Breton Piping, Quimper

[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…

Preston Lodge Junior Results With Pix

East Lothian Solo Piping and Drumming Competition 2014 Lee Moore reports: Preston Lodge High School Pipe Band hosted the third annual East Lothian Solo Piping and Drumming Competition on Saturday 29th November. The event was a huge success attracting an entry of 84 competitors, across eleven different categories, and there were a large number of spectators who came along to listen to some great music. In the piping events Alasdair…

Shotts & Dykehead Juvenile Contest (updated with pictures and comment)

New Shotts Contest Set to Be an Annual Event after 2014 Success Robert Wallace writes: This was a well-run competition. It was held at Calderhead High School, Shotts (a superb facility), with sponsorship from pipes/drums, RG Hardie, D Naill & Co., TyFry Drumsticks, The National Piping Centre, D2 Percussion, Jim Kilpatrick Percussion, Scott Currie One Stop Pipe Band Shop, Canning Reeds, MacLeod Highland Supplies, McCallum Bagpipes.  Well done to all of them…

Scots Guards Junior Solos – Updated

Adjudicator Robert Wallace writes: This was a first class day of junior piping in the impressive surroundings of the Army School of Piping at Inchdrewer House in Edinburgh. It was a credit to competition convenor Jimmy Banks, and to the Scots Guards Association, the promoters. There was substantial sponsorship from Pipe Dreams, manufacturers of the famous Eezidrone drone reeds, and from Grants of Dalvey who supplied beautiful silver keepsakes for…

Lochaber Gathering and Summer Contest Wrap -Up

[easyrotator]erc_12_1414049835[/easyrotator] This article by Robert Wallace concentrates mainly on the Lochaber Gathering but also serves as a gather up of some of the summer games. Lochaber Gathering is held each July or August in the Highland town of Fort William. It is a very well run competition with outstanding prizes in all events. Entries from the professional ranks are usually pretty healthy despite the attraction of other Highland Games and…