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Ceres Games/ Drumtochty Games Results

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The picturesque Fife village of Ceres hosted its annual Highland Games last Saturday, June 24. Conditions were warm and dry and brought a large crowd to the games field as can be seen in the photograph above. Piobaireachd, three tunes own choice; 12 played.1 Darach Urquhart, Lament for the Dead2 Brian Lamond, Earl of Seaforth’s Salute3 Anna Smart, Flame of Wrath for Squinting Patrick 4 Angus MacPhee, MacLeod of Raasay’s…

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My Father, P/M Robert Reid – Part 1

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Thirty years ago, in 1993, Jimmy McIntosh had extensive correspondence with Robert Reid Junior domiciled in Shettleston, Glasgow. The subject was the life and career of Bobby jnr’s father, P/M Robert Reid (above), multiple award winner and a forthright advocate of his own talents. These letters, passed to our Editor by Jimmy before he died, make for excellent reading and will appear here over the next few weeks edited, but…

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More Light Music Recordings of Bob Nicol Courtesy Patrick Molard, Brittany

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Following the article of a couple of weeks back, we asked Breton piper Patrick Molard how he came to have such excellent recordings of Bob Nicol, Balmoral, playing light music. Patrick responded promptly and, we are delighted to say, also supplied us with several other recordings from his archive. Thank you Patrick! He wrote: It is such a long time ago (51 years!) that it is difficult for me to…

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Editor’s Notebook: The Games/ Major Small/ Pretty Marion/ Festival Pix/ Book Help

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Nothing epitomises the romance of the games more than this old photograph from Glenfinnan in the 1970s. It shows the famous bench of Seton Gordon, Angus MacPherson, Invershin, and Col. Jock MacDonald, Viewfield, Skye, in confab. Combined ages not that far off 300. Clearly making notes after discussing the playing, but later just as likely to be talking of some arcane ethological phenomena (Seton was a renowned naturalist), a convoluted…

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Northern Ireland Report: FMM’s Outstanding Tribute to P/M Frank Andrews

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On Friday April 28th the eagerly awaited Frank Andrews Tribute Concert took place at the Tullyglass Hotel in Ballymena. There was an attendance of 600 and it was an outstanding success. I have attended the majority of the big pipe band concerts over the years, at the County Hall or the Waterfront Hall, and I would venture to say that this was amongst the absolute best. The star act was…

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