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Scottish Schools Pipe Band Invitational Results – Comment Added

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Glasgow Highland Club Schools Invitational Competition  March, Strathspey & Reel 1st. Dollar Academy (pictured)- Juvenile, John MacDonald of Glencoe, Shepherd’s Crook, Major David Manson 2nd. George Watson’s College – Juvenile, Argyllshire Gathering, Lady MacKenzie of Gairloch, Lochcarron 3rd George Heriot’s School – Juvenile, Edinburgh City Police Pipe Band, Maggie Cameron, Lochcarron 4th Dollar Academy – Novice A, Donald MacLean’s Farewell to Oban, Maggie Cameron, Alick C MacGregor Other schools participating; Strathallan, Merchiston Castle, Edinburgh Academy, Glenalmond, Erskine Stewart Melville.  All Juvenile eyes…

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PP is Back! – Editor’s Message and Results from Inverness Juniors

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Good news everyone; your favourite piping web magazine is now back in the land of the living, writes the Editor. After a day of frustration caused by a serious outage in the Bluehost servers in the US we were down for a total of 15 hours – not good enough. However to be fair to them they are, by all accounts, one of the most reliable in the business and…

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Metro Cup, New Jersey, First Results

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The annual Metro Cup run by the EUSPBA was held yesterday in New Jersey.  Pipe Major George M. Bell Amateur Championship Piobaireachd 1st Andrew Hutton 2nd Laureno Thomas-Sanchez 3rd Steven MacDonald Judge: Ian K. MacDonald Tommy Brancella Memorial MSR 1st Andrew Hutton 2nd Laurent Thomas-Sanchez 3rd Patrick Johnson Judge: Andrew Hayes Overall Champion: Andrew Hutton Runner Up: Laureno Thomas-Sanchez Stay tuned for more results as we get them

History: The Scottish Pipers’ Association Junior Competition of 45 Years Ago

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The following comes from the November 8, 1972 edition of the Oban Times and is by its then piping correspondent, John MacFadyen. The Oban Times is a popular newspaper and reflects a wide range of west Highland and Argyllshire news. To its credit it has, over the years, always had a piping column, a column usually written by a leading piper or authority on piping such as John. This article…

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Andrew Lee Wins Boney Music Invitational

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Kevin MacLean has sent this from the BC Pipers’ Association: ‘Andrew Lee of Surrey, British Columbia, stunned the audience during his 20-minute performance and was named champion of the second annual Boney Music Invitational. A panel of five anonymous judges unanimously chose Andrew the winner with Alastair Lee placing second – also by unanimous decision. ‘Andrew Lee was invited to the competition after having placed second overall in the BC…

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