Category: Pipe Bands

Florida Academy/ Pipe Band Association History/ Piobaireachd Comment/ RSPS

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Only a week to go until the first South Florida Pipe and Drum Academy and the registrar reports a total of 31 full-time students plus others on a part-time basis. Principal Robert Wallace said: ‘This is a very gratifying figure considering this is the first ever academy and reflects on the hard work of our organising staff in Fort Lauderdale and is recognition of the quality of instruction that will…

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Let’s Make Glasgow SFU Concert an Early Sell-Out

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Pipe bandsmen and women coming to the Worlds are being urged to buy their SFU concert tickets now to support the band and its leading piper Andrew Bonar in his fight to recover from a brain tumour. SFU have already announced a fundraising concert and ceilidh in British Columbia, Canada, with all proceeds going to the BC Cancer Foundation for brain cancer care and research. Today pipingpress.com editor Robert Wallace…

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Niall Stewart Recital/ Pipes for Sale/ New Letters

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Euan MacCrimmon reports: ‘Hi Rob, We had a fantastic recital from Niall Stewart [pictured above on the night, 20/2/15] on Friday night (70+ in audience) and Brian Yates of Inverness Piping Society has written a report – link attached.  The report has a link to Niall’s full list of tunes. Regards, Euan.’ Brian’s report begins: ‘Niall Stewart treated the packed house of 75 to a wonderful evening of piping. He gave a superb recital,…

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Brighde Chaimbeul/ MacKenzie Cal./ History

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Talented young piper Brighde Chaimbeul emerged victorious from last weekend’s National Piping Centre Junior solo competition, picking up first in Piobaireachd and March, Strathspey and Reel and second in Jigs and thus the overall prize. Brigdhe is continuing her well-deserved run of success which included the Scots Guards Junior Solos last autumn (see pic).[wds id=”3″] Dundee’s MacKenzie Caledonian Pipe Band have issued a new CD on the KRL label (see main…

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New Band Competition Announced/SPA Winners

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The Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the RSPBA has inaugurated a new competition for full pipe bands and solo drummers. The contest will take place on 25th April 2015; venue: Coatbridge High School. The band contest is indoor, full band and covers Grades 1 to Novice Juvenile and is open to all bands. Solo Drumming Sections are: Adult, entrants aged 18 years and over on date of contest, any…

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