Category: Pipe Bands

Northern Ireland’s Blackthorn Pipers’ Society Meet in New Venue

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The new season of Northern Ireland’s Blackthorn Pipers’ Society gatherings, previously held in Dromore, Co Down, got off to a great start last night, 21st September, in a new Belfast city centre venue, the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre in Gordon Street, writes John Kelly.  Grahame Harris, who has succeeded Andy Wilson as the Society’s Secretary, welcomed the piping enthusiasts to the new venue.  Taking part in the great evening’s craic were the main recitalist Kris Coyle…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Grampian Placings/ Roddy Ross/ BB Letter/ Piobaireachd Analysis

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Patricia Grant has sent the final placings in the John Milne Fine Arts Grampian Games Association Piping League 2016. Well done to all those pipers, junior and senior, who supported these important north-east games. Patricia writes: ‘It is encouraging to see that there are new names appearing on the League placings and hopefully the efforts of the Grampian Games Association to promote all aspects of Highland games is paying off.  I know that…

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All Ireland Results/ London Reminder/ Band Regradings

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Reminder: Andrew Hall, President of the Scottish Piping Society of London, has asked us to remind everyone that entries for this year’s competition close on September 30th and that late entries will not be accepted. The draw for the competition will be announced early next month. Andrew added: ‘We are particularly keen to encourage more juvenile entries.  There are three events in that grade which are all own choice tunes. …

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Police Scotland Issue Statement on Greater Glasgow Police Pipe Band Drum Corps

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Police Scotland have issued the following statement to Piping Press regarding the recent announcement of the departure of Eric Ward as Leading Drummer of the Greater Glasgow Police Scotland Pipe Band. It reads: ‘Statement from POLICE SCOTLAND MEDIA SERVICES which was endorsed at Assistant Chief Constable Level: ‘A decision was made recently by Inspector Niall West, the Officer in Charge of the Greater Glasgow Police Pipe Band, to appoint a new…

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Hugh ‘Baggy’ MacMillan/ Duncan MacDiarmid/ Side Lights Review

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We regret to have to report the passing of London stalwart Hugh ‘Baggy’ MacMillan and of Duncan MacDiarmid, of the Atholl Highlanders. On Hugh, Roddy Livingstone of the Scottish Piping Society of London has sent this: ‘Former SPSL President Hugh ‘Baggy’ MacMillan passed away after a short illness in Croydon University Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday 7th September. ‘He was born into a piping family, his father Malcolm…

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