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Editor’s Notebook: Tobermory Games/ Grampian Games/ Piper Carvings at Breuberg Castle/ New App for Learning by Ear

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It looks like we will have the semblance of a piping season after all. Online contests are already beginning to sound so last year. Yesterday on a sunny isle of Mull, the local school band led the parade to the games park for a mini-gathering. Local correspondent Calum MacLean reports: ‘The games started with the march to the field led by Tobermory High School Pipe Band. ‘Although this was not…

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Judging at Grandfather Mountain Games 2021

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Ed Krintz and I judged a very high standard piping event at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, North Carolina, on July 10. The venue has often been likened to the Braemar Highland Gathering. Below is a summary of the competition Ed and I worked on. The photos show the lovely weather and how well-attended the event was. We had the pleasure of judging the Open Piobaireachd. Grandfather Mountain Highland…

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Modern History of the Pipe Band Movement from 1946 to the Millennium

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The Second World War interrupted pipe band contests, which resumed in 1946. In 1947 the Scottish Pipe Band Association decided to take the World Championship away from Cowal as they had had a good offer from Edinburgh City Council which wanted it to be held there to coincide with the new Festival. Cowal refused to give up the Championship or hand over the trophies, and after a lot of meetings…

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Scottish Pipers’ Association Online Professional Results (Updated with full details)

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Each competition was judged by two judges, and the competitors had to upload each performance to YouTube and send the links to the SPA. I would say that running this competition was a steep learning curve for the Association and there are definitely things that I would have done differently with hindsight, not just on the media side, but in how other things were done. By Logan Tannock, President, Scottish…

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Eagle Pipers’ Online Contest Results

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Douglas Gardiner, President of the Edinburgh-based Eagle Pipers Society reports: ‘You may be aware we ran an online competition for B and C graded pipers.  Not quite a return the grand days of the old Eagles competition but something to keep the aspiring pipers playing. I enclose the results. With a total prize fund of £1,000, demanding playing requirements and SPJA/CPA judges, we very much hope prize winners will be…

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