To Pittsburgh today for the weekend’s Balmoral Classic competition where I’ll be sharing a bench with this year’s double Gold Medallist Ian K MacDonald and top US piper Jimmy Bell. George Balderose and his team have organised an entertaining weekend of piping and pipe band music. The city itself is no longer the industrial giant it once was (or so I read) but now has a burgeoning tourist industry with…
Planning your piping weekend? Three top events to choose from in North America and here. Firstly in Ontario we have the annual George Sherriff Memorial Invitational for amateur pipers. Organiser Bob Worrall has sent this: The 21st Annual competition is on Saturday, November 19, 2016 in St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, 70 James St. S., Hamilton, Ontario; Admission: $10 ($5 for students) Master of Ceremonies: Michael Grey Adjudicators: Andrew Hayes (Ottawa, Ontario), Shaunna Hilder (British Columbia), and Donald…
Inverness Piping Society’s Junior Competition was held last Saturday, November 12, in Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig, Inverness. This very active society are holding their first winter recital at the end of the month (November 25 7.30 for 8pm). The piper is Alasdair Henderson and the venue is the Grand Hall at Tulloch Castle Hotel near Dingwall. Entry is £10 for adults, £5 for juniors, 12 and under free. Results: 10 and under chanter:…
This review appeared in the last issue of the Queensland Highland Pipers’ Society Newsletter: ‘Our September meeting was turned into a recital at a new venue – the famous Regatta Hotel at Toowong. The guest pipers were to be Callum Beaumont, Kyle Warren and Alasdair Henderson. Unfortunately, Callum had been unable to come to Australia and had been ably replaced by Jamie Hawke. The three of them were here for a workshop at BBC [Brisbane…
A hugely popular Australia-based children’s show want to use a pipe tune as part of their act but have as yet failed to get copyright clearance. Leanne Williams, International Royalties Manager for ‘The Wiggles’, has written: ‘I’m hoping you can help me. I’ve been trying to get in contact with the Pinkman family regarding the tune Itchy Fingers and have been in contact with P/M Iain Grant and Mike Greene from…
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