Category: Pipe Bands

Boghall & Bathgate Interview

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Today we continue with the interview with P/M Ross Walker of Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band, a band that year after year maintains its position as one of the top six bands in the world year with home grown talent. In this final instalment of his interview P/M Walker tells of how he and leading drummer Gordon Brown learned to work together and how he got the consistently good…

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Worlds to Stay in Glasgow

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Glasgow has won the right to host the World Pipe Band Championships until 2021. The news was released in a joint statement by the RSPBA and the local authority agency, Glasgow Life: ‘This decision continues a relationship which has stretched back almost seven decades. The championships, which are affectionately known as The Worlds, attract more than 200 bands and thousands of spectators each year to Glasgow Green generating millions of…

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SFU World’s Week Concert Details

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Douglas Orr of promoters Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band reports: Tickets for this concert go on sale on 21 November 2014 and can be purchased directly from the concert hall. The title of the concert for this year is ‘Nous Sommes Prets’ (We are ready) which is the motto of the university and the title of the band’s first album. This is also a reflection of how the band feel as…

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National Youth Pipe Band Concert

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Lee Moore reports:  The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland and Preston Lodge High School Pipe Band will be taking to the stage at The Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh on Saturday 22nd November. Tickets are £8. For Bookings call 0131 665 2240; www.hubtickets.co.uk; Poster attached. Please forward to anyone you think will be interested in this fantastic event.’

World Pipe Band Championships

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By Robert Wallace As was announced in the Pipe Band Magazine on October 1 and on the RSPBA website, the Worlds Grade 1 format is to be the same in 2015 as it was in 2014.  That is, a qualifier for all bands on the Friday, and a twelve band final on the Saturday. I can see why the authorities have opted for this  – it worked pretty well this…

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