Category: Pipe Music

South West Scotland Boost for Piping & Drumming

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Piping and Drumming in south-west Scotland has received a major boost with the formation of the new South West Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy. The Academy will take the form of a Summer School, a series of teaching workshops and piobaireachd weekends. Andrew McCartney (left), Chairman of the SWSPDA, reports: Our website address is www.swspda.co.uk, and details of our Summer School and programme of events are as follows : SWSPDA Summer School:  13th…

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PP Editor’s Blog: Muirheads Recordings/Roderick Cannon/UK Champs/ FMM Deal

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Three new tracks have been added to our pipe band audio archive today. They are of the famous Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band and were all recorded in Toronto, Canada, in the 1970s. The quality is not the best, but listeners will get a good sense of the expert leadership and teaching of P/M RG Hardie and L/D Robert Turner. If any reader has a recording they would like to…

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Responses to 2/4 March Articles & Some Tune Suggestions

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Among the responses to the articles about 2/4 marches are a well thought out letter from US piper Nick Hudson and a snappy riposte from a member of the Scottish Power band, Rory Grossart. Rory first. It is good to see pipers in a band showing loyalty and support for their pipe major’s choice of music. (Incidentally, Rory chose not to tell us that he was a piper in Scottish Power). Loyalty…

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Markinch Games

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A sunny day but with a very cold wind. Twelve played in the open piobaireachd. Open Piob 1 Gordon McCready, Battle of the Pass of Crieff 2 Ben Duncan 3 Mike Fitzhenry 4 Brian Lamond 5 Calum Wynd Judges: Andrew Wright, Andrew Frater. Snr. MSR 1 Ben Duncan 2 Brian Lamond 3 Gordon McCready 4 Mike Fitzhenry Judges: Ian Duncan, Roderick Barron.   Download any MacCrimmon tune by clicking the…

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Army School of Piping CLASP Results

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Margaret Dunn reports: Please find attached the results from today’s CLASP competition. The competition was in the Army School of Piping, Inchdrewer House, Edinburgh,  a great and inviting venue for pipers. Picture from left to right: Cameron Drummond (judge). John Campbell (Grade 2), Bob Low (Grade 1), Gill Cairns (Grade 3) and Greig Canning (judge). Overall Winners: Grade 1 Bob Low Grade 2 John Campbell Grade 3 Gill Cairns Grade 1 Piobaireachd 1st Bob…

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