A couple of weeks ago we launched a poll asking the following question: Should all competing pipers have to belong to the CPA before they get to compete in Scotland? From the answers below a significant majority of respondents don’t believe in a Competing Pipers Association hegemony and there was not much in it between those who do and those who believe the promoters should decided who gets to play. Here are…
The RSPBA has announced the adjudicators for the Major Championships for the 2016 pipe band season. Judges for the Grade 1 Worlds are: Qualifier 1: Campbell, Young, Mordaunt, N Russell Qualifier 2: G Wilson, Garrett, Dinsdale, Snadden G1 MSR Final: MacShannon, Wark, Steele, MacInnes G1 Medley Final: Stevenson, Ronaldson, G Craig, Hutcheon Get the full lists for the other grades and all other championships here. Read about G1 Medley Final…
Our focus today is on the 2/4 pipe march Lord Alexander Kennedy. Now more popular with bands than soloists, it is nevertheless a classic of the genre. ‘Lord Alex’ lends itself to innovation and re-write, and many versions of the tune have appeared and been performed over the years. What I’m presenting today, however, is a copy of the original tune as written by the composer, James Honeyman, and passed…
By ROBERT WALLACE Good tunes, well played. There you have it, a four word summary of the ‘Live in Ireland’ concert given last Saturday by ex-members of the 78th Fraser Highlanders pipe band from Ontario – with a select group of Grade 1 pipers and drummers in support. The concert, in a respectably filled main auditorium at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, was, of course, much more than that. We had…
Pleased to announce that Wm. Sinclair & Co. are to sponsor the South Florida Pipe & Drum Academy. Thank you! I think it is a credit to the Academy that so many leading piping firms are willing to support it. Wm Sinclair join RT Shepherd, D Naill & Co, McCallum Bagpipes, G1 Reeds and Pipe Dreams on our list of benefactors. The Academy runs from February 24 – 28 inclusive…
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