Category: Pipe Bands

2025 Band Season Playing Requirements Announced

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The RSPBA has issued all playing requirements for bands for the four major championships of the 2025 season. We suggest the table below is read carefully. We assume the reference to ‘Maximum Parted’ tunes in the Grade 1 Worlds section means ‘Maximum 4-Parted’ tunes. In Grade 2, ‘Scenario 1 ‘ only kicks in if there are 24 or more bands entered. Failing this ‘Scenario 2’ will operate. Events will be…

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Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune Returns

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City of Edinburgh Pipe Band has announced that its annual ‘Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune’ competition will be held next Saturday, 26 April, at Danderhall Miners Club in Midlothian. Eight pipers will take the floor at a competition where the organisers say ‘creativity, musical expression – and fun come to the fore’. The pipers are: Sandy Cameron, John Dew, Cameron Drummond, Brian Lamond, Gordon McCready, Cameron May, Ross Miller and…

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Piping Flourishes in North Carolina

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It was a pleasure to judge the Jimmy MacIntosh Challenge competition in North Carolina last Friday evening (April 11). This continues to be organised in Jimmy’s memory by his widow Joyce, with the assistance of their son Cameron. Ben McClamrock was a new name on the piobaireachd trophy, playing Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar. He caught the pathos of the tune from the opening un-rushed B echo beat to…

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Northern Ireland News: Kids with Cancer/ New Generator/ Ulster Solos/ New Chairman/ Beth Adger

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The recent Kids with Cancer Charity Concert was an outstanding success and if you tune into the Big Rab Show YouTube channel you will be able to enjoy it yourself. Northern Ireland has hosted many top quality concerts throughout the years, featuring some of the greatest pipe bands of the modern era but the lineup that was brought together at the Royal Hotel, Cookstown, last month surely surpasses the best…

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Editor’s Notebook: Highlanders Recital/ Skye Tunes/ CLASP Chanters/ SPA/ Carrick Juniors/ PS AGM/ Piper Search

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Steven McCabe: We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting The Highlanders Piping Recital featuring some incredible guest performers! Join us for an evening filled with music and tradition. Pipers of 4 Scots, Royal Regiment of Scotland, Captain Stuart Samson MBE, and the Highlanders Cadet Force will be performing at the recital in Fort George Chapel on June 14. All proceeds will go directly to supporting The Highlanders…

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