Category: Solo Piping

PP Editor’s Blog: Willie’s Funeral/ Willie Ross/ Frazer’s Gesture/New Letters etc.

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The funeral of Willie McCallum Senior will be held on Saturday, 16 April, at 1pm at Highland Parish Church, Campbeltown.  Willie (87) passed away after collapsing after attending the Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. Willie was an unfailing servant of piping, though not a player himself. He was instrumental in establishing the Kintyre Piping Society and dedicated himself to its promotion over a 60 year period….

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History: Roderick MacDonald and His Pupil Kenneth MacDonald

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John MacPhee, former President of the Glasgow Uist & Barra Association, has kindly supplied an old cutting from the Oban Times newspaper from 1959. It features well known post war tutor and piper Roddy MacDonald and the late Kenny MacDonald.  Their story reads: ‘One of the happiest men in Scotland is Roderick MacDonald, a Glasgow policeman and tutor to Kenneth MacDonald and this year’s winner of the Highland Society of…

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Willie McCallum Snr., Campbeltown

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The death has been announced of one of the best known gentlemen in the solo piping world, Willie McCallum Snr., Campbeltown. Willie (87) passed away after collapsing after attending the Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, where his son William placed second in the competition. He was pictured at the event only hours before taking ill. Willie McCallum was a dedicated servant of piping, though not a…

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Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition Results – Pix Added

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The Annual Donald MacLeod Memorial Competition was held today  in Stornoway, isle of Lewis, with eight of the world’s top pipers vying with each other for overall champion title. The champion was Stuart Liddell who is pictured above receiving the winners’ trophy from Donald’s daughter Fiona. Results: Piobaireachd 1 Stuart Liddell 2 Callum Beaumont 3 William McCallum 4 Angus MacColl MSR 1 William McCallum 2 Stuart Liddell 3 Angus MacColl…

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PP Ed’s Blog: Thoughts on Pipe Band Judging/ Piping at Forres Tickets/ Donald MacLeod Contest/NEPADA Discount

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One fact that emerged from yesterday’s story concerning the RSPBA’s Adjudicator Panel was this: the passion and concern everyone involved has for the pipe band art. The judges themselves are dedicated to trying to get their results correct and to have in place the best system that allows that to happen. It is inevitable that there will be clashes of personality and disputes over how this should best be done. In…

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