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P/M Iain Macey 1955-2025

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We report the passing of Pipe Major Iain Macey, a well-known professional competitor in the 1980s and 90s. He was 70. Iain was from the north east of Scotland and joined the Gordon Highlanders in 1971. His early instruction was from Major John Allan and Captain Andrew Pitkeathly at the Army School of Piping, Edinburgh Castle. He passed his Pipe Majors’ Certificate with distinction in 1978. He later moved to…

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A Look Back at the Northern Meeting 1978

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We are grateful to the reader who forwarded the complete programme from Inverness 1978. We are sure it will jog the memories of all the pipers who were there. Prizes of note include the Gold Medal going to Dr Bill Wotherspoon (Lament for Patrick Og MacCrimmon), the Clasp going to John MacDougall (MacLean’s March) and the Former Winners going to P/M Angus MacDonald. John was looking to complete the ‘big…

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NZ Pipe Band Championship Entries – Judges from Scotland and N Ireland

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New Zealand will host fifty-six pipe bands at the 2026 NZ Championships in March, making it one of the largest pipe band competitions outside Europe. Bands will compete over two days at Inglewood on the North Island on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st March 2026. We are delighted with the entries to the ‘Nationals’ – they show the depth and breadth of our teaching and development programmes across the country. By Liam Kernaghan, President NZPBA…

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CLASP Online Winners/ Recognition for Cameron

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CLASP, the Competition League for Amateur Solo Pipers, runs three ‘live online’ competitions each year, writes Margaret Houlihan. This format was introduced in Covid times, but continues to grow in popularity attracting amateur adult pipers to compete ‘live’ from the comfort of their own home and from anywhere in the world. Once the live video performance is captured, these are emailed to the judges for consideration. This gives the judge a visual…

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History: The Rise of Inveraray Pipe Band, Part 2

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The following is the second instalment from an article in the Pipe Band Magazine of July 2009. Headlined: ‘Seventy Years On and the Bells of Inveraray Herald Town’s New Band’, it charts the resurrection of a band first founded in the 1890s. Now they are the current World Champions and P/M Liddell has four such titles to his name….. The band’s Pipe Major, Stuart Liddell, said, ‘I always had a…

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