Category: Pipe Music

PP Editor’s Blog: Worlds/ International Conf./Lochaber/ SFU etc

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Forecast for today’s G1 Worlds qualifying is for a dull day with a maximum temperature of 15degs; no sun. Tomorrow is much better with sunny intervals, particularly late afternoon and again a high of 15 degs. We’ll have full reports on the qualifying and on the Juvenile and Grade 1 competitions in the days to come so stay tuned to Piping Press for the best and most informed comment from…

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Piping Live/ Silver Chanter/ Worlds

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Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival got off to a stormy start yesterday but the weather didn’t affect the performance or the enthusiasm of the New Zealand Police Pipe Band, who travelled 11,000 miles to compete at the Worlds on Saturday and to play at the festival. They are pictured above with new P/M, Northern Ireland’s Emmet Conway. Over the next four days the band will perform at various points throughout the…

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Roseneath Juniors/ Nethybridge Games

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Colina Helen Campbell reports: Please find results below for the rescheduled Rosneath Juvenile Solo Piping, held in the Commodore Hotel, Helensburgh, on Sunday 9 August 2015 –  a great success. The rescheduled Rosneath Senior Solo Piping competition will take place on Sunday, 18 October 2015 in Hermitage Academy, Helensburgh. Further details will be published nearer the time. Photo shows adjudicator Neil Mulvie (l) with officials and prizewinners. JUVENILE – CONFINED TO HELENSBURGH…

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Perth Games (Complete)

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Cloudy but dry day at Perth with 33 pipers entered in the senior, graded, events. Champion Piper: Gordon McCready. Gordon (r) is pictured with Piobaireachd winner Bill Geddes after the results were announced.  P/A Piob 1 W Geddes, Old Men of the Shells 2 G McCready, Big Spree 3 J Hazzard, Lady Margaret MacDonald’s Salute 4 D Midgley, Prince’s Salute 5 D Urquhart, MacLeod of Raasay’s Salute Judges: A Wright, M…

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Ed Neigh 1945 – 2015

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By Robert Wallace One of the true pioneers of North American piping and pipe bands, Ed Neigh, has passed away aged 71. Though his death was sudden, his health in the past few years had not been the best.  This, however, did not deter him from his piping, and he continued to teach both privately and at summer schools as long as he was able. Ed was also in constant demand as…

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