Category: Solo Piping

PP Ed's Blog: Piping Live-Worlds/ Anacrusis Debate/ Barry Donaldson/ Charles MacArthur

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Well done to Piping Live for making such a significant contribution to the economy of Glasgow and the wider country (£2.5m according to last week’s press release). I found it amusing however that the festival’s organisers, the Piping Centre, could put out such a self-congratulatory notice and barely mention the Worlds! Here’s the full quote from Festival Director Roderick MacLeod: ‘We continue to break our own records, bringing in more…

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Winter Storm Entries Top 300

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The Midwest Highland Arts Fund (MHAF) Board of Directors reports: Today the previous record of 271 solo contest entries, set in January, 2017, was broken with 313 solo entries recorded for its upcoming Winter Storm, January 12, 2018, piping and drumming contests. The entry deadline was Midnight, December 15, 2017, and the record numbers are attributed, in part, to strong growth in the amateur piping and drumming contests. Returning for…

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PP Ed's Blog: Messages of Support/ RSPBA Strathspeys/ Ross MacNaughton/ Writing 3/4s

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Thank you to the thousands of readers we had yesterday for my piece on the insult suffered by Senior Adjudicator Barry Donaldson. Thanks too for all the comments. No true friend of Barry’s can be happy at this situation and I would invite those so inclined to send him a message of support. The silence in some quarters has been deafening – as expected. Here are a few of the…

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Barry Donaldson Has Been Wronged, But There is a Way Out of this Distasteful Affair

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Barry Donaldson is a friend of mine so those reading what follows should bear that in mind. Nevertheless I will try to be fair and impartial; you can be the judge of whether I succeed or not. Barry has been wronged by a fellow adjudicator. Of that there cannot be the slightest doubt. The emails from Colin MacLellan are quite specific and indeed his response to Tuesday’s article confirmed his…

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Adjudicator Reveals Detailed Content and Source of Emails

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The following statement was made today by Mr Barry Donaldson to his fellow adjudicator members of the Solo Piping Judges Association (SPJA). A copy has been passed to Piping Press and is reproduced here. Text in bold is Mr Donaldson’s emphasis. The statement reads:   Fellow Adjudicators, Many of you will now be aware of the apology published a few days ago by the College of Piping.  This relates to…

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