good for the first of the big outdoor solo competitions at the Atholl Gathering in the grounds of Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, on Sunday. All piping events start at 10.30. Fifty-three adult and 12 junior pipers will be judged by 12  judges. The Army School of Piping has kindly provided the stewards. They are all full-time soldiers on a six-month course to learn piping from scratch. Darach Urquhart…

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