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Field Marshal Concert/ CLASP/ CPA Poll/ Guide to the Games/ Letter

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Former World Champions, Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band have announced that the audience can help pick the tunes for next August’s sure-to-be-a sell-out concert in Glasgow. The band have posted a form on their website asking for suggestions: ‘Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band is delighted to be returning to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to perform at the prestigious pre-Worlds concert on Wednesday 10th August, 2016. Hosted by the Glasgow Skye Association…

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Famous Pipers: Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies Part 6

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We conclude our feature on the late Pipe Major with the final excerpt of the interview given in 1999 where he talked of his many successes in the Former Winners’ March, Strathspey & Reel at the Northern Meeting at Inverness. The picture above shows Alasdair when he won the title of ‘Piper to the Lord Provost of the City of Glasgow’. Presenting him with the official banner displaying the city’s coat…

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Famous Pipers: P/M Alasdair Gillies – ‘The Day I Was Ordered from the Northern Meeting Stage’

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We continue with our interview with P/M Alasdair Gillies from 1999. In it he talks of the infamous occasion when he was ordered from the stage by one of the adjudicators and a former Piping Convenor of the Northern Meeting, the highly respected Lt. Colonel DJS Murray….. ‘1991 will always be remembered. I was red carded from the Gold Medal. I had bet my old man I would be teetotal…

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Donald MacPhee Traces Family Bagpipe from South Uist to Glasgow

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Professional piper, adjudicator and reedmaker Donald MacPhee has spoken about his quest to find out more about a bagpipe which belonged to his uncle Michael, a noted piper who served throughout WW1. Small world this piping fraternity: 100+ years on and we find that the pipes are in a  good home not a million miles from where Donald lives in the Vale of Leven west of Glasgow. Read on….. Donald: ‘My grandfather…

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A Look Back at the Scottish Piping Society of London Competitions 2015

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Because of the vagaries of the calendar, the Scottish Piping Society of London’s annual competitions took place on 31st October and not in November. They were held on Oidhche Shamhna, the eve of An t-Samhain, which is the ancient Celtic New Year’s day.  It is a great feat of organisation to fit 14 adult  and three junior competitions into one day, but under the excellent administration of Jackie Roberts, the…

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