Videos and audio files to accompany Bagpipe Tutor 3 – Piobaireachd are now live and can be accessed here. If you would like to learn piobaireachd (pronounced ‘pee-broch’ with the ‘och’ as in loch) then you can buy the book here: I was sorry to hear of the passing of Albert Duncan a friend and teaching colleague on many occasions out in Western Canada. Always smiling and willing to help,…
I am writing this on the balcony of Jimmy and Joyce McIntosh’s lovely home in Anderson, South Carolina. I’m here for the local Greenville Games which begin on Saturday and end on Sunday with the professional piping and a workshop in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The journey from Scotland via Newark is about 20 hours door to door depending on lay over time in NJ. The temperature here is 84…
BRITISH PIPE BAND CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016, St James Playing Fields, Paisley, Saturday, May 21 By Alistair Aitken OBE, former senior adjudicator for the RSPBA This was a new venue for the first major championship of the year and my first impression was the amount of space which was available. The Playing Fields were flat and firm despite the rain earlier in the day. However, they were also rather open to the…
The statement below has been received from P/M Christopher Armstrong of Scottish Power Pipe Band. It follows yesterday’s critique by PP Editor Robert Wallace on the performances in Grade 1 at the British Championships held at Paisley last Saturday, May 21. P/M Armstrong writes: ‘It’s always interesting to read your thoughts on all the bands’ performances after a contest, and as the Pipe Major of ScottishPower Pipe Band I thought I’d share…
An outstanding performance by Inveraray & District Pipe Band earned them the deserved title of Grade 1 British Pipe Band Champions 2016, writes Editor Robert Wallace In second came Field Marshal Montgomery, placed first by both piping judges but whose sixth in drumming cost them dear. That said, I think that with this level of playing only the most churlish would have denied Inveraray their reward. After their performance there were,…
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