Today we have the third instalment of our abridged excerpts from the above book by Ian Hamilton Mackay Scobie. The book was published in 1924 and is now out of print. This excerpt talks of piobaireachd being superseded by ceol beag as duty tunes and the effect on the fingers of playing in bands. Above is a picture of Seaforth militia pipers in 1880 under P/M Ronald MacKenzie…. In an old…
Lucky Jimmy Banks is off on a cruise so thanks to John Rae for sending the latest from the Scots Guards KO: ‘The winner of the knockout piping held at the Scots Guards Club, Edinburgh, on Sunday 26 November 2017 to a capacity crowd, was Dan Nevans who edged out Jamie Elder in a closely matched contest. ‘Dan goes through to the semi-finals along with Jonathan Simpson and Ben Duncan….
It would seem that most readers think we should be allowing judges to keep going irrespective of age provided they are healthy. That’s the main finding of our poll launched last week following my article Judging Dilemma – When is it Time to Call it a Day? Forty-three per cent of respondents thought this the best way forward, even though it puts them out of step with the RSPBA who…
This popular contest is run by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Branch of the RSPBA. The competition was held in the College of Piping. Champion Piper Bobby Allan is pictured above with the McCallum Prize Pipe. The branch expressed its gratitude to the sponsors who included: McCallum Bagpipe Ltd; Wallace Bagpipes and Donald MacPhee Reed Maker. The judge for all events was Donald MacPhee. [wds id=”2″] The results were as…
I shouldn’t have thought my withdrawal from the Solo Piping Judges Association of any great interest, far less newsworthy. However the new SPJA chairman decided to make the matter public. He sent a circular to all members telling them about it then a press notice to the Competing Pipers’ Association, pipes/drums, Piping Press and the Piping Times. He did so without agreement with myself. I was subsequently contacted by Andrew…
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