Category: Solo Piping

The Piping Wire: Made by Enthusiasts, for Enthusiasts

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Keeping up with the piping world can mean visiting a growing number of websites, checking competition calendars and hoping you haven’t missed news about a favourite piper or band. The Piping Wire is a new, free service designed to make that easier – and to grow with the community it serves. By Henry Edwards Made by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, the Wire brings together news, competition coverage and events from across the…

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Lochnell Piping Championship Results and Report

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This prestigious, invitation-only contest for solo pipers aged under 22 was held on Saturday, October 10th, at Lochnell Castle, Benderloch, Argyll, courtesy the Earl of Dundonald. The overall champion at the 6th annual competition was Thomas Fallon from Edinburgh. Thomas is 19 and this was his first appearance at the Lochnell. He is a piper with Field Marshal Montgomery. By Robert Wallace He is pictured above with Magnus Stone (l),…

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National Mòd Piping Results

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Eyes were firmly on the silverware in the Piping Championships at the Royal National Mòd in Glasgow yesterday (Oct.10), writes Corrie Campbell. Pictured above are senior winners Ben Duncan and Angus MacPhee with their trophies. Angus, from Inverness, took the Pìobaireachd in the Premier & A Grade, while Ben, from Edinburgh, won the Premier & A Grade March, Strathspey and Reel. Glasgow-based Kyle Shead (below left) lifted the Sheelah J…

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A Look Back at the Career of P/M Harry McNulty – Part 2

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We conclude our retrospective on Harry’s outstanding career as piper, pipe major, adjudicator and bagpipe maker. This is from Pipe Band Magazine dated July 2002, and carried under its ‘Know Your Judges’ banner…. Most memorable pipe band performance? I make no excuse for mentioning the Edinburgh City Police band under Donald Shaw Ramsay. He was a master at arranging medleys. He retired prematurely from the pipe band scene, returning for…

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A Look Back at the Career of P/M Harry McNulty

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Harry McNulty died three weeks ago at the age of 93. He was a major figure in the pipe band world for most of his life. Although we have already carried his obituary, we thought it appropriate to re-run this article from Pipe Band Magazine dated July 2002 and carried under its ‘Know Your Judges’ banner…. He is one of the most experienced judges on the circuit; he is one…

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