Ken Stewart reports…….The annual Northern Ireland Piper of the Year competition took place on Saturday 14th October 2017 in the Adair Arms Hotel in Ballymena. This is an invitation only competition and is promoted by the Northern Ireland Piping Society. Competitors are invited to play on merit and must have competed in both MSR and Piobaireachd competitions in Ireland during the current year. The Piobaireachd event took place in the…
World Solo Drumming & International Juvenile Tenor Solo Competition… Choking on his Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, MacStig was taken aback by the sheer volume of entrants for the Adult snare qualifiers as reported on PP. The conclusion must be that snare drumming is in great health and the increased numbers in snare lines in the upper grades (10-12 is now normal), is well reflected in the sheer scale of entries for…
All competition held in Fort William on October 14. Adult Ceol Mor 1 Charles Macdonald 2 Joinathan Greenlees 3 Sandy Cameron Adults MSR 1 Sandy Cameron 2 Jonathan Greenlees 3 Angus MacColl Jnr. Adult H&J 1 Angus MacColl 2 Charles Macdonald 3 Sandy Cameron [wds id=”6″] Under 19 Piobaireachd 1 Finlay Cameron 2 Calum Craib 3 Gregor MacDonald Under 19 MSR 1 Finlay Cameron 2 Jamie Niall Campbell 3 Eoghainn…
It is with real sadness that I report the passing of Andrew Bonar who has died after a three-year battle with brain cancer, writes the Editor. Andrew (51) was a brilliant piper with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band and on the front rank during their glory years of five World Championship wins under P/M Terry Lee. Andrew is fourth from the left in there picture above. Andrew was also an…
The Northern Ireland Piper of the Year contest takes place in the Adair Arms Hotel, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, tomorrow. The piobaireachd starts at 12 noon and the MSR at 7pm. All are welcome. Judges are Angus MacColl and David Caldwell and the hosts Kenny Stewart and Chris Stewart. In the PP archive picture above a youthful Angus is photographed through the window performing at the now unfortunately defunct John MacFadyen…
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