RSPBA Chief Executive Ian Embelton has released details of the playing requirements for bands competing at the Major Championships in each grade for 2018. Click on the links for the Association’s lists of prescribed tunes. Also on the site you will find all the results and summary sheets for this year’s majors. Here are the requirements for 2018: British Championships – Saturday 19th May, Paisley Novice Juvenile B & Grade…
After ten years of covering pipe band events and competitions John Kelly (RSPBANI Honorary Vice-President) has decided to pack away the Nikon D3 camera, hang up the now familiar straw hat and retire from the pipe band scene. In concluding this ‘Review of 2017’ John would like to thank his many pipe band and drum major friends for many special memories and wish them every success in 2018. January (pic…
I know this is a fallow period for piping and pipe bands but I’d like to remind followers of Piping Press that there is plenty of enjoyable reading – not time sensitive – throughout our pages. Yesterday, for example, we had hundreds of readers dipping into the Famous Pipers column about P/M Ian McLellan of Strathclyde Police (pictured above). This followed a mention of the article on Facebook. So my…
Inveraray & District Pipe Band have capped off a great year by being named Pipe Band of the Year at the MG Alba Scottish Traditional Music Awards. Their award was sponsored by Glenturret Single Malt Whisky. Other nominees in the category included Royal Burgh of Annan, Lochalsh Juniors and Dollar Academy. The awards are in their 15th year and were presented at a glitzy award ceremony in the Lagoon Centre, Paisley. They were broadcast live on BBC ALBA,…
Lucky Jimmy Banks is off on a cruise so thanks to John Rae for sending the latest from the Scots Guards KO: ‘The winner of the knockout piping held at the Scots Guards Club, Edinburgh, on Sunday 26 November 2017 to a capacity crowd, was Dan Nevans who edged out Jamie Elder in a closely matched contest. ‘Dan goes through to the semi-finals along with Jonathan Simpson and Ben Duncan….
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