This important competition for amateur piobaireachd players is organised every year by the Piobaireachd Society and always draws a very large entry. The winner this year was journalist Tom Peterkin from Edinburgh playing the Lament for Captain MacDougall. In second place was former winner Andrew Frater playing Tulloch Ard, third went to Michael Graham playing You’re Welcome Ewan Lochiel. Fourth was John Frater with MacLeod’s Controversy, fifth last year’s winner…
As would be expected with such a stellar line-up, this was a day of first rate professional piping. A large crowd heard the very best of both ceol mor and ceol beag. Comment on the performances and the winners are as below but listed among the latter should be the audience too. Here are the complete results: Ceol Mor: 1 Faye Henderson, Lament for the Earl of Antrim 2 Douglas…
A visit to Mrs Fiona Johnston last week yielded some interesting and important additional information and memorabilia on the life and times of her uncle P/M Donald Maclean of Lewis, and this has been added to our Famous Pipers column. We are grateful to Mrs Johnston for her assistance. Congratulations to Gary Nimmo, Ullapool schools instructor, who has taken over the Bagpipe Specialists Highland supply company from Alison Sinclair. We…
Glasgow Battalion Solo Piping and Chanter Competitions Bryan Sinclair, Music Panel Convenor, The Boys’ Brigade Glasgow Battalion, reports: On Saturday 29th November 2014, Croftfoot Parish Church (16th Glasgow) played host to the annual Glasgow Battalion Chanter and Solo Piping competitions. The event was well supported and the standard of playing continues to improve year on year. Adjudicator and Ex 7th Paisley member Alan McGeoch (Johnstone PB) commented: ‘It’s been a while since I’ve…
[wds id=”2″] Quimper, Brittany, Solo Piping, December 20th, Max Jacob Theatre, organised by Bodadeg Ar Sonerien, Finisterre Branch Judges: Patrick Molard and Stuart Liddell. Stuart later gave a well received recital. MELODIE 1 MORICE Enora, Pañvrid ar Beskont 2 BOZEC Brieuc, Cap Caval 3 GUERIN Alban, Er Melinerion Piobaireachd B 1 JARRY Tristan, Penhars Piobaireachd A 1 MORICE Enora, Bagad Pañvrid ar Beskont A-20 Eccosais 1 MORICE Enora, Bagad Pañvrid…
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