The January 2015 edition of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association’s official magazine ‘Pipe Band’ is now available as a free download. Click here to get your copy or go to the RSPBA’s website. The magazine is produced quarterly by PP Publishing, and the editor is Robert Wallace. He also edits pipingpress.com. In this edition you will find a major feature on ensemble judging by Alistair Aitken, retired senior…
The Scottish Schools Pipe Band Championship have issued this press release: ‘Scotland’s National Instrument in Danger of Extinction’ The iconic sight and sound of pipers playing Auld Lang Syne at Hogmanay street parties could be under threat – according to piping enthusiasts who are campaigning for more tuition in state schools. More than 75,000 people are expected to descend upon Princes Street on December 31 to attend one of the world’s…
With only five days to go before we announce our Piper of the Year, another opportunity to make your choice. The pipers, in no particular order, are P/M Stuart Liddell, P/M Douglas Murray and P/M Richard Parkes. Stuart won many top prizes during the year including the Former Winners’ MSR at Oban and the Glenfiddich Championship. His band, Inveraray & District, were runners-up in the Worlds, their highest ever placing….
A new school of piping and drumming will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, next March. The press release reads: Are you a piper or drummer looking for a break from a cold winter and an opportunity to improve your skills? Does some serious fun in the sun working on the music you love sound an attractive proposition? If so the South Florida Pipe and Drum Academy is for you….
A legal challenge has meant that the successful ‘Piping Hot Forres’ tag can no longer be used as the umbrella title for the European Pipe Band Championships held so successfully over the past two years in the Highland town. The following press release regarding the change was received today: ‘Piping Hot Forres’ is changing its name. Ahead of the next event to be held in Grant Park, Forres, on Saturday 27 June,…
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