Boys Brigade Results

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…

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…