The latest post on the Eagle Pipers Society blog has been brought to my attention and it is good to see its writer, Euan Anderson, has retained his sense of humour. He was the judge selected by the Solo Piping Judges Association to investigate the risible ‘sore arm gate’ complaint against me. These kangaroo court inquiries against fellow judges are reprehensible and my advice to anyone asked to undertake them…
Juvenile bands and organisations teaching children piping and drumming may like to take advantage of a new project (promo pic above) sponsored by the Scottish Government’s Creative Scotland arts funding body and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Think what £20,000 might do for your band! The publicity reads: ‘2018 will be the Year of Young People (YoYP), the latest in the Scottish Government’s themed years, and one which aims to…
A reader who did not wish to be identified has commented on my article about the retirement age for judges, writes the Editor. He says: ‘In this instance, I think there is a distinction between solo piping and pipe bands. In the former there is no musical basis to retire on age grounds – essentially the music they are asked to judge doesn’t change much. In the latter the position…
I know this is a fallow period for piping and pipe bands but I’d like to remind followers of Piping Press that there is plenty of enjoyable reading – not time sensitive – throughout our pages. Yesterday, for example, we had hundreds of readers dipping into the Famous Pipers column about P/M Ian McLellan of Strathclyde Police (pictured above). This followed a mention of the article on Facebook. So my…
Bagpipe Tutor 3 – Piobaireachd by Robert Wallace has been a welcome addition to the teaching manuals for ceol mor, classical pipe music. In 20 lessons the author takes the student through all the required technique for this music and on completion of the course the beginner has four tunes, the Wee Spree, Clan Campbell’s Gathering, the Boat Tune and Duncan MacRae of Kintail’s Lament in his/her repertoire. Each of…
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