RSPBA Regradings and Gradings for New Bands

Paul McAndrew, RSPBA Director to the Music Board, has announced that the Board’s Standards and Gradings Group have approved and notified band secretaries of the grading changes detailed below: By request:Novice Juvenile A to Novice Juvenile B – Erskine Stewart’s Melville 4A to 4B – Irvine & District  4A to 4B – Carrigaline – Irish Pipe Band Association recommendation, ratified by RSPBA 4A to 4B – St Lawrence Howth – IPBA recommendation,…

Dollar Pipe Band Results

G1: 1 Inveraray 2 Fife Police 3 Boghall; Drumming: BoghallG2: Buchan Peterson 2 Dollar Acad. 3 Portlethen; Drumming B PetersonG3: 1 Macanta 2 MacKenzie Cal. 3 Coalburn IOR; Drumming: Pitlochry & B AthollJuv.: 1 Dollar Acad. 2 Dollar N. Juv 3 Stirling Schools; Drumming: DollarG4a: 1 Burntisland 2 Kirkacldy 3 Camelon; Drumming: BurntislandG4b: 1 Fraserburgh RBL 2 Barrhead 3 City if Discovery; Drumming: FraserburghN Juv A: 1 Dollar Acad. 2…

RSPBA Dundee: Today’s Dollar Contest Details and Draw

A reminder that today is our competition in the grounds of Dollar Academy, say the RSPBA Dundee, Perth & Angus Branch. We have a fantastic line up of pipe bands joining us. We remind bands and the general public that parking will be at the Newfields Sports Ground. In advance, we would like to thank the volunteers who are supporting the event in many roles, and we would also like…

Editor’s Notebook: The Games/ Major Small/ Pretty Marion/ Festival Pix/ Book Help

Nothing epitomises the romance of the games more than this old photograph from Glenfinnan in the 1970s. It shows the famous bench of Seton Gordon, Angus MacPherson, Invershin, and Col. Jock MacDonald, Viewfield, Skye, in confab. Combined ages not that far off 300. Clearly making notes after discussing the playing, but later just as likely to be talking of some arcane ethological phenomena (Seton was a renowned naturalist), a convoluted…

1st Port Trophy/ Piping Live/ Results from Ireland

The successful dinner and piping recital held in 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1st Port Glasgow BB pipe band winning the 1972 World Juvenile championship raised a significant amount of money, writes Donald McRae. This has now been distributed. The two remaining Boys’ Brigade companies in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, each received £150 to further their good work, and the remaining sum was used to purchase a trophy…