Category: Pipe Bands

PP Editor’s Blog: Monktonhall Pipe Band/ New England Camp/Worlds etc

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Thanks to Les Hutt, Inverness, for reminding me of the Glenurquhart and Invergordon Games tomorrow (see Comments). There’s certainly plenty of opportunity for pipers this Saturday to get out and have a tune and I  hope as many as possible will take advantage of the last few weekends of the games. Les’s old band were the Monktonhall Colliery and he learned his piping under Willie McBride, a fine piper and a first…

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Grade 1 Review of Worlds Final/ Tain Games

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We conclude our extensive coverage of the World Pipe Band Championships with a detailed look at the Grade 1 final from editor Robert Wallace.  There are comments on the individual band performances and some suggestions as to how an already excellent competition could be improved.  Read the article here and also check out our other features on the Worlds by clicking the relevant headings on this page. Going by yesterday’s readership figures…

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Comments on the 2015 World Pipe Band Championships

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Today we have the first part of our review of the competitions at Glasgow Green held last Friday and Saturday. It was a momentous day for the pipe band world and the ramifications are still being  considered by enthusiasts. Piping Press has been inundated with thousands of readers from every corner of the globe and we thank everyone for their interest. There is lots more on pipe bands in your…

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World Pipe Band Championships 2015

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In the end it took an Irishman to bring the Worlds title back to Scotland and in doing so P/M Ryan Canning’s achievement must rank among the very highest in pipe band history, writes Robert Wallace. Three years ago he inherited a  Shotts and Dykehead band that was mid to bottom end of the Grade 1 table – luck, or lack of it, was not involved, they were that poor….

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Shotts Win Worlds Title

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Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band are the new World Champions. They won both MSR and Medley sections to take the title today at a cold, but ultimately sunny, Glasgow Green. The above picture shows their P/M Ryan Canning on the giant ‘screen on the Green’ shortly after he received the Worlds trophy. Runners-up were Ireland’s St Laurence O’Toole and they won all the drumming prizes. Shotts’ win was a…

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