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Editor’s Notebook: Practice Time/ Low G Taorluath/ Sgian Dubh/ Internship/ Coronation Tune/ Results 1996

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How many of you come close to following the guidance in this practice table? I suspect not many will manage the five hours a day. The maximum I could ever do, in say the run up to to Oban and Inverness, would have been two hours. For my pupils I recommend a minimum of an hour a day. This can be split into three sections: 20 minutes on the practice…

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RSPBA Regradings and Gradings for New Bands

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Paul McAndrew, RSPBA Director to the Music Board, has announced that the Board’s Standards and Gradings Group have approved and notified band secretaries of the grading changes detailed below: By request:Novice Juvenile A to Novice Juvenile B – Erskine Stewart’s Melville 4A to 4B – Irvine & District  4A to 4B – Carrigaline – Irish Pipe Band Association recommendation, ratified by RSPBA 4A to 4B – St Lawrence Howth – IPBA recommendation,…

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Gordon Castle, Fochabers, Results

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Thirteen played in the adult competitions. Eight played in the various junior competitions. The weather was cool and remained dry. The competition boards were rather close to each other and this caused the bagpipe sound to be slightly adversely affected, but nevertheless the playing generally was very good. Of course it is always a danger at games venues that there will be extraneous sounds. It is to the credit of the…

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Dollar Pipe Band Results

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G1: 1 Inveraray 2 Fife Police 3 Boghall; Drumming: BoghallG2: Buchan Peterson 2 Dollar Acad. 3 Portlethen; Drumming B PetersonG3: 1 Macanta 2 MacKenzie Cal. 3 Coalburn IOR; Drumming: Pitlochry & B AthollJuv.: 1 Dollar Acad. 2 Dollar N. Juv 3 Stirling Schools; Drumming: DollarG4a: 1 Burntisland 2 Kirkacldy 3 Camelon; Drumming: BurntislandG4b: 1 Fraserburgh RBL 2 Barrhead 3 City if Discovery; Drumming: FraserburghN Juv A: 1 Dollar Acad. 2…

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1st Port Trophy/ Piping Live/ Results from Ireland

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The successful dinner and piping recital held in 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1st Port Glasgow BB pipe band winning the 1972 World Juvenile championship raised a significant amount of money, writes Donald McRae. This has now been distributed. The two remaining Boys’ Brigade companies in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, each received £150 to further their good work, and the remaining sum was used to purchase a trophy…

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