Category: Pipe Bands

John McLellan Exhibition /Virginia Tattoo

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From Thursday, July 31st to August 30th, the Burgh Hall in Dunoon will feature a small exhibition highlighting the life and achievements of Pipe Major John McLellan DCM in celebration of his 150th Anniversary, write the organisers. The exhibition will feature a few of Jock’s personal items from his long and distinguished military career as a piper with the Highland Light Infantry and the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, including a…

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A Look Back at the Making of a Live Piping Album

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Rob Boyd in California: ‘Dear Robert, Thank you very much for sharing the Piping Press Guide to the Games. You have no idea how much this is appreciated. ‘I was your steward at the Dan Reid Memorial in San Francisco many years ago. Your ‘Chance Was a Fine Thing’ is one of my all-time favourite recordings! If you ever have an opportunity to talk about the making of that album, I think…

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2025 Band Season Playing Requirements Announced

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The RSPBA has issued all playing requirements for bands for the four major championships of the 2025 season. We suggest the table below is read carefully. We assume the reference to ‘Maximum Parted’ tunes in the Grade 1 Worlds section means ‘Maximum 4-Parted’ tunes. In Grade 2, ‘Scenario 1 ‘ only kicks in if there are 24 or more bands entered. Failing this ‘Scenario 2’ will operate. Events will be…

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Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune Returns

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City of Edinburgh Pipe Band has announced that its annual ‘Pipe Major’s Wheel of Fortune’ competition will be held next Saturday, 26 April, at Danderhall Miners Club in Midlothian. Eight pipers will take the floor at a competition where the organisers say ‘creativity, musical expression – and fun come to the fore’. The pipers are: Sandy Cameron, John Dew, Cameron Drummond, Brian Lamond, Gordon McCready, Cameron May, Ross Miller and…

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Piping Flourishes in North Carolina

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It was a pleasure to judge the Jimmy MacIntosh Challenge competition in North Carolina last Friday evening (April 11). This continues to be organised in Jimmy’s memory by his widow Joyce, with the assistance of their son Cameron. Ben McClamrock was a new name on the piobaireachd trophy, playing Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar. He caught the pathos of the tune from the opening un-rushed B echo beat to…

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